Poem du Jour: Word-type Cinquain

In class yesterday, the student teacher with whom I am working this semester presented a mini-lesson on writing two types of cinquains: word-type (which has a prescribed "formula" of specific words, parts of speech per line) and, what he termed, a "straight" type (which is more open, specifying only the numebr of words per line).

Regardless of which "type" of cinquain is being crafted, some elements remain the same: 5 lines, with the following word count for each line, line 1--one word (the poem's focus), line 2--two words, line 3--three words, line 4--a phrase of three to four words, and line 5--a single word, often a synonym that restates line 1.

Here's the word-type cinquain I drafted while sitting in the back corner of the room (thankfully near a window), the location from which I generally observe class:

Houseplant
wilting, browning
common, dry, unkempt
leaves turn toward the window--
Green Schefflera.