Meadowphoric Sex
An American cinquain response to Ravyne Hawke’s daily prompt today
Yellow Calla lily Glazed with your dire desire Lay my cloak down as a blanket Tantric
I created this poem in response to two prompts, Michael Hall’s introduction to the community of the American cinquain in August and Ravyne’s 10/5/2021 daily prompt in her new pub, Promptly Written. Ravyne challenged us to:
“Choose any 5 of the 10 words below to write a poem” of “no more than 5 lines.” “For verbs, you may use any tense.”
“foreign, disable, calla lily, hostel, dire, glaze, travel, cloak, insure, yellow”
(I bolded the 5 words I used)
The American cinquain is a 5 line poem with a 2/4/6/8/2 syllabic structure, so it seemed ripe for this prompt. After I wrote it, I looked back at Michael’s description and realized it worked even better than I had consciously imagined as:
“Crapsey’s cinquain depends on strict structure and intense physical imagery to communicate a mood or feeling.”
Tagging some fellow poets for participation: Jean Carfantan Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D. Joseph Lieungh Anthi Psomiadou Claire Kelly Stuart Englander Tree Langdon Holly Kellums Frank Ontario Melanie J. Ane Cris Rita Duponty Jupiter Grant jules Agnes Laurens William J Spirdione Thief Kira Dawn I. Trudie Palmer Terry Mansfield Dr. Preeti Singh Sahil Patel Diana C. Dr. Fatima Imam JS Adam Christina M. Ward Somsubhra Banerjee Samantha Lazar Amy Marley Libby Shively McAvoy
In Rama I create, with soul-energy surging through my body, inspiring me and breathing wind into my sails,