Friday, April 17, 2015

O is for Obituary

Cinquain Poetry Style
cinquain is a five-line poem that was invented by Adelaide Crapsey. She was an American poet who took her inspiration from Japanese haiku and tanka. A collection of poems, titled Verse, was published in 1915 and included 28 cinquains.

Cinquain Form #1 - Didactic Cinquain
·        This is a very popular form of the cinquain because of its simplicity. Instead of incorporating stress and syllables, it uses words.
·        The first line is one word which is the title of the poem. 
·        The second line contains two words which are adjectives that describe the title. 
·        The third line has three words that tell the reader more about the subject of the poem or shows action.  Many times these words are gerunds that end with “ing.”
·        The fourth line has four words that show emotions about the subject of the poem and may be individual words or a phrase. 
  • The fifth line is one word that is a synonym of the title or is very similar to it.
Obituary 
Obituary
Candid, forthright
Interesting, defining, remembering
So sad to recall
Story

5 comments:

nashvillecats2 said...

Yes it was sad Gregg,


Yvonne.

Arlee Bird said...

That was excellent. You are quite the poetry scholar--I never realized that about you before this Challenge.

Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out

Gregg Metcalf said...

Lee - thanks! I wish I could actually have them published, but I don't know how to go about it. I have had one poem recorded as a recitation on a Christian CD.

Arlee Bird said...

Having a poem recorded is a pretty good start. I think most poets, like most authors these days, have to go the self publishing route. Maybe there is a small Christian publisher who might take this on. You should check--I'm sure Google would bring up a number of them.

A few years ago A to Z participant Pam Williams got her Challenge posts published into book form by CrossLink Publishers. That might be a place to start.

Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out

Patricia said...

This is very interesting. I like to write haiku and am definitely going to give this a try. Thanks for sharing.