JULY 2008 THEME: CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

The theme for July 2008 is "Childhood Memories." To be considered for cinquain of the month, please post your poem to the list with a subject of "Childhood Memories:" followed by the title of your poem by Thursday, July 24 at midnight PDT.

CinquainPoets has a "sister group", which was formed to write long collaborative cinquain sequences.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CinquainPoetSequences

"May Dazed", the long collaborative cinquain sequence written on this list during May 2005, is now available as a book from lulu.com:

http://www.lulu.com/cinquainpoets

Cinquains of any topic as well as discussion of cinquain-centered topics are always welcome on the list.

The CinquainPoets e-mail group is for poets who write cinquains in the form as defined by Adelaide Crapsey, a five line poem with a syllable pattern of 2-4-6-8-2.

The CinquainPoets also discuss and share cinquain variations such as mirror cinquains (2 stanzas of 5 lines with a 2-4-6-8-2 2-8-6-4-2 pattern), cinquain sequences (longer poems with cinquain stanzas), crown cinquains (a cinquain sequence of 5 stanzas), reverse cinquains (2-8-6-4-2 pattern), and cinquain butterflies (a mirror cinquain that has been fused together into one stanza, dropping one of the 2 syllable middle lines - i.e. 9 lines with a 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2 pattern).

We hope that you will enjoy your time in our community of poets.