[stylist] cinquaines

[EvaMarie Sanchez]

Thank you. I did not know about the title thing obviously.
For smile being one syllable, that makes me smile. We already had this
discussion somewhere in here. I know the rules that say it is one syllable,
but it brought me back to a Braille lesson. We were discussing contractions
and specifically the ones that are not used at a syllable break, yet I was
finding the rule broken time and again.
That type of thing gets to me, I am picky as well. So I could not let it
drop and started my own exploration of syllables. I learned of the soft
syllable versus the hard syllable. And then here on Stylist we had further
conversations about pronouceation and dialects. There were many people who
pronounce smile with two syllables and many who use only one.
I understand the rule and the need to follow the rule, but I found all of
the discussion and further learning, fascinating. We think we are all
speaking the same language, but are we really?
It makes me smie-all.
Eve

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On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Jackie Williams via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> EvaMarie,
> I think you have a gift for cinquains. These are all so good.
> In any contest, they would need a title. Your first two syllable line
> seems like a title, but they no longer teach that you use that first line
> as a title.While you never title haiku, you must do so with a cinquain.
> Also, the last line in your watermelon one has only one syllable. Smile
> could be laughter, or some other 2 syllable word.
> Please excuse my pickiness, but I expect you to publish these or others at
> some point. It is strange, but the shorter the form, the more picky you
> have to be. Believe me, the judges will all be counting syllables.
>
> Jackie Lee
>
> Time is the school in which we learn.
> Time is the fire in which we burn.
> Delmore Schwartz
>
>
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> Subject: [stylist] cinquaines
>
> Okay, I have picked three of my cinquaines to share with you here. It is
> funny, my first, which was citrine like Jackie's, is not on the list. That
> does not mean you will never see it though. I just thought this was a
> variety.
> I also found these to be great exercises. I wrote a couple on didgeridoos
> and am now expanding one into a greater work on the didgeridoo.
> So, thanks for the inspiration guys and here they are.
>
> Horse fight
>
> Flaring nostrils
>
> Ears twitching to and fro
>
> Wide eyes, snorting, bared teeth, arched neck
>
> Retreat
>
>
>
> Summer
>
> Watermelon
>
> Spitting seeds on the grass
>
> Juice running down children’s faces
>
> Smile
>
>
>
> Bodhran
>
> Dancing tapper
>
> Sweeps up, down and around
>
> Ancestors hear the drummers’ call
>
> Newgrange
>
>
> Eve
> President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
> President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
> Committee Chair, Arizona Association of Guide Dog Users
> Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Legislative Committee
> Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Membership Committee
> Member, Slate & Style Editing Team
>
> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
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