Cinquain Poetry

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Cinquain Poetry

• By Joann Ripley

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• Ocean
• Smooth, vigorous
• Swooshing, splashing, curving
• Glidding and moving the beach face
• H2O

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• Apples
• Hearty, healthy
• Growing, falling, rolling
• Ripening slowing on fruit trees
• Treat

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• Frosty
• Cold, outdoorsman
• Dissolving, vanishing
• The sun melted my friend away
• Snowman

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• Spider
• Creepy, hairy
• Crawling, climbing, spinning
• Weaving a deadly tangled web
• Black Widow

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• Italian
• Saucy, gooey
• Crunching, munching, filling
• Who ate the last slice of cheesy
• PIZZA????

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• Coffee
• Freshly grounded
• Beans from Columbia
• Caramel or vanilla latte
• MOJO

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• Tiger
• Striped, ferocious
• Leaping, snarling, pouncing
• Attacking and scaring its prey
• Grrrrrr!

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• Jeana
• Friend, caregiver
• Working, baking, cleaning
• Loves to play scrabble and rummy.
• Mother

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• Footwear
• Durable, cheap
• Flipping, flopping, squeaking
• They get me from here to there
• Sandals