The Revival of Self: Healing Beyond Loss and Rediscovering You Listen below now or on your favorite streaming platform ! I write cinquain poems. Granted, I have not written any in a while, but they are one of my favorite styles of poetry to dabble in. A cinquain is a five-line poem with specific syllable requirements for each line, similar to a haiku. Every now and then, one will pop up on my blog with increased views. Most recently, one that I wrote, titled Missing has increased views. I don’t remember the exact circumstance at that particular time that caused me to write it, but I know what it stemmed from. It was a quick note to my late husband, whom I had traumatically lost nine years prior. Nine years later and I was still writing notes to him? Heck, 13 years later, and I still write journal entries to or about him. Being a widow is funny like that. The words of it struck and stuck with me, though. Loss is one of the most difficult and stressful situations that we can ...