Death Quintain (English) Poems

Saints seem to shine from far off sphere,
Canonized they get a halo.
Teresa, ere a dear mother,
Now hallowed, shines— pink to yellow,
From unknown spheres, not Earth...

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Football, for long a game of kicks, 
To viewers oft of bare fists, bricks,
At times a show of gun,
At others filled with fun,
But now more...

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Dear mother, I have not come for awhile,
and got lost in the rows searching for you;
and can sense your laugh and smile !
Things I...

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We are here living life in this moment of time,
a moment ago is part of the past:
time to wash away layers of dusty old...

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Autumn is the fall from life
Winter is the death of life
Spring the resurrection 
Summer is the life 

In the auburn  autumn there can be...

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a smile upon a young girl’s face
as she plucks a rose from a garden bed
hair filled with Queen-Anne’s-lace
a crown of daisy’s adorns her head
no sooner...

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I find the Christmas season can be very sad,
because it reminds me of all I have lost;
my sister, grandma, grandpa, mom and dad,
my husband...

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An album filled with photographs
of Christmas Day five years ago.
I still see smiles and hear the laughs
when my mom's face was all aglow,
now interred beneath...

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"A Poet's Gift" you wrote three years ago -
the arc of your poetic heart to tell.
You spoke of deep emotions in the soul
invoking tears to...

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Cold morning announces fall is here
I layer my clothing carefully,
Stashing away everything sheer,
Recognize some greet it with glee
Already enough cold weather for me!

We’ll still have...

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Her coffin slowly drops into the ground,
the little group of mourners huddles there,
all standing pokerfaced, without a sound,
the vicar speaks his lines without a care...
I...

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Death is the ultimate equalizer,
it can't be bribed, bullied, or corrupted.
And it's an impartial sympathizer
when all your hopes and dreams are disrupted 
and pain progresses...

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With their last goodbyes, they walked away
                  ...

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My War 

Tick tick tick
My brain is always on
My thoughts never quick
Sometimes I wonder if I'm my own pawn 
In a game that my very...

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At last, when my soul shall find its rest,
And I shall relish those days of consolation
When someone says I have met the test
I am worthy...

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