Fire/Water
Fire
Red, hot
Burning, blazing, raging
Crackling, cackling, slapping, lapping
Rushing, calming, cooling
Blue, still
Water
Similar to the Cinquain, but instead of beginning and ending with the same noun, it begins and ends with opposites, with the describing words switching from one to the other halfway through the poem.
Line 1: Beginning subject
Line 2: Two describing words about line 1
Line 3: Three doing words about line 1
Line 4: A short phrase about line 1, a short phrase about Line 5
Line 5: Three doing words about line 7
Line 6: Two describing words about line 7
Line 7: End subject
Fire
Red, hot
Burning, blazing, raging
Crackling, cackling, slapping, lapping
Rushing, calming, cooling
Blue, still
Water
