Cinqku ~ Two

Cinqku ~ Two

penny
for your thoughts
or not… I know
what you’re thinking…it’s worth
two cents

~kat

Cinqku

The “cinqku” is a new Tanka analogue; a seventeen syllable cinquain that assimilates as much as possible from the Japanese haiku and Tanka traditions into the English poetic tradition.

Form Type: Syllabic
Origins: American
Creator: Denis M. Garrison
Number of Lines: 5
Rhyme Scheme: Not Applicable
Meter: Not applicable

Rules
1. A strict syllable count (2,3,4,6,2) making 17 syllables on 5 lines

2. No title

3. Tanka style free diction and syntax

4. No metrical requirements

5. A turn that may be similar to kireji or a cinquain turn.

Cinqku’s can be linked. A linked sequence may have a title.