The Two Boots Word Vault
Words from Minnesota's Timothy Young, poet, essayist, and social thinker.
The Two Boots Word Vault
The Cinquains
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Timothy
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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Thomas R. Smith introduced me to the poetic form of the Cinquain. At the beginning of the 20th century Adelaide Crapsey, who loved haiku poetry, thought that American English did not suit the haiku form and developed the cinquain as an American alternative for the short poem.