The Cinquains, Cinqku, Crystallines Index Page

The Cinqku Page

buried
five cold years
but never gone–
our bedroom's fragrant with
her scent

                        Cinqku #1 by Denis M. Garrison


ABOUT THE CINQKU

This webpage is the primary resource for the cinqku, a tanka analogue originated by Denis Garrison.

The "cinqku" five-line tanka is a seventeen syllable poem or stanza that assimilates the Japanese haiku & tanka traditions into the English poetic tradition.
A primary concern for the cinqku is the effective use of the line break.

CINQKU LINKS

Prosody for the Cinqku - 2005.

Sample Cinqku by Garrison.


Copyright © 2005-2008 by Denis M. Garrison.