Don't Go Into The Forest
A Butterfly Cinquain
One day
Timothy Finn
Went into the forest
Oblivious to the werewolf there
Oh no!
The werewolf saw Timothy Finn
It caught him by his neck
Its dinner served
So yum!
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The butterfly cinquain is a 9-line poem which takes the shape of a butterfly when the lines are centered. The syllable count per line is two, four, six, eight, two, eight, six, four, two (2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2).
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Dharrsheena Raja Segarran
My mental health decline brought along a lot of Darkness and I embraced it. This Darkness flows out in the form of Horror Stories and Dark Poetry 🖤
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Comments (24)
Caught my attention! Well done!
This was great, it reminds me of one of those creepy nursery rhymes from scary movies.
wonderfully done, as always.
This is great! I know it’s a horror poem, but the last line made me smile. It was cute. ❤️
I love this so much. You have such a distinct style that, even if I didn't know this was yours, I think I'd know it was yours. Well done 🖤
Great Job. It was short but told a story. 👏
This was so cool!!! You have true talent, and I love reading your work. Well done on this one :)
Superb!!!💖💕
I'm a little embarrassed to say I teach poetry and never knew about this form. So cool. Wonderfully lovely and concise.
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Lovely, I didn't know about "The butterfly cinquain"! This is really amazing!
Loved it, cleverly concise!
Unique and interesting.. I might try a chinquain too.
Nicely done, Dharrsheena! A creative way to play with the horror genre too. :-)
Wow. Thank you. I will have to attempt a butterfly cinquain now.
Sweet!!!💕
Loved it
very good.
This is very clever and beautifully written. Well done.
That works really well , very enjoyable
Love love love werewolves. You poem had has an exceptional bite to it. Keep up the content.
Wow I had no idea people could make a structure in a poem like this. Very beautiful. Good job all around.
That was very cool. I love this light, sweet butterfly shape paired with the slightly gruesome content!
Beautifully creative!
Excellent! The subtle form of the butterfly cinquain with the vicious content of the wolf creates true horror. I’m impressed.