Birthday Quintain (English) Poems

My delight at the day's summit
My strength when despair looms
My happiness in every season
My daughter, my life 

The morning sun's gentle rise 
The rainbow midday's...

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Whispers tale of witches on festive October,
Mother's ninety first birthday and daughter in-law.
Our 20th Wedding anniversary and sober.
Halloween dressed as Ed Gein with a chain...

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How many words have gone by unwritten
thoughts sacrificed to summer's gentle breeze
whispers of mind slipping in unbidden
Often times happy with a playful tease
But others nudging...

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In dawn's aura, mountains glistened with snow.
Rooster's crowing proclaimed the break of day.
December's frosty winds began to blow
as clouds shadowed a sullen shade of gray,
and...

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It was the seventeenth of December,
at her birthday party I had met her.
That special day I fondly remember,
she became my wife, nothing could deter.
The day...

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Submitted Dec. 9, 2022


Wooed by the Spirit's Immaculate Grace,
The Blessed Virgin Mary couldn't say 'No.'
Well, she could've, but the Incarnate Embrace
let her choose to love...

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The memories of her that hurt the most
are always good, not bad;
they ambush when I'm less engrossed.
Recalling happy times we had
is guaranteed to change my...

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The napkins were the first to know
a party pooper breached the guard
an uninvited wind did blow
as rain, once distant, now fell hard
on smokeless candles, slightly...

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Christmas is almost here,                                          ...

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The mystery of my birthday has been solved
Seems it was a Friday, two days before Pearl Harbor
Twenty-six days remaining in the year evolved
Into the most...

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Charismatic Zoe consistently bears tendancy 
of softening strangers into friends
Perhaps resulting from her relocating frequency
Her familiarity with 'all sorts' hones empathy
Inspires trust, apprehension suspends

Fresh town...

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The leaves are falling, falling, enriching
cool of fall season. Shades of fiery red,
yellow, gold, emitting light; bewitching
green summer leaves. Wondrous mystical bed
a time of windblown...

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In another time I would’ve picked orange lily and carnation
Sprinkled in some white daisy for a resplendent bouquet 
Some fresh bagels from your favorite bakery...

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How to make a wish come true?
Do I have to blow out the birthday candle at just the right angle?
But can you make birthday cakes...

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A birthday is always a special day
A day that comes round each year
Celebrate it and surround yourself
With loved ones far and near

This day doesn't only...

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