Sorry Arthur, I didn't answer your question re ..ings.
I think it is both a factor of the form in that it requires a conclusion in
the last line, making present participles a necessity???? and inexperience
on the writer's part. It was one of the first poems I wrote and I must
consider if a cinquain needs them or not. Maybe I'll try one or two without
them and see what happens. The classic form is syllabic, not an English
Language thing, and the lines should be of the form 2,4,6,8,2 syllables
respectively and there is nothing wrong with running the lines over. I think
it is the nearest thing we have to Japanese haiku, as Karina said.
Roger.
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