Love

cinquain

Love

Compassionate, unconditional

Given, received, listens

Selfless acts of kindness

Affection

Reviews

[Helen Crutchett]

Superb "cinquain" Jim. There will always be some people who just don't like this genre of poetry and that's ok. I realise its not everyone's 'cup of tea' lol
This was an excellent write, thanks for submitting this to my contest!

Just smiling here at some of the interesting reviews and laughing out loud at Ed's!
;) helena

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

Congrats on your winning cinquain

[cest la vie]

Ha.. I think Ferg is not aware of Ed' humorous side..
This is wonderful..

You have truly summed up this mysterious emotion very nicely.

[Ferg]

i guess the reviewer below (Delphine) was unaware of the particulars of the cinquain style....
should the verbs in the 3rd line be active? just as giving, receiving, listening?
i am starting to get the hang of the style.....
nicely done

[Ed Hart]

I think if you tighten it up a little bit, maybe get rid of some of the excess verbiage, go lighter on the punctuation, and change the title, this would be more to my liking...

[Delphine]

The only problem I have with this is that it isn't actually poetry. It's a couple of sentences strung together that the audience has no idea how to connect. You've assumed the meaning, and it's as if interpreting this poem through tunnel vision. You leave something to be desired, because this poem is so confined.

I think if you do something with these sentences, elaborate them, clarify them, you could have something.