Quintain Poetry: The Collage Quintain Rhyme Scheme

 Collage Quintain Rhyme Scheme

Uses quotes from other sources to construct all or part of a quintain stanza or quintain sonnet sequence on a theme. It should include reference footnotes to the source of the quote or quotes. Example:

Examples: 221, 2175

In general, be more specific.
Absolutes squirm beneath realities.
Dogmatists are less useful than dogs.
Roundness is the Holy Shape.
The real "miracle" is cause and effect.

Pulling Onions
Over 1,000 Quips
One Liners, Epigrams
- Mike Garofalo, #221

The Bottom Line

"Caress the detail, the divine detail." 

- Vladimir Nabokov

“We think in generalities, but we live in details.”
- W. H. Auden

"The idea of one overbearing truth is exhausted."
- Thomas Mann

“A profound attention to the details of this world.”
- George Levine

“Cherish the minutes heureuses.”
- Charles Baudelaire

“The vast and unsuspected reality of small things." 
- Robert Nozick 

“We are better satisfied in particulars.”
- Wallace Stevens

"God is in the details."
- Mies Van Der Rohe

“Details are all there are.”
- Maezumi Roshi 

“Focus on small worlds of order.”
- Paul Valery

“No ideas but in things."
- William Carlos Williams

"In general, be more specific."
- Mike Garofalo 

"To study the self is to forget the self.
To forget the self is to be enlightened
By the ten thousand things."
- Zen Master Dogen

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

“Yes — Michael P. Garofalo very actively experiments with quintains, both as a poet and as a researcher of five‑line poetic forms. His work includes writing thousands of quintains and maintaining extensive studies on the structure, history, and variations of quintain poetry.

Evidence from his published work

• He has published large collections of quintains in Bundled Up, Volumes 1-5, which contain over 2,500+ Quintain poems.
• He maintains a dedicated research project on quintain poetry, covering definitions, rhyme schemes, metrics, examples, and bibliographies.
• His site includes studies of multiple five‑line forms: quintains, pentastichs, cinquains, tankas, quintets, quintillas, gogyohkas, and more.

What “experimenting with quintains” means in his case

Garofalo’s experimentation includes:

• Writing large volumes of original five‑line poems
• Exploring diverse quintain sub‑forms across cultures
• Analyzing syllable counts, rhyme schemes, and structural variations
• Creating hybrid or playful forms such as “Onions” (his term for 5‑line poems)
• Documenting and comparing poetic traditions” – Ms. Ai, Microsoft Co-Pilot