A BOOK OF CINQUAINS
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About the Book
The cinquain is a five-line twenty-two syllable verse form created by Adelaide Crapsey in response to the tanka and haiku forms which were then coming into vogue among English-language poets. Because it is a western form, the cinquain is more expansive and rhetorical. It lends itself to a variety of uses. A Book of Cinquains contains poems that are descriptive, humorous, meditative and dramatic.
About the Author
Andrew Mangravite has published translations from Saint-Pol-Roux and other French Symbolist writers. He has also written extensively on film and fine art. A Book of Cinquains is a collection of his original poems. He currently resides in suburban Philadelphia and works as an archivist.