Forms for Poetic Reflection: Haiku and Cinquain
A haiku poem is a "picture poem" that doesn’t rhyme, and it has three lines with 17 beats:
Line 1 has 5 beats
Line 2 has 7 beats
Line 3 has 5 beats
Sample:
Katrina Relief
Too much water, wind
Crashing on all the people.
From afar, we help.
A cinquain is a five-line poem that does not rhyme and is set up like this:
Line 1 is a single word (usually a noun)
Line 2 has two words (usually 2 adjectives)
Line 3 has three words (usually verbs ending in –ing)
Line 4 has a descriptive 4-word phrase
Line 5 is a single word (usually a synonym for the first word or repeats it)
Sample:
Global Community
Giving
Heart, mind
Sharing, caring, empowering
Helps our global community
Love
Adapted from the Learning To Give unit "Philanthropy - A Day at the Beach" at www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit85/