Collection of cinquains. [Cinquain] - An unrhymed, five-line poetic form defined by the number of syllables in each line-the first line has two syllables, the second has four, the third six, the fourth eight, and the fifth two. Line 1: Two syllables (a noun, the subject of the poem) Line 2: Four syllables (adjectives that describe the subject in line 1) Line 3: Six syllables (-ing action verbs-participles-that relate to the subject in line 1) Line 4: Eight syllables (a phrase or sentence that relates feelings about the subject in line 1) Line 5: Two syllables (a synonym for the subject in line 1 or a word that sums it up) Alternative Line 5 for older poets: Five words (a phrase or sentence that further relates feelings about the subject in line 1)