Memory Quintain (Sicilian) Poems

I never talked about the rooms
of orphans languishing in beds -
still corridors, like wombs,
that darkened pictures in our heads,
escorting us through tombs. 

No unseeing their...

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As a credo, freedom is a way of abounding.
It depicts the core of man and his existence. 
A memory that calls for full understanding.
How can...

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My sister made me see lavender

That day in December, 

Twenty-nine gifts show her heart's tender;

A time to remember

That silk saree and thank gift sender. 




14th...

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Death knell sounds over our village green
For all the veterans who eternally lie,
Whose presence will never again be seen
Because on foreign fields they had to...

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My yesterdays soon fade into the past
Where hurts and grief become interred below
Like poisoned seeds so casually cast
They spread their roots within the mind and...

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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...

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*Image of Take In North America by Amtrak.
Training Experience: Novice

All onboard, the Pacific Coast-Liner,
it is seventy-seven, my first leave
of a first year's work. A bit...

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I recall the moment I first met you,
my heart practically jumped from my chest.
For, at that magical moment, I knew
that you were different from all...

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I suppose the fondest memory I have had
Might come from early childhood long ago
A time when I was very sick and felt so bad
I saw...

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Whispers of soothing memoirs
Caress my heart with clear hope
Answer prayers that hang on stars
Dancing to wonders that often elope
Into heavenly places we call ours

Shimmering sunlight...

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I sit by the slipping sun along glistening shores that stun
Where my soul melts with age and gratitude
Languidly drowning in depths of sanctity and devotion
In...

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I heard my little bird singing the breeze,
I heard her singing on a breath of air,
The air that slowly moves through forest trees,
The old, oak...

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