Cinquain

The cinquain (pronounced sing'kane and translated to mean five-line poem) is a very popular and enjoyable poetic form. Although its five lines are governed by very definite rules, there are no limit to the imaginative possibilities.

The pattern is as follows:

Line 1:  one word for the subject of the poem

Line 2: two words that describe the subject

Line 3: three words that describe some action of the subject . . .what it does or what is done to it

Example:

Love  (subject word) Inevitable, Addictive  (two adjectives) Hurt, Provide, Share  (three verbs) Willing to die for  (four word phrase) Drug  (another word for the subject)