Poet's Platform Column | 6 Sept. 07 by Janet Nesler | The Scioto Voice | Wheelersburg, Ohio

Would like to tell the basics of the pattern of poetry called a traditional cinquain.  This is a pattern of poetry with a certain number of syllables in each line, like the Haiku and Tanka.  The cinquain is 5 lines and the syllable count is 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.     Cinquain Early Each new morning I hear the magpies chat Lamenting my own thoughts of grief Please stop. Margi Russell Portsmouth   Haiku Hillsides will soon change Into colorful fall hues A new seasons here. Haiku Hot’s been up to bat Cool is next in line to lead Cold is still on hold. Maybell Criswell South Point, OH   September Dance September is a gentle time when the earth pauses to rest. The carnival time of October awaits— when nature exhibits her glorious best. Oak leaves blush in the morning light, kissed by the flirting breeze. The valleys are veiled in nebulous fog where swallows frolic with playful ease. Fields of corn are tinged with brown, ripening with each passing day. Rustic old barns stand crammed with hay, where frisky kittens romp and play. Ironweed wears a purple crown, goldenrod sways in a drowsy trance, monarch butterflies cavort on the wing rehearsing for the September dance. A hush pervades the countryside when September arrives on the breeze. Nature prepares for her ultimate show... the parade of the autumn trees. Charles Clevenger New Boston, Ohio   Colors Of Autumn With a cool rain falling this morning Time to say goodbye to summer now Today Autumn has arrived to greet us Summer has slipped away somehow Seems as if days are getting shorter Nearly as much darkness now as light Soon we will have to look at our clock To find if we are having day or night Soon we can see changed landscapes Autumn's show then will be on the way With a great variety fall of flowers to see It is a beautiful season some would say Many like the different and varied colors Of leaves they soon can see on the trees Each season has its time of great beauty To most eyes, colors of Autumn do please Acie Workman Eden Park