Mary,
That is an excellent link. Some of the cinquain examples there are beautiful. I think that often the most profound poems are concise. I like the idea that the Cinquain ought to produce an image in the way that haiku does. The link you posted is the only "study" I've done of the form.
Thanks -
Anne
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This one's not highly imagistic, but I'm picturing
something deadly being thought of as a game (tennis racket smashing balls)....
I rack
my brain in vain
to find some good in war
only to conclude its just a
racket
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