adelaide crapsey cinquains-

ababb, abaab or abccb

 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables

 

water

glinting, starry

as the day gets hotter

you say: go for a dive, shall we

joy, glee

 

tanned skin

hearts racing by

we watch each other swim

till dawn arrives, the sky goes dim

breathe, sigh

 

towels

wrapped around us

skin flushed and eyes unmet

with our hair still dripping and wet

confess

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Phoenix Tesni (she/her) is a 22 year old self-diagnosed artist & poet from New Delhi. She has forthcoming works in Morning Fruit Magazine, Verum Literary Press, bloodbathhate, Sage Cigarettes, Cloudscent Journal, tigers zine lit, and elsewhere. When Phee isn’t writing, she likes to practice falling in love with life over and over again. You can find her at phoenixtesni.carrd.com or @PhoenixTesni on twitter.