So... wanna play a game? I write a cinquain, the next person uses the last line to write the next one and so on till the servers die or we do 
For clarity's sake, we'll use the standardised form of five lines and a syllable count of:
Line 1 - 2 syllables
Line 2 - 4 syllables
Line 3 - 6 syllables
Line 4 - 8 syllables
Line 5 - 2 syllables
The subject can be anything, it doesn't need to rhyme. If you choose your words carefully it can take on a really nice shape but it's not necessary.
Newbies and veteran poets alike welcome. Short forms like this are really versatile so offer something for everyone, hopefully
Here's a famous one:
November Night
Listen …
With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp’d, break from the trees
And fall.
Adelaide Crapsey 1878 –1915 (This poem is in the public domain)
So the next person would use 'And fall' to start their poem, like this...
For clarity's sake, we'll use the standardised form of five lines and a syllable count of:
Line 1 - 2 syllables
Line 2 - 4 syllables
Line 3 - 6 syllables
Line 4 - 8 syllables
Line 5 - 2 syllables
The subject can be anything, it doesn't need to rhyme. If you choose your words carefully it can take on a really nice shape but it's not necessary.
Newbies and veteran poets alike welcome. Short forms like this are really versatile so offer something for everyone, hopefully
Here's a famous one:
November Night
Listen …
With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp’d, break from the trees
And fall.
Adelaide Crapsey 1878 –1915 (This poem is in the public domain)
So the next person would use 'And fall' to start their poem, like this...
