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A NEW FORM
Denis
M. Garrison, US
Denis Garrison
developed the cinqku in May 2005. Cinqku is a cinquain form of
haiku, one that is a closer analogue to haiku than is the
American Cinquain (Crapseian). Cinqku maximizes the
utility of the line break technique. A cinqku is a
cinquain-formatted haiku with a strict syllable count
(2,3,4,6,2)
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making 17 syllables on 5 lines. Single cinqku,
generally, are not titled, and have haiku-style free diction
and syntax, no metrical requirement, and a turn that may be
similar to kireji or a cinquain turn. Sequential cinqku may be
titled. Since I began writing cinqku, poets on several mailing lists
have written them using various formats. One Cinqku has been
written in Romanian.
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