Tag Archives: Cinqku

August 19, 2023

rescued

rescued

adopt
a rescue…
they assured me
I wouldn’t regret it…
I do

regret
not finding 
them sooner, long
before hatred…trauma
crushed them

at least
they can know
the love, kindness,
belonging, that all souls
deserve

Theo,
Matilda, 
Schrödinger, Sebastian,
Frankie, Gabby, Bean…who
saved who?

~kat

Ending this week with a Linked Cinqku. Love my menagerie!

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.

16 Comments | tags: Challenge, Cinqku, digital photography, micropoetry, Poem a Day, Poetry | posted in 2023, Challenges and Writing Prompts, Cinqku, Digital Art & Photos, Poetry

August 16, 2023

Cinqku ~ Day Three

By Kat Myrman

dreadful 
attempted
murder in the
pines, and I, witness to
two crows

~kat

Having a bit more fun with the Cinqku! 😉🤣🤪😂

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.

7 Comments | tags: Challenge, Cinqku, digital art., digital photography, Humor, micropoetry, nature, Poem a Day, Poetry | posted in 2023, Challenges and Writing Prompts, Cinqku, Digital Art & Photos, Humor, nature, Poetry

August 15, 2023

Cinqku ~ Two

By Kat Myrman

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.

3 Comments | tags: Challenge, Cinqku, micropoetry, Poem a Day, Poetry | posted in 2023, Challenges and Writing Prompts, Cinqku, Digital Art & Photos, Poetry

August 14, 2023

Cinqku ~ One

By Kat Myrman

too soon
she blushes
midsummer flush
in a rush, longing for
autumn 

~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.

6 Comments | tags: Autumn, Challenge, Cinqku, digital art., micropoetry, nature, Poem a Day, Poetry, Summer | posted in 2023, Challenges and Writing Prompts, Cinqku, Digital Art & Photos, nature, Poetry

September 30, 2019

Cinqku Finit

By Kat Myrman

the muse
is silent
there are no words
but for the wind’s taunting
whispers

~kat

I’m afraid I missed a few days of my challenge of a poem a day. Life, I’m afraid, got in the way. But I am trying to be gentle with myself, telling myself it is okay to let the words in my head settle a bit. To rest. To sleep a bit, perhaps even dream a dream or two. I’m not sure if I will challenge myself to a micro-poem a day in October, or just let the Muse lead me where she will. A time to rest…must be the season. 🍂🍁🍂

12 Comments | tags: Challenge, Cinqku, digital art., Poem a Day, Poetry, September | posted in Challenges and Writing Prompts, Cinqku, Digital Art & Photos, Poetry, Random Thoughts and Musings