Cinquain Poems: Humorous Christmas Poems for the Holidays
Posted: Saturday, December 19, 2009
by Nenita Wells
Sugar Cookies
Sweet
Crunchy, colorful
Baker's creative delight
Children love munching on
Cookies!
Grazing Cow
Cow
Black, White
Grazing, chewing, jiggling
Jingle bells jingle bells
Content!
Santa Claus
Bearded
Oversized clothes
Ringing bells, listening
Children's countless toy list
Gifts!
Mistletoe
Bunched
Hanging high
Surprising tradition kept
Careful where you stand
Kissed!
Christmas Tree
Lighted
Colorful ornaments
Stood majestic tall
Cats underneath, knocking down
Boxes!
Christmas Toys
Toys
Nicely wrapped
Guessing, shaking, anticipating
Box under the tree
Mine!
Christmas Day
Busy shopping
Cooking fancy dishes
No time poor girl
Me!
Buying Gifts
Impossible
List long
Not much time
To go to malls
Sigh!
White Christmas
Snowing
Cold, freezing
Bundled, overheated children
Sliding down the hill
Laughing.
Cinquain (pronounced SING-cane) is a poetic form like Haiku but cinquain has five lines in three different formats. Here, I am using one of the cinquain patterns consisting of one word for line l, two words for line 2, three words for line 3, four words for line 4 and one word for line 5.
The second pattern which I have used in my previous poems is: Line 1 is a noun; line 2 are two adjectives; Line 3 are words ending in ing; line 4 is a phrase and line 5 is another word for the noun.
The third pattern which I have used in my previous poems is: Line 1 has two syllables; Line 2 has four syllables; Line 3 has six syllables; Line 4 has eight syllables and Line 5 has two syllables.
You can have fun writing cinquain poems.
By Nenita Wells
19DEC2009
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The author was born in one of the 7,100 islands in the Philippines, in Leyte where the famous American five-star general, Douglas MacArthur landed during WWII. She is one of eight children, and she has thirty-five nieces and nephews. She was raised by her parents to be a good Christian. Attended public school both in Elementary and High School in the Philippines. She went to college under the work and study program, earned her bachelor's degree with honors and her first paid full-time job was as secretary to the High School Principal, her first boss was a Benedictine Sister from Germany who was the Administrator of the Catholic school. She lived in New York City from 1977 to 2004 and now lives in Providence, Rhode Island. She loves to read and write poetry.
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Top-level comments on this article: (9 total)I Enjoyed reading your poetry Ninita, but your (bio) impressed me a lot.Hi David.
It is good to hear from you.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by, read and comment. Thank you for the compliment, I am humbled and honored. It meant a lot to me more than you will ever know.
I am grateful for the generous stars, I really appreciate it. LOL.
Wishing you a wonderful celebration of this festive occasion. May your New Year be filled with blessings of good health and joy.Best regards.
Nenita
Good poem. Nenita is spinning words tactfully.Ramaswamy, thank you for appreciating my poem. I have added an explanation of the format I used for this type of poem. Thank you for taking the time to stop by, read and comment. Happy holidays. Best regards, ~Nenita~
Nenita, you have truly found a blessed voice through your cinquain poems. Keep it up. Blessings to you this Christmas season.Thank you for the blessings Dr. Rhymes. I am humbled by your kind words. Thank you for taking the time to stop by, read and comment. Wishing you the very best this Christmas and throughout the New Year. ~Nenita~awesome
Hi Bob. Thanks for stopping by and for the kind word. Have a blessed, merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Good holiday poems, Nenita. Thanks for sharing them.Hi Lorrie. Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate your taking the time to stop by, read and comment. Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year. ~Nenita~
amusing, love.r. ;-)Hi Richard. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read and comment. Happy holidays. Best regards, ~Nenita~my pleasure, darlin'!
Writing in different poetry styles is fun, isn't it? Keep them coming.Thank you David. I appreciate your reading and commenting and thank you for the generous 5 stars and for the encouragement. Happy New Year! ~Nenita~
This is a type of writing that I have never heard of before, and it is intriguing! Loved reading this one. I have very little education, but I am surely going to try to give this one a whirl. Thanks for explaining how it may be done.Hi Verna. I am so glad that you are going to try writing a cinquain poem In my opinion this form is the easiest and it is fun writing them I am looking forward to reading yours. Thanks again for stopping by and taking the time to read and comment and I am grateful for the generous 5 stars. Best regards to you and yours, ~Nenita~
Nenita your poems are greatHi Ashley. Thanks for stopping by and for reading my poem. Have a blessed and merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
just wonder is this proper
1.tree
2.green, tall
3. standing, flashing, celebrating
4.presents under the tree
5.christmasHi Millard. Yes, it is proper and pretty good cinquain. Thank you. All the best to you.
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