Crevasse

Crevasse: A Cinquino*

I made
a nest inside a beating crack
without knowing it was
your own sinking
soul’s hole.

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Word Inspiration: Sarah Doughty of Heartstring Eulogies (Thank you, Sarah!)

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*Cinquino is seems to me is a gimmicky invented verse form that reverses the syllable count of the Crapsey Cinquain. It was found in a book on poetry for teachers and was created by a 20th century American educator James Neille Northe.

The Cinquino is:

• a poem in 5 lines.
• syllabic, 2-8-6-4-2 syllables per line.
• unrhymed