Tribute Quintain (English) Poems

The years have passed since your last Mother's Day;
       to date, they make up fifty-two long years.
With each, the...

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Christmas is almost here,                                          ...

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Yosemite’s Ephemeral Autumn Falls

Bald giants of swift water smoothed pale granite
Mark deep clefts for tumbling summer snowmelt
Rush released from frozen streams once frostbit
Silver swells -...

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Beneath rugged oak tree's shade, and the voice of  nature's mirth; 
Evergreen wreaths tied with red velvet bows lean back in repose, 
Adorn thousands...

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The waters purl like a soft parade,
caressing the crudest of grains ashore,
with no straws nor barricades...
cascades a tribute to the bygone lore
who's song once sung...

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Let’s take a ride, how about traveling, to outer space, 
Just accept anything’s possible, it’s our cosmic chase,
Moving faster than light speed, in the blink...

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I wish to leave a mark upon this earth
of heartfelt, meaningful, and lasting kind;
some special thoughts of magnitude and worth
from deep within my soul to...

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"Simply You"
by:  Eric L. Boddie

Long before it was even known
You developed the Beauty which is now shown
Causing others to desire your voice on the...

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Front-line in depth of mortar
Whistling shells and screams of torture
Blood clot gurgles death bell tolls
Hell of pain in body enthrals
Danger rings apprehension stalls...

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Jack Ellison



Envy not, that Jack Ellison is my best friend,
Humble and witty, his magical words I hold very dear,
Can turn anything into poetry, well wait...

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Another time and place we said ‘I do’,
The word love meant forever you and me,
Eternal destiny came into view,
Only in my arms could you ever...

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I fold my wings and sit and pray,
above hallowed ground.
His body beneath, in earthly form,
his soul, heaven bound.
Yes, to heaven, to be crowned.

As all his...

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