“My Journey,” A Reverse #Cinquain

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For my Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge this week I used finding for breakthrough, and journey for movement.

New Cinquain Poetry Forms

Cinquain – Wikipedia

(Many Thanks to Scott from the House of Bailey.Wordpress.com for the information)

* Reverse Cinquain: A form with one 5-line stanza in a syllabic pattern of two, eight, six, four, and two. Click the link above to learn new ways of writing Cinquain poetry.

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Journey –

finding out what makes my heart soar

empathic connections

crystals and runes

divine

❤

© 2018 Colleen M. Chesebro

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Published by Colleen M. Chesebro

An avid reader, Colleen M. Chesebro rekindled her love of writing poetry after years spent working in the accounting industry. These days, she loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction. In addition to poetry books, Chesebro’s publishing career includes participation in various anthologies featuring short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. She’s an avid supporter of her writing community on Word Craft Poetry.com by organizing and sponsoring a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called #TankaTuesday, where participants experiment with traditional and current forms of Japanese and American syllabic poetry. Chesebro is an assistant editor of The Congress of the Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology & Gitty Up Press, a micro-press founded by Charli Mills and Carrot Ranch. In January 2022, Colleen founded Unicorn Cats Publishing Services to assist poets and authors in creating eBooks and print books for publication. In addition, she creates affordable book covers for Kindle and print books. Chesebro lives in the house of her dreams in mid-Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes with her husband and two (unicorn) cats, Chloe & Sophie.

39 thoughts on ““My Journey,” A Reverse #Cinquain”

    1. Thank you. Take a peek at some other versions on the link to Wikipedia. Great fun to write. ❤️

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    1. Thanks, Merril. The inward journey is always the most fulfilling. Did you check out the Wikipedia link. Lists of fun Cinquain examples. ❤️

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    1. Did you check out the wikipedia link? There’s a few more there that are pretty cool, too. ❤

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    1. My rune stones… I’m enjoying the journey. The runes are a great way to learn more about yourself. Hugs, Olga. ❤

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    1. Thanks, Diana. I feel like the runes have led me down a path I was always supposed to follow. ❤ Thanks to you! 😀

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  11. This is awesome! I had a bit of a brainwave this morning! Ha ha… To start each chapter of Book Two with a Cinquain. I need to get practising, never written a Cinquain before! Think I’ll start with a normal one and then graduate to a reverse one!

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    1. Exactly. I like to think that all poets and writers share the magic that others don’t see. 😀 ❤

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