Cinquain

Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines. It was developed by the Imagist poet, Adelaide Crapsey.

Another form, sometimes used by school teachers to teach grammar, is as follows:

Line 1: Noun
Line 2: Description of Noun
Line 3: Action
Line 4: Feeling or Effect
Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun.

Example:

angels

kind beyond words

they protect and forgive

and make feelings of blissfulness

cherubim

Cherry Blossoms 

Cherry

blossoms float on

the afternoon breezes.

Petals fluttering down like snow

in spring.

Joshua Tree 

hair spiked,

a crooked stance

in the hot desert sun -

dust in his face, he limps towards

the blue