The Friday Fling Celebrates America’s Veterans!
Friday Fling #154 November 11th 2011
Friday November 11th is Veterans’ Day, a day to remember and show our appreciation for the soldiers who have served. It was established after World War I on Armistace Day, when that war, one of the worst in history, ended in 1918.
We thought the Cinquain would be a good format to express the meaning of Veterans’ Day. Recall that it is a poem of five (“cinq” in French) lines and progressively larger number of syllables until the last line returns to two, thus: (from shadowpoetry.com)
Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines. It was developed by the Imagist poet, Adelaide Crapsey. Here’s an example:
Turquoise Thoughts
Hammered
silver bracelet,
desert sky turquoise stone –
city-bound but feels sagebrush in
her soul.
Copyright © 2005 Deborah P Kolodji
Another variation, sometimes used by school teachers to teach grammar, is as follows:
Line 1: Noun
Line 2: Description of Noun
Line 3: Action
Line 4: Feeling or Effect
Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun.
Example:
angels
kind beyond words
they protect and forgive
and make feelings of blissfulness
cherubim
Copyright © 2003 Erin Holbrook
This week the CPC Friday Fling remembers America’s veterans in Cinquains!
Be sure to save time to read and comment respectfully on your fellow Pals’ memorials. Then enjoy a weekend of American freedom!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for November 4th
Congratulations Rebel!
Welcome everyone to the Friday Fling’s special celebration of Veterans’ Day! It’s a special one too, being, as my math genius grandson pointed out, the last time there will be six of the same digit in a date until February 22nd 2022. So get out your Cinquain writin’ equipment and let’s see you use your digits to do some creative poetry!
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This is by my friend, Sonnets (Lori)
and another Cinquain by Sonnets… thank you so much, Lori for you beautiful contributions…
Ground pounding infantry
soul sucking heavy,red mud
Marched in it, slept in it,died in it
weary slogging squelching
Veterans
Veterans
old and young
ignored and accepted
Changed men
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Thank You to All Veterans…… :love: :love: :love: :love:
We have so many to thank for the freedoms we enjoy. Wonderful tribute blog and poetry posted.
here is a 111111 hope you like
A real fine Tribute Bob and Michelle!! :groovy: :love: 8)
Our Thanks to everyone who contributed to make this Special Fling such a glowing one! So many excellent Cinquains and other writes, showing not only gratitude and remembrance but also that a rising tide of patriotism raises all boats! 😀