Anyone fancy a Cinquain? For the uninitiated, an American form of poem based on Haiku with a definite format:
The first line is one word giving the title. It has 2 syllables. The second line has 4 syllables (normally 2 words) that describe the title. The third line has 6 syllables that express an action, usually 3 words. The fourth line has 8 syllables that express a feeling (4 words). The fifth line is 1 word. It has 2 or 3 syllables. The number of words can be discretionary.
Confused? Well here's an example:
Station
Oxford Circus
Enter carefully please
Why's it always so busy here?
Tourists
But I'm sure you can do much better.... Winning move is Crescent.
Irouleguy -
Dull Midlands town Botherer] Have you been away?
ZK -
Too much pie, sat on his football Rosie -
Allow them to ripen in desperation; this game is moribund. Raak -
Dark in here...
Endgame Irouleguy -
It's Michael Howard's end
"Are you cinquain what we're cinquain?"sorrysorrysorrycouldn'tresistit Tuj -
Said with two syllables Software -
artist, formerly known as prince? Simons Mith -
Spoooooooooooooooons That ought to be long enough to count as two syllables.
Raak -
The peak of civilisation Raak -
Spooöns: the fundamental particles of spoo. Rosie -
Ferrous. (Raak) So a logon is an individual dead bacterium or particle of fibre.
Tuj -
Can we kill this one? Raak - [Tuj] Seconded.
Time's up! Botherer -
Thankyou very much for playing Irouléguy -
Pleasant journeys, happy landings Raak - As the winning move is set to something that could be a last line, here's a last first line:
Mornington Botherer -
Northern Line wake and stretch Chalky -
To early morning sounds of the
Crescent Audience -
*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Chalky* Chalky - sorry - didn't play the game at all, but everyone seemed willing to put it to bed and I needed a space for a new game ...
This is the end of the line. There is no more.