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[kengr]

Now that I have the rules for that poetry form I was exposed to in Junior high, I'm trying it again.

As I did then, I'm finding it useful for considering duality

son	son
soft, gentle	weak, useless
caring, loving, helping	clinging, whining, dragging
joy in a harsh world	vulnerable not strong
daughter	dead

Comments

[acelightning]

What's the form called, and what are its requirements?

[kengr]

Cinquain
https://kengr.dreamwidth.org/1036414.html?thread=1882494#cmt1882494

[acelightning]

Thanks!

[alatefeline]

Wow.

That double poem. Wow.

[kengr]

Thanks. I had a dream the other night where I was writing a different pair, but when I woke up they weren't anywhere near complete.

I've got what I recalled saved to work on later, but this pair popped into my head. Well, the concept did. The left hand one was easy. The right hand one was a bit harder to get the "right" words for.

Though the start and end of each were what I started with, it's the 3rd and 4th lines that are often the problem.