{"id":1298,"date":"2008-07-08T17:08:01","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T17:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2008-07-08T17:08:01","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T17:08:01","slug":"two-cinquain-or-near-cinquain-poems-by-michael-lee-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-cinquain-or-near-cinquain-poems-by-michael-lee-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Two cinquain &#8211; or near cinquain &#8211; poems by Michael Lee Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Snowflake<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">In spring<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Last snowflake falls<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Temperature is rising<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">If it knew how long it lasts,<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">why bother?<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">~ ~ ~ ~ ~<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Nothing to Do<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Summer<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">As the world burns,<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Nothing else to do, but<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Step into liquid cool waves<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">And swim.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u2022 Michael Lee Johnson is an Illinois-based poet and freelance writer. He is the author of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Lost American: From Exile to Freedom,<\/span> as well as two chapbooks of poetry and has been published in a wide range print &amp; online poetry magazines. For more details visit <\/span><a style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/poetryman.mysite.com\/\">http:\/\/poetryman.mysite.com\/<\/a><br style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SnowflakeIn springLast snowflake fallsTemperature is risingIf it knew how long it lasts,why bother?~ ~ ~ ~ ~&nbsp;Nothing to DoSummerAs the world burns,Nothing else to do, butStep into liquid cool wavesAnd swim.\u2022 Michael Lee Johnson is an Illinois-based poet and freelance writer. 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