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(11A) The Great Ennead (Cinquain)

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Before Callinope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polynia, Therpsichore, Thalia and Urania

by ~Gregg Rowe~

Before
The nine muses:
Atum; Shu, Tefnut; Geb,
Nut; Osiris, Isis, Nepthys
And Seth

Author notes

Ennead is Greek for Nine

This is the order of the Egyptian mythological gods with Atum being the chief diety begat Shu and Tefnut, begat Geb and Nut, begat Osiris, Isis, Nepthys and Seth, thus composing the first nine dieties of all mythologies.

Cinquain:

Cinquain, is a 5 line poem, with 2, 4, 6, 8 and 2 syllables in each line respectively. It was developed by Adelaide Crapsey.

The lines are arranged as follows:

Line 1 - a one word title
Line 2 - a 2 word phrase that describes your title or you can just use two words
Line 3 - a 3 word phrase that describes an action relating to your title or just actions words
Line 4 - a 4 word phrase that describes a feeling relating to your topic or just feeling words
Line 5 - one word that refers back to your title

Below are examples:

Virtual Office

Freedom
no barriers
flying, soaring, sailing
passion-painted ideas glide
spirit

Special Delivery

Package
dreams magnify
sacred contract embraced
awakening brings renewed hope
unwrapped

Written by: Tracy Lynn Repchuk

© Canadian Federation of Poets  

Written March 2nd, 2006

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  • inertiacreeps
    March 2, 2006
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    ahhh yes, i understand the need for all the punctuation better, thanks for clearing that up, a job well done!

  • lordoftherings gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    Inertiacreeps: The punctuation is to seperate the relationships to the gods: Atum is the father of ...etc, so I need the semi-colons for that purpose; the commas purpose are because they were brother and sister and each end up marrying the other, so there was three generations of incestuous affairs amongst the Egyptian gods! Thanks for the kewl comment and glad you enoyed. Gregg

  • inertiacreeps
    March 2, 2006
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    A wionderful piece of art, simple, minimalistic, really fantastic, i applaud you on this one. The punctuation, however, seems slightly overdone, considering the length of this poem. Overall, it's a well written poem.