Rose Cardinal Poems

During the early morning summer hours,
   A cardinal flew to the ground, and chose
   The most radiant of all the flowers—
It...

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Within the vast cathedral’s lofty walls
A cardinal delivered his address
From proud zucchetto perched upon his head
To buckled shoes, a picture of finesse.

His scarlet cassock swayed...

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Rose, in your redolent, roseate glow -
your firelight petals like hearth of home -
I alight with messages from beyond walls of night,
imparting hope over din...

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pair of cardinals
sitting 'pon the red rose bush....
beaks touch, love renewed
gather nest materials
she broods, he feeds, hatchlings born...

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The church bell chimes in charming tone,
but watering the blooming rose plants
the cardinal is late for the evening Mass.
As he runs in haste in the...

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red cardinal pair
resting 'pon the red rose bush....
he enjoys mate's scent
joined for years rearing their young
fertility over, what next   







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It was a hot summer day 
the rose waved its open bud 
freely in the garden. 
He had so hoped to be 
part of a...

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No deity on heaven and earth gave repose,
When each rose petal fell heavy like monsoon rain,
The day he abandoned his sweet fragrant Rose

Buried on unhallowed...

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Fate brought them together,
Purpose was their binder,
His oath took them apart, 
It was a harrowing mission,
He had seen the vision,
He was told that it was...

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Cardinal, a bird of all seasons was seen flying
in a cloak of feathers in flaming red 
and a small crest upon his head. 
He looked...

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Light snow hushes the drab, winter sky
as she places a small white rose upon
the gravestone of her innocent one
lost in the early bloom of her...

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Something magical aligned in the stars one night-
which birthed the love of the Cardinal and the Rose
A balance which propelled the universe to motion

The Rose,...

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Unsure of the wisdom of getting married that day,
the young woman stood in the garden
of her groom-to-be.
Rarely entirely confident of any big decisions,
she trembled underneath
her...

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Cardinal and the Rose

As greyness dyes white clouds 
When icy fingers rattle wind chimes of icicles
A shiver rustles still meadows of frost bouquets;
Through brittle gales...

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Bright red bouquet of cheeks, a ruddy sweet.
Strawberry twist, like licorice - a treat.

The cardinal, robust. The rose blossom -
Its warm inviting blaze-fireball, awesome.

Like Winter...

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