tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274285262011-07-07T20:27:52.168-07:00Examples of Brian Strand's cinqku style image poemsichthyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27428526.post-1146589860806633892006-05-02T10:00:00.000-07:002010-09-20T02:45:09.566-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9A9gX5wXrV4/SI8XW8-H26I/AAAAAAAAABg/DkHY7HnFvrU/s1600-h/eikon.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228423375491685282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9A9gX5wXrV4/SI8XW8-H26I/AAAAAAAAABg/DkHY7HnFvrU/s320/eikon.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>CINQKU</strong> is a fixed-form five line tanka/cinquain image poem without a title in 17 syllables,concise with a surprise or turn in lines 4/5. The form was created by Denis Garrison,an American poet.<br /><br />All the image poems below are <strong>COPYRIGHT</strong> of Brian Strand an English Poet they may be reproduced for educational purpposes provided an acknowlwdgement of copyright is made and an email advice of use is made to <a href="mailto:strandbg@aol.com">mailto:strandbg@aol.com</a><br /><br />My chapbook IMAGE MOMENTS (published Sept 2008) printed by Parchments of Oxford ( £5/$10/5 Euros) contains more of cinqku,haiku and tanka and an example of a haiga.Can be acquired by applying to above email in the firstinstance<br /><br />######################################################################################<br /><strong>CINQKU</strong><br />#1<br />nesting<br />rooks among<br />the bursting buds--<br />stick by stick,Ides of March<br />unfold<br /><br />#2<br />muffled<br />bells echo<br />across the square---<br />sepia memories<br />surface<br /><br /><br /># 3<br />a light<br />frost whitens<br />the frozen verge---<br />inert below,summer<br />awaits<br /><br />#4<br />a thick<br />mist blankets<br />the winter dawn---<br />necklaced jewels bedeck<br />the hedge<br /><br />#5<br />August<br />shaded gold<br />becomes monsoon---<br />berries rot beneath the<br />bramble<br /><br />#6<br />dank fog<br />envelops<br />a bonfire night---<br />the party becomes a<br />damp squib<br /><br />#7<br />under<br />the hedge a<br />welcome haven---<br />down my neck raindroplets<br />trickle<br /><br />#8<br />dozing<br />on the lawn<br />St Swithin's day---<br />large round spots slash into<br />my lap<br /><br />#9<br />five toes<br />and a pad<br />imprint the snow--<br />hunger brings a stranger<br />at night<br /><br />#10<br />winter<br />arrives late--<br />in th forest<br />a stoat melts into a<br />snowdrift<br /><br />#11<br />layers<br />of deep cloud<br />linger all day---<br />depression cateracts<br />insight<br /><br />#12<br />sunlight<br />on the tiles<br />dusted with snow--<br />rivulets overflow<br />the butt<br /><br />#13<br />over<br />the stubble<br />carrion crows---<br />the gamekeeper heads home<br />for tea<br /><br />#14<br />blossom,<br />a welcome<br />springtime emblem---<br />the foretaste of fruitage<br />to come<br /><br />#15<br />the first<br />heavy frost<br />whitens the lawn--<br />overnight fall becomes<br />winter<br /><br />#16<br />smitten<br />by a smile,<br />the warmth of love<br />engaged and now lives on---<br />engraved<br /><br />COPYRIGHT BRIAN STRAND ENGLAND</div><div> </div><div><br /><strong>Other Educational Poetry Blogs of mine are<br /></strong>haiga-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />vignette-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />monoku-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />sequence-fibonacci.blogspot.com<br />ekphrasis-poiema.blogspot.com<br />quintile.blogspot.com<br />quintain.blogspot.com<br />ichthys-couplets.blogspot.com<br />epulaeryu.blogspot.com<br />tetractys-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />englyn.blogspot.com</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27428526-114658986080663389?l=eikon-ichthys.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ichthyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406noreply@blogger.com