Thanksgiving Cinquain

Turkey
for Thanksgiving
roasted a golden brown,
family and friends gather to
give thanks.


   I had trouble with the eight syllable line.  I kept counting family as two syllables on one count then three in the next.  I finally had to look up the proper pronunciation of family.  Simple, right?  But, it just goes to show you, it never hurts to double check on syllabic forms.  The cinquain has two syllables in the first line, four, six, eight, and two syllables in the next lines, making a five line poem.  Can you try writing your own cinquain today?  Have fun writing.

I had a chore
and I forgot
I didn't get it done.

I will hurry
now to write
poetry is fun.


     Oh, I'm sorry.  I really blew it today.  I've been working on taxes all day, and it has taken my mind from the really important things.



Tommy plays video games.
Mary reads a book.
Alice likes to sing her songs.
Jeffrey likes to cook.

Susie experiments with science.
Freddy plays with math.
Chris plays many sports.
David hikes a mountain path.

All of us have different talents,
different things we like to do.
and it is with practicing
you are uniquely you.


    OK, so can you write a poem today about the things you like to do?