Four linked cinquains by Cindy Tebo [ct] and Sheila Windsor [sw].

Roll Call

Blackboard
green shutters on
a house for runaways—
they were given names but I don't
know them                                                                     ct

A Far Off Bugle

The old
soldier's photo—
no sign of his number
but somewhere between sleep and hell
it calls                                                                           sw

Learning Curve for Boys and Girls

Sister
Mary Christine
shaper of minds and souls
taught geometry while we passed
love notes                                                                       ct

Band of Gold

Widowed
at eighty-two
she doesn't leave home much
the outside world seems too big for
just one                                                                           sw