[Mary Meriam]

In honor of Janice's cinquain craze at Non-Met, I tried one. You?

Night Sounds

A cat?
A moaning cow?
A loon crossing the lake?
Some creature howls, while we, inside,
are hushed.

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Night sounds.
A moaning cow?
Or loon across the lake?
Some creature howls, while we, inside,
are hushed.


Cinquain: 22 syllables
syllables/iambs
2 - 1 iamb
4 - 2 iamb
6 - 3 iamb
8 - 4 iamb
2 - 1 iamb



[This message has been edited by Mary Meriam (edited June 20, 2008).]