Notes: This is a Garland Crapsey cinquain. �Typical cinquains are just one stanza that follows the pattern: 1 word (noun, the focus of the poem), 2 words (adjectives describing the first word), 3 words (action verbs), 4 words (or a sentence), 1 word (a "summary" of the poem).

A Crapsey cinquian further restricts the form as such: 1 word/2 syllables, 2 words/4 syllables, 3 words/6 syllables, 4 words/8 syllables, 1 word/2 syllables. �It follows the same pattern as a typical cinquain.

A Garland cinquain is yet another unique form. �It is 6 stanzas instead of 1, each one following the same pattern. �The 6th stanza is comprised as such: 1st line from 1st stanza, 2nd line from 2nd stanza, 3rd line from 3rd stanza (et al).

Thus, a Garland Crapsey cinquain is a poem that is 6 stanzas long. �Each stanza follows the strict pattern outlined two paragraphs above and the the final stanza follows the above mentioned pattern.

As this is not my typical form of writing, it was actually rather hard for me to do. �I am mildly pleased with it.

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Autumn
Lovely, breezy
Descending, skittering
Evenings are becoming longer
Changing

Passing
Decaying, calm
Dissolving and wilting
Into winter nature's moving
Ending

Summer
Burning, humid
Fleeing, flying, falling
It finally withers away
Elapsed

Cycle
Endless, ageless
Continues and changes
As the harvest ripens
Again

Leaves
Brittle, crunchy
Snapping, diving, leaping
The season is starting anew
Today

Autumn
Decaying, calm
Fleeing, flying, falling
As the harvest ripens
Today

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