Short Quintain (Sicilian) Poems

When Dad

Brought Mum flowers,

He would root cuttings, then 

Plant them in her garden to grow.

Romance!...

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Who am I meant to be,
In the world, intrinsically?
Forsake opaque a mystery;
Reveal to me explicitly!
What is my ministry?...

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You struggle with right and wrong
I watch and worry so
With prayers I helped along
Now time for me to go
Who will pray when I am gone...

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Where do dreams go ever they die
To memories that stay the years
Memories fade as the tears dry
Dream again despite all your fears
A dream will give life a new try...

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Our life story, is like a zebra for us,
A black band, a white band, then a big arse,
And in the end, as everybody knows,
Prepare to receive by the hoof the final blow!...

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Living this life and trying to make a living
Is sometimes hard,
And it requires taking along with some giving,
With due regard
To the fact; you’ll need to do some adlibbing....

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i'm somewhere in rome
quite far from home 
though many many miles apart
across the sea and into your heart 
i send my love and wish for cheer
to abide with you from year to year...

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FINDING JOY

Oh I find such endless joy and never tire of life
Each day reveals a new found friend
Some souls vow man and wife
Loneliness will twist and bend
But love defeats black strife...

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So, begin all over again, I say,
The potter’s wheel is still turning
Make an exquisite new vase today
Advance yourself, no more yearning
You can do a lot more than bray!

Written June 23, 2022...

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Tranquil eye in need of a makeover,
shifts baton of awareness to the heart,
enabling zest and zeal to takeover,
whereupon we feel bliss ignition start,
that engaged in life, soul rests in clover....

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Shy is the February sun
 Above the frazzled fatherland
 However hearts are not undone
 Giving instead a warmer brand
 Holding one closer under the sun.
 
A prelude to Valentine's day....

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A tragedy, a train derailed. 
Not far in deep grief of the scene; 
homeward-bound it so tried, but failed.
Burnt cork smell and images seen 
veiled as they lay upon cold ground.



11/30/2019...

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Chords  upon strings are played with finesse
bringing forth celestial  songs
As angels their slender strings caress 
 A symphony of harps played by heavenly throngs
soothing the soul  while they bless...

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It disappeared, we gave it away.
I’d like to find it again, for sure.
A good old fashioned holiday,
one without the digital manure,
the hype and verbal foreplay. 

© 03 Dec 2010   Charles Henderson...

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Endless choices you make daily
Deciding between many paths 
Choosing the one that is satisfactorily
Leading to a bypath
Making to decide more carefully












Nayda Ivette
9-21-2015...

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Anti-abortionists never a dearth
Of carrying placards to harass;
As to the young child’s worth,
We must demonstrate in mass
Supporting life after the birth! 

Written July 18, 2022...

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Mistaken Identify

Jerri had a funny doggie
Who saw his shadow. Yep, so scary!
Barked, “Ribbet”. Sounded froggie? 
Jumped high to fly. Would not tarry!
Ran home to nap. Did exit groggy!


November 23, 2020...

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Dare I hold thy hand gently within mine
And speak this day of my love great for you
Can heaven high above withhold dawn’s sign
Of light repelling night’s dark grasp anew
Or wanting sweet lips most cerise as thine....

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I shivered on the shore where first we met,
and watched the broken moon dance on the lake;
this solstice eve, as memories beget,
now always drift the moment I awake - 
with peace within a heart that can't forget......

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With your head on my lap, your breath falls deep.
My gentle fingers swirl and twirl your hair.
A hidden smile conveyed by your cheeks.
My hand then lowers to your face with care.
And beautiful eyes are now lost to sleep....

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I'm gonna enter a poetry contest,
Let me grab my dictionary and thesaurus.
My poem has to be better than the rest,
No crowd that will say, "You bore us"...
Just one judge that thinks that I'm the best!

3-September-2021...

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I fear I lack a certain angst I ought,
prerequisite of any proper bard.
I’ve started losing sleep over the thought
why milkshakes bring the boys out to the yard?
I’m hoping now my rhymes are nice and taut.
...

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A fragile nestling, far too young for flight,
unable to respond to mother’s calls,
is grounded, unaware of its harsh plight.
Indeed, if God knows when the sparrow falls,
a holy tear is shed on high tonight.
...

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Is buying good wine just a pleasure,
a joy for the whole world to see?
Or is it a personal measure,
to satisfy no one but me,
then kept, as a personal treasure!

~



For Andrea's Catch-Phrase Dazzler Competition....

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Dripping over with the magic sense, you
With violet wings soar unnaturally low.
I split with your cloud's grief my own adieus—
And the words that can hold your barbed mind close,
A place where there's dreams— I hope— to shed to....

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