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    Cinquains
    Cinquains
    Cinquains
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    Cinquains

    By E.M McConnell

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    CInquains are a form of short poetry spanning only five lines. If you are a fan of Haiku and Tanka verse then this kind of micro poetry may appeal to you. These poems have been gathered over a period of time and cover all kinds of topics, including and not limited to, love, family, nature, food, and mythology. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherE.M.McConnell
    Release dateJan 7, 2023
    ISBN9798215323298
    Cinquains
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    E.M McConnell

    Eryn was born and raised in Oxford, UK but nowadays lives in South Germany with their young family. They have a great dream to travel and visit all the great mountains and lakes of the world. They are a qualified History and English teacher, working freelance with international students.  They write both poetry books and fantasy stories. They have a particular passion for mythology and dragons!  They have been writing poetry since they were 16, including Middle-Earth fan poetry that has appeared in the Tolkien Society’s publication, the Amon Hen. They have also appeared in the Music Anthology from the Sweety Cat Press.  In addition to writing poetry they study with the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids to be a druid, and are working on two fantasy series. One of  which appears to involve steampunk, sky pirates, astral travel and lots of dragons, and the other has a more dystopian bent.  If you want to see more of their writing you can find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ErynMcConnell.Writer/  Instagram www.instagram.com/erynmcconnellwriter  And Twitter too https://www.twitter.com/mcconnelleryn 

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      Cinquains - E.M McConnell

      Cinquains

      E. M. McConnell

      Copyright © 2023 by E.M. McConnell

      All rights reserved.

      No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law.

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      Contents

      Introduction

      1.Arrive

      2.Autumn

      3.Bake

      4.Before

      5.Between

      6.Bug

      7.Bundle

      8.Busy

      9.Blink

      10.Breath

      11.Cake

      12.Campfire

      13.Cardboard

      14.Carols

      15.Castle

      16.Challenge

      17.Charity

      18.Cheese

      19.Chicken

      20.Christmas

      21.Clap

      22.Craft

      23.Crank

      24.Crowds

      25.Cry

      26.Daughter

      27.Decorate

      28.Defend

      29.Dessert

      30.Done

      31.Door

      32.Dread

      33.Dream

      34.Edge

      35.Edit

      36.End

      37.Explore

      38.Follow

      39.Fireworks

      40.Fix

      41.Freeze

      42.Fresh

      43.Frost

      44.Fruit

      45.Gift

      46.Glow

      47.Goal

      48.Grief

      49.Health

      50.Home

      51.Infinity

      52.Inspect

      53.Lake

      54.Last

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