With a name like Adelaide Crapsey, isn't it any wonder she created a new poetry style called quintain? Quintains have 22 syllables in five lines with, at best, each line being slightly longer than the previous. This is not a hard and fast rule, however. Ms Crapsey, who died of TB at 36, didn't even follow the rule 100% of the time.
I am creating a hand-written coptic binding book of a few - about 25 - of her quintains. I hope to finish soon and get onto my Circular Book. Both have great expectations.
Meanwhile, if you like undead horror, check out Humanagers: Where the Undead Live it Up.
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