[stylist] The most famous cinquain

Jackie Williams jackieleepoet at cox.net
Mon Aug 10 23:43:46 UTC 2015


Adelaide Crapsey is known for bringing the form to the U.S. Here is her most
famous one.
 
"There be
three silent things:
the falling snow. the hour
before the dawn.the mouth of one
just dead."
 
 
Below is my own parody of this, submitted many times
and always rejected. I always put "after Adelaide Crapsey."
 
Any suggestions?
 

Flopsey, Mopsey, and Crapsey

 
There be
three thrilling things:
macaroni and cheese.
Manhattans, straight up if you please.
and thee.
 
 
Jackie Lee
 
Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz       
 



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