Text Art: Selections

Michael Amberger, Numbers

Kaldron Alphabet Box

Ruth Cowen, Words to Eat

"Constantinople", a 'ferro-concrete poem'  from

 Tango with Cows by the Russian Futurist Vasily Kamensky, 1914

Guillaume Apollinaire, 1912

Text Art and Concrete Poetry

Quintain Poetry: The Two Syllable Quintain Poem

 2 Syllables Fixed Quintain Poem

Examples: # 2116, 2173, 2180

statue
deep blue
sitting
so still
Sunday
- Mike Garofalo, # 2116

comely
cute lass
no sass
free pass
tempts me
- Mike Garofalo, # 2180

A line with only two syllables is sometimes
referred to as a dimeter line.

Each line in a 2 Syllable Fixed Quintain poem
must be only 2 syllables.

 

3 Syllables Quintain

Examples: 2114, 2118

bright porch light
burning bright
all the night---
          racoon licks
          my dog's bowl
- Mike Garofalo, # 2118

A line with only three syllables is sometimes
referred to as a trimeter line.

 

Quintains - Research

Quintains: 2,100+ Quintains (Free Online)

Quintain Poetry Rhyme Schemes

Syllable Counting for Quintain Poems

Quintain Sonnet Forms ( 5252, 555, 553 )

Quintains: Bibliography, Links, Research

Poetry - Research

Poetry by Michael P. Garofalo