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  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Sep 17, 2007, 1:18 PM:
 

Cinquain (Aim for a L1 - L5 link)
L1 2 syllables
L2 4 syllables
L3 6 syllables
L4 8 syllables
l5 2 syllables

Use the last two syllables of the previous poem to start the next cinquain

Ice Queen
is it snowing
crystal daggers inside?
Warm to love and feel life’s sorrows
dissolve.
  Jami : Lioness

Re: Cinquain Train

Jami said Sep 23, 2007, 12:18 PM:
 

Dissolve.
Let go of thought.
What are you afraid of?
Share yourself freely without dread.
Seek life.
  Bridjet : Collaboration Moderatrix

Re: Cinquain Train

Bridjet said Sep 26, 2007, 8:52 AM:
 

Seek Life,
It sought you first.
Take the greatest gamble -
expose your heart to all you meet.
Just be.
  Amber : Smilemaker

Re: Cinquain Train

Amber said Oct 1, 2007, 12:13 AM:
 

Just be.
Drop the burden
At the sacred doorstep.
Enter into the comforting
Silence.
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Cinquain Train

Meenakshi said Oct 4, 2007, 11:39 PM:
 

Silence
Of the wild night
Owls hooting, bats swishing
Invisible helpers astrally projecting
Healing
  HeyOK : Bridgebuilder

Re: Cinquain Train

HeyOK said Oct 29, 2007, 10:30 AM:
 

Healing
Could it be true
Something monumental
I ask might it happen too me
Waiting
 

Re: Cinquain Train

Nalukataq [no longer around] said Oct 29, 2007, 7:32 PM:
 

Waiting
for the river
in your bloodstream to flood
these galestruck levees of waning
patience
  HeyOK : Bridgebuilder

Re: Cinquain Train

HeyOK said Oct 31, 2007, 2:07 PM:
 

patience,
all that is shines
perfect and is just right
becoming ok with being
here now
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Cinquain Train

Meenakshi said Oct 29, 2007, 7:50 PM:
 

Today
The dark clouds
Gathered from many lands
They  bring raindrops that will rain down
'morrow
  HeyOK : Bridgebuilder

Re: Cinquain Train

HeyOK said Oct 31, 2007, 2:09 PM:
 

'morrow
we will protect
those who gather around
unsure of what is happening
Fear not
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Nov 5, 2007, 3:35 PM:
 

Fear not
for God is love
and tends all his lost sheep
love is our route home, his gift our
free will.
  Jami : Lioness

Re: Cinquain Train

Jami said Nov 14, 2007, 11:42 PM:
 

Free will
to choose your life.
Creation in your hands.
Acorns grow into giant oaks!
Live well.
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Nov 18, 2007, 4:36 PM:
 

Live well
fear not, love all
creatures, humanity,
with true compassion emulate
Gods love

  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Cinquain Train

Meenakshi said Nov 18, 2007, 6:33 PM:
 

Gods love
Gently shines on all
The light within responds
Illumining all in  embrace
Ah! Grace
  jeepdog : Warrior Poet

Re: Cinquain Train

jeepdog said Nov 25, 2007, 6:59 PM:
 

Ah, Grace!
Washes over,
my imperfect body,
also cleansing my hidden soul.
Redeem.
  Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist

Re: Cinquain Train

Joy Bringer said Nov 30, 2007, 9:43 PM:
 

Redeem
Inevitable
Urge to be in control
Consider the toll on your soul
Let go
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Dec 1, 2007, 2:34 PM:
 

Let go
of negatives
anger and resentment
replace with positive and fill
with love.
  Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist

Re: Cinquain Train

Joy Bringer said Dec 1, 2007, 6:05 PM:
 

With love
Return again
To know yourself and see
Everything is possible
Just Be
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Cinquain Train

Meenakshi said Dec 1, 2007, 6:59 PM:
 

Just be
True to yourself
And like a clear mirror
Reflect what shines on you back to
Itself
  jeepdog : Warrior Poet

Re: Cinquain Train

jeepdog said Dec 1, 2007, 9:59 PM:
 

Itself.
Antithesis,
healthy view external,
We manifest transperonal.
Ourself.
  Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist

Re: Cinquain Train

Joy Bringer said Dec 2, 2007, 10:38 AM:
 

Our self
Togetherness
In interconnection
Mutuality in action
Like Us
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Dec 2, 2007, 1:02 PM:
 

Like us
all creatures ask
to simply be allowed
expression ,a life being true
to self.
  Megan : weaver-of-peace

Re: Cinquain Train

Megan said Dec 27, 2007, 12:52 AM:
 

To self
Like thunderous
Buffalo: to others
Like quiet water and the sound
Silence. 

  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Cinquain Train

Meenakshi said Dec 27, 2007, 6:26 AM:
 

Silence
Train in valley
Snaking through wooded trails
Smoke billows into lazy clouds
Peaceful
  Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist

Re: Cinquain Train

Joy Bringer said Dec 27, 2007, 3:06 PM:
 

Peaceful
in dark moments
Even amid the bombs
Find equanimity within
Loving
  jeepdog : Warrior Poet

Re: Cinquain Train

jeepdog said Dec 27, 2007, 7:40 PM:
 

Loving
Today they took away,
A true leader from us,
Beautiful soul that I admired,
MOURNFUL
  Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist

Re: Cinquain Train

Joy Bringer said Dec 28, 2007, 6:40 AM:
 

Mournful
Mission cut short
Soul giving wake up call
Spirit lives to see peace again
HOPEFUL
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Dec 29, 2007, 5:58 PM:
 

hopeful -
more positive
love well,  yourself and all
no room left for fear when love fills
cosmos
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Cinquain Train

Meenakshi said Dec 29, 2007, 8:45 PM:
 

cosmos
new year daily
each planet its own time
ever-changing, moving and still
timeless
  Megan : weaver-of-peace

Re: Cinquain Train

Megan said Jan 17, 2008, 8:31 AM:
 

Timeless
A jewel or
Precious thought of life or
What we are essentially and
Create. 

  Erick : Contemplative Dao Follower

Re: Cinquain Train

Erick said Feb 17, 2008, 3:57 AM:
 

Create
Your own world
By doing your own things
And just be yourself and
Enjoy
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Cinquain Train

Meenakshi said Feb 17, 2008, 6:10 AM:
 

“Enjoy”
Erick, thanks so much
Really  like your advice
I've followed this precept for awhile
Daily
  Erick : Contemplative Dao Follower

Re: Cinquain Train

Erick said Feb 17, 2008, 6:46 AM:
 


Daily

News is old tomorrow

But news never stops

New news will be there again

Tomorrow
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Feb 19, 2008, 10:57 AM:
 

Morning
dawns ruddy glow
adorns earths curving cheek
Man's newsworthy stories about
to break.
  Erick : Contemplative Dao Follower

Re: Cinquain Train

Erick said Feb 19, 2008, 12:09 PM:
 

To break

the day in two
is what you should do

with a good feeling everyday

and stay.
  masterymistery : Member of ETI

Re: Cinquain Train

masterymistery said Feb 23, 2008, 12:42 PM:
 

and stay
to play, today
or stay away and pray
on bended knees to humbly say
“your way”.
  Erick : Contemplative Dao Follower

Re: Cinquain Train

Erick said Feb 27, 2008, 1:20 PM:
 

“your way”
is a special way
it might not be my way
but it is good to experience it
every day
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Mar 12, 2008, 5:12 PM:
 

Each day
when fully lived
at work or play expressed
fills the cup right now each treasured
moment
  Bridjet : Collaboration Moderatrix

Re: Cinquain Train

Bridjet said Mar 17, 2008, 2:05 PM:
 

Moment
the path of time

stop to smell the garden
keep the feeling with you now and
always
  Erick : Contemplative Dao Follower

Re: Cinquain Train

Erick said Mar 22, 2008, 6:29 AM:
 

Always
keep in mind
that the more you give,
you will be rich for
always
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Mar 22, 2008, 7:07 AM:
 

Always
communicate
always collaberate,
jaw, jaw, jaw, is preferable
to war.
  Bridjet : Collaboration Moderatrix

Re: Cinquain Train

Bridjet said Mar 27, 2008, 3:51 PM:
 

To war

is to invite
death, hatred, egoism
Be on the side of peace and truth
Be well
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Jul 27, 2008, 7:24 AM:
 

be well
find inner peace
love dissolves heartbreak
cementing our connections, be 
tranquil.
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 8, 2008, 11:07 PM:
 

tranquil
inner findings
can be found here now too,
while resting the mind on the breath
flowing.
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Aug 9, 2008, 9:12 AM:
 

Flowing
in unity
in synchronicity
loving living being at One
with all
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 11, 2008, 9:45 AM:
 

With all
focused seeing
comes a inner knowing
of something greater than the Self
centered.
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Aug 11, 2008, 3:49 PM:
 

Centered
feeling grounded
loving earth and all that
is the light of the divine One
revealed
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 12, 2008, 9:11 AM:
 

Revealed
effulgently
from the creation womb
is the light that feeds us all now
in birth
  Megan : weaver-of-peace

Re: Cinquain Train

Megan said Aug 17, 2008, 1:02 PM:
 

In birth,
From the darkness
Our mind wet and waking
Our life open and fighting; awake
Torn life
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Aug 23, 2008, 4:48 PM:
 

Torn life
separated.
A patch waits - love will sew
life to quilt a divine cosmic
design
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 23, 2008, 10:23 PM:
 

design
wise enchantment
wells from behind the veil
of tilling the soil with the truth
present
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Aug 24, 2008, 6:36 AM:
 

present
momentary
ephemeral existence
bubbling up to the reification
perfect
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Aug 24, 2008, 8:07 AM:
 


Perfect
a universe
within, at our centre.

Whole within the whole and focused

unite
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 24, 2008, 9:13 AM:
 

Unite
In harmony.
Honey bees seek nector
in flowers and warm summer days
a buzz
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 25, 2008, 9:26 AM:
 

a buzz,
lamenting now
a foregone deflation.
ignorance lights the way to feel
a burn
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Aug 26, 2008, 3:44 AM:
 

Burn
inflamed all knowing
spreading-searing all fronts
scorching my enemies with light
in peace
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Aug 26, 2008, 3:15 PM:
 

In peace
you are a piece
holographically
conjoined, seamlessly connected
as One
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 26, 2008, 5:20 PM:
 

as One
created way
the moments are bequeathed
through our birth-right to spread essence
by words.
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Aug 26, 2008, 6:04 PM:
 

By word
by wing and fire
torn in two by our birth
mended by our mythology
seamless
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Aug 27, 2008, 12:43 AM:
 

Seamless
friendship signposts
on each souls road to peace
our hearts eased as we take each step
unite.
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 27, 2008, 7:59 AM:
 

Unite
glory, rejoice
surrender the ego
to gravity - the common bond
One seat.
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Aug 27, 2008, 11:55 AM:
 

One seat
the curtain opens wide
it's the finale at long last
It's me
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Aug 27, 2008, 4:15 PM:
 

It's me
watch me flower
petals open to light

unique contribution to God's
garden
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 27, 2008, 6:10 PM:
 

garden

sprouting a seed
for the roots to go deep

the fruit is offered to the sky

heaven
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Aug 30, 2008, 6:39 AM:
 

Heaven
above all else
soft warmth aglow with light
radiance emits cold fusion
energy
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Aug 31, 2008, 4:45 PM:
 

ergy;
no carbon guilt
for the voice calling home
when the need is great for comfort
in faith
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Aug 31, 2008, 5:30 PM:
 

In faith
we learn to trust
love holds trust on silk thread
not tied but extending freedoms

treasures.
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Sep 1, 2008, 4:48 AM:
 

Treasures
like a crystal
or wings made of bees wax
colourful cellophane plastics
lenses
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Sep 1, 2008, 9:25 AM:
 

lenses
to clarity
with devotional arms
I embrace the path to freedom
power
  Susan : Guide on the side

Re: Cinquain Train

Susan said Sep 2, 2008, 10:27 AM:
 

power

personal power
whispers quiet melodies
while the choir sings the praises
of position power
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Sep 2, 2008, 12:44 PM:
 

Powered
by the rhythm
of the universal
our hearts take a unique journey

called life
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Sep 2, 2008, 3:08 PM:
 

azure life
 lots of fiery days
many orange moon nights
time moves in golden waves of light
a buzz
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Sep 2, 2008, 6:40 PM:
 

a buzz

bees repeating

a repleting word-train

a early tapping in the mind

reborn
  Megan : weaver-of-peace

Re: Cinquain Train

Megan said Sep 4, 2008, 6:24 AM:
 

Reborn
Coffee days and
Fear that one will pick you
apart with dead accuracy
Close me
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Sep 4, 2008, 2:43 PM:
 

Close me
to reappear
even more transparent
open my wounds and let me bleed
healing
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Sep 5, 2008, 1:30 PM:
 

Healing
separation -
compassion and love bridge
the wide chasms where fear takes  grip
take heart  
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Sep 6, 2008, 8:16 AM:
 

take heart
take hede for the
weak becomes the strong now
from the chasms razor sharp edge
free will
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Sep 6, 2008, 11:52 AM:
 

Free will
choices bought
intentionality
unfolding wings for the moment
ballance
  Mikey_Dee : A hoot and The frumious Bandersnatc

Re: Cinquain Train

Mikey_Dee said Sep 6, 2008, 4:33 PM:
 

Balance,
A way to go
I'll never lose again,
I know that from now on and on,
I'll win
  Zephyr : Poeticspirit

Re: Cinquain Train

Zephyr said Sep 7, 2008, 8:34 AM:
 

I'll win
if I stay true
to my higher spirit
loves path to unity is found
within.
  HeyOK : Bridgebuilder

Re: Cinquain Train

HeyOK said Sep 7, 2008, 9:27 AM:
 

Within
A need to share
Everywhere kindred souls
So much has been said and shared here
Thankful
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Sep 7, 2008, 11:17 AM:
 

Thankful
humility
in the comfort of peace
a blessing flows down like water
in stream
 
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Cinquain Train

Meenakshi said Sep 7, 2008, 7:27 PM:
 

Cinquain (Aim for a L1 - L5 link)
L1 2 syllables
L2 4 syllables
L3 6 syllables
L4 8 syllables
l5 2 syllables


In stream
Flowing strongly
Fish avoid the rapids
But in rocky shallows, calm ponds
Fish swim
  alexander rhubarb : nit picker

Re: Cinquain Train

alexander rhubarb said Sep 8, 2008, 4:22 AM:
 

Fish swim
birds fly in sky
wings adorn the butterfly
and we must walk with our heads held high
grounded
  Jordan : Lataifable

Re: Cinquain Train

Jordan said Sep 8, 2008, 9:02 PM:
 

Grounded
with legs planted
a crown reaches skyward
while becoming the middle way
refuge
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Cinquain Train

Meenakshi said Sep 9, 2008, 12:11 PM:
 


l5 2 syllables

Refuge
In  times of hardship
Transforms as our needs chang