Kith and kin have descended.
Must I get ready
to relate?
~~
My teen is learning to drive.
How could the years have
passed so fast?
~~
We live in a high tech world.
How can we learn to
speak machine?
~~
Some weeks should just be cancelled.
Why go through seven
days like this?
~~
Books are scattered everywhere.
What must Gutenburg
be thinking?
~~
The tables got turned.
When did our children
start preaching?
Quinzaines are short verse forms consisting of 15 syllables in 3 lines. The first line has 7 syllables and makes a statement. The second line has 5 syllables and begins a question. The third line has 3 syllables and ends the question.
Einstein looked up at the stars.
Was what he saw quite
relative?
~~
Eve gave Adam an apple
but did he have to
take a bite?
~~
I glimpse a flashing blue light.
What’s my excuse? Will
he buy it?
~~
In the night a floor board creaks.
Is something coming
or going?
~~
Picasso gave her a look.
What interfered with
his vision?
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