“Rosa” / cinquain

28May09

Rosa,
Ecuador’s soul.
Baila el Sabado.
Worshipful; perseverantly
Maternal.
photo: Karin in Paris

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Ludic / cinquain

27May09

Ludic:
Life-exulting.
Crawling, striving, resting.
Pneumatically holistic.
Eternal.
[Cinquain: the first line is one word giving the title. It has 2 syllables. The second line has 2 words that describe the title. It has 4 syllables. The third line has 3 words that express an action. It has 6 syllables. The fourth line has 2 words that express a feeling. [...]

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“Forecast” / cinquain

26May09

Forecast:
Sunny…cloudy.
Frigid rain hovering.
Angst, dermatologically.
Umbrella.
 
[For those who missed the first cinquain posted here with the explanation of this poetic form: the first line is one word giving the title. It has 2 syllables. The second line has 2 words that describe the title. It has 4 syllables. The third line has 3 words that express an action. [...]

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Leaving Herald Square

23May09

“Hey! Is that a pearl snap shirt?”
 
“No,” my coworker answered after coming to a stop in the hallway.  We blocked the entrance to his office.  Moments before, I ostensibly had something to do that was more important than admire what I thought was a pearl snap shirt.
“Oh.” I said.
“But I used to have one. I lost it.”
“I’m sorry.” [...]

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Miss Garetano’s “Wednesday Word Study”

21May09

Tonight the “Mead” screen belongs to my 8-year-old son, who wrote this poem yesterday for his 2nd grade class:
At noon, I always see
a hawk at my backyard.
I think I should crawl
out of bed and see
what the hawk does. I
know I could so I
actually do it every night.
Photo: Little Miss Sunshine

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