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In the early 1900s, Adelaide Crapsey invented a five-line short form of poetry now known as the American Cinquain, based partially on her study of Cherokee incantations. Most readers of short forms are familiar with Japanese Haiku and Tonka, but few are familiar with Adelaide's home-grown American Cinquain. DEFINITION Cinquain: story told in twenty-two syllables, five lines of 2-4-6-8-2. That's it.

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Sandy White grew up in Landenberg, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. She earned a BFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Her painting and pastel website is: sandywhitefineart.com. In 2022 she received an MFA in Creative Writing/Poetry from Dominican University of California. While at Dominican, she discovered Adelaide Crapsey and her creation of the American Cinquain. Adelaide wrote 28 known cinquains before her death in 1914, at age 36, from tuberculosis. Sandy has written close to 200 cinquains and sends Adelaide a heart-felt, respectful thank-you.

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