Cinquain Train

JohnL · Sep 18, 2011

"Instead."
A latch click door
lock secures your anti-
climactic antecedent: "I
chose him..."

B.D. Eyeslie · Sep 19, 2011

Chose him!
I do not care.
You've been too much trouble
for me to lose any sleep over--
I'm lost.

kdnxdr · Sep 19, 2011

i'm lost
out in blank space
searching for the right word,
the one that anchors me to you,
like "love"

CDSinex · Sep 20, 2011

"Like love?"
The question’s asked,
and often asked again.
The answer’s kept within these lips.
Hush now.

B.D. Eyeslie · Sep 20, 2011

Hush now.
The camp fire dims,
and our voices mellow.
Creatures of the woods have captured
the night.

kdnxdr · Sep 20, 2011

the night,
bathed in ink,
shadows my long day's thoughts
like a mirror image; I dream
darkly

L.J. · Sep 20, 2011

darkly
my thoughts torture
and undermine my peace
sending me into a spiral
of pain

Blarg · Sep 20, 2011

Of pain
there is said much;
of its thoughtless planting,
of carefully tending its seeds,
little.

pseudo · Sep 20, 2011

little
revelation
fallacy and peril
the sobering dichotomy
laid bare

B.D. Eyeslie · Sep 21, 2011

Laid bare
before the gods ...
Aphrodite balking,
the last hope of humanity—
ruins.

kdnxdr · Sep 21, 2011

ruins
expose lost hopes,
speak of dreams turned to ash
but inspire us to build again;
forward!

B.D. Eyeslie · Sep 22, 2011

Forward,
pitter-patter—
the sounds of dancing feet
invading the feast of Christmas.
Tim-ber ...

RyanLKing · Sep 22, 2011

And rage,
Washes over,
Like a great tsunami,
Destroying all sense and reason,
Darkness.

Blarg · Sep 22, 2011

Darkness,
comfortable,
settles in for a nap
on ground that has been warmed all day,
waiting.

kborsden · Sep 23, 2011

waiting
without a chair --
stood instead of seated,
will the doctor treat my knee caps
today?

B.D. Eyeslie · Sep 23, 2011

Today?
Not all that good.
First, I ran out of gas;
then, I syphoned some from Clair's car--
mouthful.

kborsden · Sep 23, 2011

mouthful
of spit and shine
for boots; automobiles
and carriage-less hours waxed into
distance

RyanLKing · Sep 23, 2011

Distance
Is equal to
Rate multiplied by time
That's no comfort on a long drive
Back home.

Blarg · Sep 23, 2011

Today
I will unwrap
my hero sandwich heart
and add some extra baloney
for you.

B.D. Eyeslie · Sep 23, 2011

For you,
there is nothing
I wouldn't do to please.
Your loving heart deserves better
than me.

kborsden · Sep 24, 2011

than me,
than tomorrow,
than yesterday's dreaming
of you, your lifetime; of hardships
bettered

B.D. Eyeslie · Sep 24, 2011

Bettered,
yet still betrayed--
How do you find solice
in friendship so dark and toxic.
Addict.

kborsden · Sep 24, 2011

addict
or empty shell;
shadow of your former
or reflected caricature
perhaps?

Blarg · Sep 24, 2011

Perhaps
the bumblebee
not knowing it can't fly
believes that it has perfected
waiting.

kborsden · Sep 24, 2011

waiting
for intellect
to append my belief
no longer spend my days, waiting
for God

Cinquain Train

JohnL

Hmmmm...

B.D. Eyeslie

kdnxdr

One of the most important people in the world

CDSinex

Imagine something clever here.

B.D. Eyeslie

kdnxdr

One of the most important people in the world

L.J.

Blarg

pseudo

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B.D. Eyeslie

kdnxdr

One of the most important people in the world

B.D. Eyeslie

RyanLKing

Blarg

kborsden

Has a few recurring issues

B.D. Eyeslie

kborsden

Has a few recurring issues

RyanLKing

Blarg

B.D. Eyeslie

kborsden

Has a few recurring issues

B.D. Eyeslie

kborsden

Has a few recurring issues

Blarg

kborsden

Has a few recurring issues