Today’s poetry form was a quintain – a five line poem – of which there are several forms and variations. You can read about it at Stephanie’s amazing blog.
I decided to try several:
first a Gogyohka inspired by a joke I told my husband and his parents last night – oh how we laughed! I found it fit the poem for perfectly!
A Lesson to Husbands
by Julia Wagner
A good husband
is like a bra
supportive
uplifting
and adjustable when needed
Next I tried my hand at a Yadu – a five-line Burmese climbing poem
Dance of Spring
by Julia Wagner
Lightning streak snaps,
thunder claps, then
rain taps my nose,
soaks my clothes. I
decide to dance – why stay dry?
And finally I did a quintilla – well, I did two and two together is apparently a Copla Real
Childhood Adventures
by Julia Wagner
Sail with me in my cardboard boat-
We’ll plunder seas beneath the trees,
fight the sinister billy goat,
and capture gold from bumble bees.
We’ll storm the castle cross the moat
To demand cookies from the queen
with “pretty-please” and “thank you, M’am”
(we don’t want her to think us mean).
We’ll escape o’er the beaver dam
then sail back home across the green.
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Fun and Flawed 