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Loves, lamentation, and life through prose, stories, passions, and essays.

Category: Cinquain

Begin An End 

January 11, 2025January 10, 2025 AnthonyLeave a comment

Begin

     With your change

     in your evolution 

     All oldest habits must come to 

An end 

-AAA 01/10/2025

Sit Awhile, Talk To Me

January 1, 2025 Anthony5 Comments

Sit awhile

     Tell me your story

     Don’t hold back on the details

     Share the good, bad, and all ugliness 

Talk to me…

-AAA 01/01/2025

All Our Lives Have Meaning 

December 23, 2024 Anthony2 Comments

All our lives

     Are significant 

     to each and every person. 

     Therefore, all, in our own special way 

have meaning…

-AAA 12/23/2024

Passionate Proposal

December 20, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Come see me

Then lay beside me

Let’s melt together as one

Then throw our heads back in ecstasy

All night long🔥🔥🔥

-aaa

Originally Published 06/05/2024

It’s Time To Live

December 19, 2024 Anthony3 Comments

It’s time

      To be your best 

      Living life with gusto

      Positive impacts on the way

To live.

-AAA 12/19/2024

Gently At Ease 

December 17, 2024 Anthony4 Comments

Gently

     Talk to myself

     Find all of the answers 

     Knowledge my heart already knows 

At ease 

-AAA 12/17/2024

Awake At Last

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 Anthony3 Comments
Awakening by Cambion Art

Awake 

     For the first time

     in a very long time

     After being asleep to all

At last…

-AAA 12/15/2024

Cool Mornings, Cooler Nights 

December 1, 2024 Anthony6 Comments

Cool mornings

     Winter’s very close

     As the days grow much shorter

     We enjoy many holiday toasts

Cooler nights…

-AAA 12/01/2024

Cabin Fever

November 29, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Get me

Out from this place

I feel claustrophobic

The walls are closing in on me

Outside…

-aaa

Originally Published 05/26/2024

Hard Truths Teach Us

November 27, 2024 Anthony2 Comments

Hard truths

     Can really smart

     But is necessary 

     As, only the harshest lessons 

Teach us…

-AAA 11/25/2024

Tuesday Or Is It

November 26, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Tuesday

     After Monday

     and before Wednesday

     Not a major day of note, or

Is it…

-AAA 11/25/2024

Pumpkin Season 

November 20, 2024 Anthony3 Comments

Pumpkin

     Sweet spiced latte…

     Pies covered with whipped cream…

     Ravioli is delicious…

Season.

-AAA 11/20/2024 

First Breath, Last Breath 

November 16, 2024November 16, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

First breath 

     You’re on your way

     Gaining some momentum

     Not giving an inch, until your 

last breath…

-AAA 11/15/2024

Alone At Peace

November 9, 2024November 9, 2024 Anthony2 Comments

Alone

     Not by myself

     Surrounded by my friends 

     and the truest loves of my life

At peace…

-AAA 11/09/2024

Ask Yourself Good Questions 

November 7, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Ask yourself

     What you need to know

     and formulate your answers.

     Just be sure to think so that you ask 

good questions…

-AAA 11/07/2024

Desires Consume

November 4, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Desires

     Take time to build.

     And lots of energy,

     to truly maintain, lest they will,

consume.

-AAA 11/04/2024

Razor Sharp Never Dull

November 2, 2024November 2, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Razor sharp

     Like the finest point

     With deadly accuracy 

     Like the teeth of a Barracuda 

Never dull…

-AAA 11/01/2024

Writers, We Try

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Writers 

     Like the Goonies 

     We will never say die

     Harder life makes it, the harder

we try!!!

-AAA 10/31/2024

Bodies As One

October 30, 2024October 31, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Bodies 

        Close together

        In the deepest embrace 

        Passionate union together

As one…

-AAA 10/29/2024

Love Is For All

October 24, 2024October 31, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Love is 

     Always certain, 

     while unconditional,

     and endlessly available

for all…

-AAA 10/24/2024

This Phase Will Count

October 18, 2024October 17, 2024 Anthony7 Comments

This phase 

    Quite cathartic

    With all its challenges 

    Yet immensely satisfying 

Will count 

-AAA 10/17/2024

True Love Is Real

October 9, 2024October 13, 2024 Anthony3 Comments

True love 

     isn’t wasted.

     Like a brief passing fad.

     Build and develop something that

is Real 

-AAA 10/09/2024

Your Life, It’s Yours

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 Anthony7 Comments

Your life 

    Is such a gift 

    Do make the most of it

    Only the foolhardy waste time

It’s yours…

-AAA 10/08/2024

Three Things Challenge #831

September 29, 2024September 29, 2024 Anthony2 Comments

Three Things Challenge #M831

Your three words today are:

FRONT

BACK

SIDEWAYS

NO FRONT NO BACK NO RELIEF 

No front

      Only sideways

      Limited perspective

      As you appear outright oblong 

No back 

-AAA 09/29/2024

Inspire Desire 

September 28, 2024September 27, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Inspire 

   By example 

   Not by imitation

   Run wild out of your comfort zone

Desire…

-AAA 09/27/2024

This Life, It’s Ours 

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024 Anthony7 Comments

This life 

    Is not easy,

    or for the faint at heart.

    Yet, we persevere through it all.

It’s ours…

-AAA 09/20/2024

Spicy Sauce 

September 16, 2024 Anthony12 Comments

Chili sauce 

Rich, sweet, and spicy 

Will brighten up any dish

Really awakening your taste buds

Such flavor…

-AAA 09/15/2024

Love Vs Hate 

September 5, 2024September 5, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Lovers love 

Haters always hate 

To these there is no debate 

Lost, the symbolism of a dove 

A sad state… 

-AAA 09/05/2024

You Left, Goodbye

August 31, 2024August 28, 2024 Anthony5 Comments

You left…

Slowly surely..

After you ghosted me..

I knew it was the very end..

Goodbye…

-AAA 08/27/2024

We Fall In Love

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

We fall…

It can’t be stopped..

Instincts drive us forward..

All of our feelings say it’s right..

In love…

-AAA 08/27/2024

Still…

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 Anthony3 Comments

Just be still.

Very very still.

Not moving any muscle.

Even breathing in a soft silence,

and, all, stops…

-AAA 08/27/2024

At The Helm

July 23, 2024 Anthony8 Comments


Special thanks to my collaborator on this Rengay, Missy Daugherty
http://madmissywork.blog

Don’t fret

You have got this

It’s all under control

Everything will fall into place

Stay calm

-AAA/MAD 07/22/2024

Chorales Of Nature

July 22, 2024 Anthony5 Comments

Just stand still

Listen around you

Birds chirp, brooks babble, winds blow

Now nature will sing her deep chorus

For us all…

-AAA 07/22/2024

Forward, Always Forward

July 20, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Forward…

Never backward

Always moving onward

Just like both the hands on the clock

Forward…

-AAA 07/20/2024

Challenge of the Cinquains Part 2

July 18, 2024July 17, 2024 Anthony3 Comments

Two, four

Six, eight, and two

All cinquain syllables

Test your creativity, most

You’ll see…

-AAA 07/17/2024

Your Evolution

July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 Anthony2 Comments

Step forward,

Accept what should be yours.

Have no fear, just embrace change.

Taking you far from your comfort zone.

Now, evolved!!!

-AAA 07/17/2024

Free

July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 Anthony2 Comments

Run wild

Let it all out

Relax and just be you

Truly, you couldn’t do much worse

Feel grace…

-AAA 07/15/2024

Quiet Inside

July 10, 2024July 10, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

Sit still.

Embrace quiet.

Let calmness flow through you.

Relax and just take it in stride.

You’re there…

-AAA 07/10/2024

It’s Life… Or Death

July 7, 2024July 6, 2024 Anthony2 Comments

It’s life

Don’t break it down

It’s no use, roll with it

Take every moment as it comes

Or death…

-AAA 07/06/2024

Morning Gratitude Workshop

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 Anthony4 Comments

Wake up!

Get out of bed!

What are you grateful for?

What makes you happy in your life?

A lot!!!

-AAA 07/01/2024

Challenge of Cinquains

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 Anthony4 Comments

Cinquains,

Are hard to write.

Count syllables, a lot!

Find the right words that fit your work.

Then hope…

-AAA 07/01/2024

Truthful, the Exception

June 21, 2024 Anthony3 Comments

Always real

Not artificial

Honesty is critical

In a dishonest society,

Be unique…

-aaa

Passionate Proposal

June 5, 2024 Anthony4 Comments

Come see me

Then lay beside me

Let’s melt together as one

Then throw our heads back in ecstasy

All night long🔥🔥🔥

-aaa

Cabin Fever

May 26, 2024 Anthony8 Comments

Get me

Out from this place

I feel claustrophobic

The walls are closing in on me

Outside…

-aaa

Just Be You

May 14, 2024 Anthony6 Comments

Just reach out

There’s nothing to fear

Accept everything you are

The very best and worst you can be

That is you…

-aaa

Trust in Us

May 13, 2024 Anthony12 Comments

With us

There is no fuss

We must have that trust

Without it we would be a bust

A must…

-aaa

We Burn

May 13, 2024 AnthonyLeave a comment

My love

Sears in passion

The flames never go out

Even if we are far apart

We burn…

-aaa

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