American Cinquains, Vol. I

Sep 01, 2024

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I. Gladness

    Can work
    Come with gladness?
    Can backs bend, then unbend,
    Eyes smiling, proud and free of rage
    And pain?

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II. Motive

    Giving
    Looks like taking
    Except to those involved.
    How often Joy hangs on motive
    And love

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III. “Alexa, search attention”

    How might
    we pay mind to
    all it is to be alive?
    Not that which can be data-mined?
    For now.

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IV.  Climbers

    I've seen
    Many climbers
    Who fell upwards at work
    Still looking for something up there
    In vain

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V. Fruits of My Labor

    Morning 
    Dew has given 
    Fresh opportunity
    Plucked from the vine before it is
    Past ripe

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VI. Critique

    Critique
    Can tear Old down
    But cannot build the New
    So we stand in our own rubble
    And wait