Sketchbook  Brian Strand, UK

 

Cinquain All Hallows Eve Skipping across the lawn, dead leaves dance together— until the tempo fades as the moon drops.

 

Cinqku # 15 the first heavy frost whitens the lawn— overnight fall becomes winter # 2 muffled bells echo across the square— sepia memories surface

 

Quintile A quintile is an image form I devised prompted by my admiration of the American Cinquain created by Adelaide Crapsey whereby two or three cinquains in their own right are linked to form a common theme in a longer poem. Like Fading Flowers Poppy, Emblematic, Flower of the field, its Delicate tissue like far—off Fallen with Dying Forget—me—nots In memory fading As old comrades, one by one Depart

 

Tanka shrieks of the seagulls die on the inshore breeze above the still strand— our twin footprints disappear as the sunset dissolves

 

Tetractys A tetractys has five lines with a syllable count of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10. It is triangular in symmetry, with each line standing on its own. It can be inverted, doubled to extend its length. Ichthys White blossom, a welcome Springtime emblem, the foretaste of succulent fruit to come.

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