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WHCshortverses: Cinquain
Selected by Elizabeth St Jacques
Sault St. Marie, Canada

 

wild carp swum round and round in an murky old pond but by their existence evolved these koi! an'ya Oregon, US

sudden day of sorrow awash in mourning prayers instilled my soul with boundless grief untold Carol Raisfeld New York, US

Ashes we are, so to ashes we shall return; the irrefutable law of nature. Victor P. Gendrano California, US

(in Tagalog, a Philippine language) Bakit nanaising marating ang langit sa sandaling hirap, bakit nga ba? Victor P. Gendrano California, US

(translation in English) Why do we wish success with nary an effort disdaining even mild hardships, oh why? Victor P. Gendrano California, US

For this I have no answer: How the way of the wind finds out its path, unless it go forward. Debra Woolard Bender Florida, US

music: how a turning note plays upon this silence; drawn in without warning, I am undone Debra Woolard Bender Florida, US

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