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In article <9408180733 -dot- AA11994 -at- sd -dot- co -dot- il>, Mark Levinson <mark -at- sd -dot- co -dot- il> wrote:
>Sorry, I was flaming too hot to type straight.
>A cinquain is a five-line poem with 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables.
Here's an example, just for fun.
These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow, the hour before
The dawn, the mouth of one
Just dead.
By Adelaide Crapsey. A friend of mine told it to me years ago.
-- Louise Penberthy
--
Louise Penberthy | O Goddess, keep me in the company of
LCC | those who seek the truth, and preserve
Georgia Tech | me from those who have found it.
louise -at- pravda -dot- cc -dot- gatech -dot- edu |