“The Litha Celebration,” A Garland Cinquain

Posted on by Colleen M. Chesebro

This week I thought I would give you a tiny sneak peek into a project that my dear friend and Sister of the Fey, Wendy Anne Darling and I have been working on called, Fairies, Myths & Magic, Volume One – Summer Solstice. 

We’ve created our first collection of short stories and poetry that will publish on the Summer Solstice, June 21st… (if everything goes as planned). The Second book will publish a week before Halloween, the third book, in January 2019, and the fourth book, May 2019. In the weeks ahead we’ll be revealing the cover, so stay tuned.

This poetry challenge is such a big part of my life that I couldn’t see a way around not creating a poem for our book based off of some synonyms from a challenge. It just worked out that this week’s words fit the best. This poem is the last entry in the book. ❤

I used “honor,” for dignity and “profit,” for success. This is a garland cinquain which is a series of six cinquains in which the last is formed of lines from the preceding five, typically line one from stanza one, line two from stanza two, and so on.

As you can see, with proper alignment, the garland cinquain resembles a ribbon.

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The Litha Celebration, A Garland Cinquain

 

All hail

the Sun God reign

applaud the golden rays

as we grow in wisdom and might

Extol

 

Honor

the warmth and light

of bonfire’s cheerful glow

while fairies dance and spirits sing

Rejoice

Mystic

Summer Solstice

hints at changes to come

metamorphosis of ego –

Releases

 

Profit

from all good deeds

gained from sun, moon, and earth

our spirits rejuvenated

Rewards

 

Litha

Midsummer blessings

Closes the long-drawn day

Sending us on our way

Goodnight

 

All hail

The warmth and light

Hints at changes to come

Our spirits rejuvenated

Goodnight

© 2018 Colleen M. Chesebro

Smashing good timeSummer’s just around the corner. ❤

19 thoughts on ““The Litha Celebration,” A Garland Cinquain”

        1. I like how you can write longer about your subject. It would be fun to write a mini story this way. ❤

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    1. I felt that way, too. It took me all day to write this garland Cinquain. But when it came together, I was quite pleased. The sixth Cinquain is a lovely combination of all the other lines. 😍❤️

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    1. One of my loyal poetry challenge poets said it sounded like something that could be recited during a ceremony. What compliments. Thank you, tons, Sis. ❤

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        1. I’ve been writing poetry for the Sisters of the Fey story. We’ll have lots of great options. I would LOVE that!! ❤

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