September 20, 2019

Cinqku #20

By Kat Myrman

lay me
down to sleep
wrapped in the night
slowly surrendering
to dream

~kat

A cinqku must always have 5 lines and a perfect seventeen-syllable count. The lines typically follow a 2,3,4,6,2 format. There is no title requirement on the second line. As for syntax and diction styles, it follows the free Tanka style originally. There are no metric requirements for a cinqku poem. Additionally, the final line must contain a cinquain or kireji turn for emphasis. 

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