Cinquain Train

Ganesha · Nov 13, 2006

rings out
without a sound
we turn and look upon
a lichen grazing doe who falls
softly

moblues · Nov 14, 2006

softly
ever softly
motes of gray seek escape
swept away, but not completely
new home

moblues · Nov 15, 2006

new home
it isn't fair
what about all my friends?
I like it here. Don't make me leave
again

moblues · Nov 15, 2006

again
always again
I told him no again
he wont take no for an answer
again

A. Hamilton · Nov 15, 2006

again
the young girl served
chocolate layer cake
topped with less frosting than that on
her face

wyzguy · Nov 15, 2006

her face
demure allure
shy eyes looking away
blush in the cheeks now descending
i'm lost

A. Hamilton · Nov 16, 2006

I'm lost
the rope you used
to tether me has torn
you've allowed me to wander off
alone

ddgryphon · Nov 16, 2006

Alone,
lovely meadow
stretching all directions
solitude, my fair companion,
comforts

Jayne · Nov 16, 2006

comforts:
fragrant coffee,
cold bare feet on glowing
wood floors warmed by pot-bellied stoves,
daybreak.

jumping dingbat · Nov 16, 2006

daybreak
not night but daybreak
crawling through the night i fall
daybreak

A. Hamilton · Nov 16, 2006

daybreak;
suspicious of
intimidating light,
anticipation worries dark
shadows

moblues · Nov 16, 2006

shadows
ever my friend
you helped me hide my work;
perform my slick and bloody craft
my friend

A. Hamilton · Nov 16, 2006

my friend
you cannot hide
your anguished heart from me
it lingers, spreading damp pain on
my shirt

wyzguy · Nov 17, 2006

my shirt
i still smell you
you linger in my air
caressing my skin like your hair
last night

Jayne · Nov 17, 2006

last night
mother welcomed
herself to my nightmare
she became the dreaded monster -
I fled

moblues · Nov 17, 2006

I fled
serpents followed
swallowed whole by desire
body wracked by unclean hunger
fallen

wyzguy · Nov 17, 2006

fallen
lost and alone
echoes return my calls
haunted by my hollow presence
i wait

moblues · Nov 17, 2006

i wait
doc says two days
the medicine will come
food is spare, and our lives are cheap
winter

Godfather · Nov 18, 2006

winter,
the last bus home,
miss it, in a warm coat.
a time for them smiles that say i
like you

kborsden · Nov 18, 2006

like you
I too am lost
missing in agony
wandering through anguished hallways
always

Jayne · Nov 18, 2006

always-
sweetest whisper
ever heard by sandy
sunburned lovers. but forever?
Long time.

kborsden · Nov 18, 2006

long time
not to be seen
hidden away from me
luring my wit into the dark
was she

wyzguy · Nov 18, 2006

was she
ever to know
what i did that friday
she'd have my guts for garters, pal
no doubt

kborsden · Nov 18, 2006

no doubt
there cannot be
for things we do like this
are seldom forgotten or passed
before

wyzguy · Nov 19, 2006

before
when dreams were green
and life hummed with promise
nightingales sang the world's joy for
we two