A Whole New Form
this verse
bright as a diamond
introduces
a brand-new combination
the cintanquainka form
made for all my friends
two classic forms combined in one
as a twist of something new
spin out a cintanquainka
try it
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This idea was sparked by a mistaken comment in a Cinquain thread about using Tanka form. It triggered a thought and I was off. This is a combination of a Cinquain and a Tanka, mixing the two syllable requirements. I’ve juggled the mixing of the lines just a bit, so it begins and ends with a two syllable line in order to make a poetry game using it work better. This also happens to keep the classic tanka pair of 7-syllable lines together.
The syllable count by line is:
2 / 5 / 4 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 8 / 7 / 7 / 2
Just because I have a twisted mind, I made my first two posts a Cleave Poem of sorts: the Cinquain lines can be read as one verse and the Tanka lines as another or the whole can be read as one verse. Michael Williams.
