Today I return to Adelaide Crapsey’s American Cinquain. Still i tried to be a bit stricter with meter. Tried to get it to conform to:
- the 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 stress pattern
- and the 2, 4, 6, 8 ,2 syllable pattern.
Too Heavy Peter’s Mantle
A pope
has resigned. Too
heavy Peter’s mantle.
Too loud, the silent suffering of
children
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