Examples of Cinquains

Examples of Cinquains and The Cinquain Game

examples-cinquains-300x252Previously, we have covered all important aspects of theory and practice of cinquain writing. And now I present you my own cinquains. Also, in order to give you a chance to try out writing cinquans, we’ll play a small game that develops intellectual skills, using our comments to the article.

Personally I write cinquains to develop my thinking and analytical skills and use cinquains as one of the good forms of poetic art and self-expression. Cinquain is a a certain kind of pun.

[adrotate group=”1″]For a good cinquain it is essential to point out important characteristics and elements of the word discussed, to come to the right conclusions and fully formulate it in brief form.

Cinquain is a certain art of expressing wide range of information in a small poem that’s why it is now widely used in various modern educational programs. Further you’ll read about cinquains and education. Now I present to you my own cinquains. Try to give your best evaluation to my efforts and write even better poems.

As I was writing my cinquains following slightly different rules, I ill first post my early cinquain and later on cinquains, written in a more traditional form. You can also choose the rules according to which you will be writing cinquains.

Examples of Cinquians

Cinquian “Vengeance”

 Vengeance

It’s sweet, it’s cruel

It lures, enrages, burns

Those, who lost their friends, and avenge them want. Spilling on the ground someone’s

Blood

 

Or

Vengeance

It’s sweet, it’s cruel

It lures, enrages, burns

The one, who lost his friends, and avenge them wants.

Blood.

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Cinquain “Teacher”

Teacher

He is talented, he’s smart.

He helps, he teaches and inspires

To be yourself and become great, everyone who this desires…

Genius …

 

Or

Teacher.

He is talented, he’s smart.

He helps, he teaches and inspires

To become yourself and accomplish your desires.

The leader.

 

Cinquain “World”

World

Illusive, rotten.

It corrupts, embitters, kills

Everything alive that in illusion lives.

Matrix.

 

Or

World.

Illusive, rotten.

It corrupts, embitters, kills

Injustice and illusion drills.

Matrix.

 

Cinquain “Wind”

[adrotate group=”3″]Wind

It’s tender, gentle

It relaxes, hugs, and reassures

The bees to follow their mysterious rite of

copulation

 

Or

Wind.

It’s tender, gentle

It relaxes, hugs, and cools

Promotes the pollination of some plants.

Life.

 

Cinquain “Prostitute”

Prostitutes

They’re delicate, they’re tender.

They calm you down, support, giving happiness

For free, taking money for going home afterwards

Showing they care!

 

Or

Prostitutes

They’re delicate, they’re tender.

They calm you down, support, make glad

They give you love for money and happiness as present

Seller.

 

Cinquain “Doubts”

Doubts

Stupefying, spooky

They astound, confuse, make you numb

Not allowing you to make an important step into the dump

Life.

 

Or

Doubts. 

Stupefying, illusive

They astound, confuse, make you numb

Protect you from all troubles.

Luck.

 

Cinquain “Bandit”

Bandit.

He is cool, in style

He smokes, he drinks, he beats

His friends while entertaining and teaches them

To be strong

 

Or

Bandit.

He is cool, with disadvantages.

He smokes, he drinks, he is in jail.

He had bad friends when he was young.

Misfortune.

 

Cinquain “Streetkwalker”

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She is posh, she is proud

She goes into your head, bewitches and allows

You to wipe your feet on her and throw her in mud

Face first.

 

Or

Streetwalker.

She is posh, she is proud

She goes into your head, bewitches and allows

The poor to find cheap and easy love

Compassion.

 

Cinquain “Emptiness”

Emptiness…

It’s dark, it’s dead.

It exists, it spreads and originates

The brightness of matter and greatest universes like white lotus’s bud appears from

Mud.

 

Or

Emptiness.

It’s dark, it’s dead.

It exists, it spreads and originates

Comprises the matter and colors of the great universe.

Mairacle.

 

 Cinquain “Intellect”

Brain!

It’s gray, it’s jelly-like.

Alert. It thinks and saves

You from a tremendous ability to find troubles on your

Head! (or ass)

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Or

Intellect.

It is responsible, caring

It analyzes, thinks and counts

Keeps you off big trouble.

Protection.

 

 Cinquain “The Blond”

The blond

He is pretty, cheerful

She makes you laugh, rejoices, pleases

All the men allowing them to give her their hearts.

The bitch.

 

Or

The blond.

She is pretty, cheerful.

She makes you laugh, rejoices, pleases,

Allows you to give her cars and hearts in love.

Intellect.

 

Cinquains may also be classified not only according to the topic, but according to feelings and emotions, like joyful cinquains, angry, philosophic.

People, who like to experiment, may try to improvise and write a joyful, delicate cinquain with a wicked word, or an angry cinquain with positive and kind word. Examples of cinquains with opposite meaning…

 

Cinquain “Carnival”

Carnival

It’s venal, vulgar.

It gives you hope and makes you dream

Carrying along in its world, plunges into fuss and leave the odd ones to die.

Poverty!

 

Or

Carnival.

It’s venal, vulgar

It gives you hope and makes you dream

It carries along in its world, plunges into fuss.

Illusion.

 

Examples of Philosophic Cinquains

 Cinquain “Aesthetics”

Aesthetics

It’s sham, it’s haughty.

It lectures, it evaluates and criticizes

A young lad in a brothel, as if being a drunk

Geisha.

 

Or

Aesthetics.

It’s sham, it’s haughty.

It lectures, it evaluates, it criticizes

Makes you find drawbacks even in a field flower

Paradox.

 

 Funny Cinquains

 Cinquain “Fishing”

[adrotate group=”6″]Fishing

It’s striking, paradoxical.

It makes you sit long and thong

What would I do if it were not for women and

Vodka…

 

Or

Fishing.

It’s striking, paradoxical.

It’s boring, thoughtful, responsible.

It’s sad til the first glass vodka is given.

Merriment.

 The Cinquain Game

There also exists such a notion as “The Cinquain Game.” More often than not, it is quite boring to write cinquain alone with no logic. Sometime one may want to take part in a competition or a game. The easiest cinquain game is the cinquain chain. It may have some other name but the idea is the same.

The Cinquain Game Rules

The first person writes his own cinquain with any word. The other person writes his own cinquain woth the last word of the previous cinquain, i.e. every new ciquain is written with the last word of the preceding cinquain.

That, basically, are general rules. Everything is pretty simple that’s why I suggest you to play. I will traditionally start with my own examples of the cinquain game and you write your own cinquains in comments to this article. Later on we’ll publish all the cinquans in a special article and define the most interesting ones.

Example of the Cinquain Game

[adrotate group=”7″]Chocolate

It’s tasty, sweet.

It makes you happy, relaxes and excites.

It is sold on the market and heightens libido.

Aphrodisiac.

 

Aphrodisiac

It’s tempting and exciting.

It lure, it energizes, warms your blood.

Makes you go on a search during the night.

Adventure.

I wish you to play, learn, write good cinquains with the help of my educational articles, experiment, try something new, develop yourself artistically and improve intellectually. The cinquain game will help you. I wish you artistic insiders and nice cinquains. I also want to show you the examples of my hokku, also quite intellectual style of writing poems and developing artistic and intellectual skills of a person.

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