Moon Quintain (Sicilian) Poems

Beseech me to  grand opal views oh blessed moon 
and take me to that place where  pearling light
resplendent of the sea, adorns my...

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Sweet Quintain, sing to me
of poetry and skies of azure blue;
of sea gulls flying free;
of dawn and morning’s dew
and sunshine as it falls with splendor...

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Like fireflies, glistening in the twilight
Filling hearts with the sweetest calm,
Coloring thoughts in peacefulness, so I write
Words reflecting the grace, its tender balm
Breathing joy through...

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Sunlight morphs into the elixir moonlight
dusk wearing a sequined black silken shawl.
And the daylight truckled the way to twilight,
for embracing the shadows, captivating all.
Nightingale heralding serenades...

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The path led to rose bushes cul de sac.
Early in the morning, we sat down to rest.
Dewdrops are still shining on the track.
At our feet,...

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The stars are lighting up dusk’s aftermath
With a million Christmases’ twinkling light
Tiny dots to be connected in a serigraph
Covering the earth with a dome of...

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I didn't expect the moon would darken so soon
The clouds were not dense black in the sky
Wind so gladly entered the pink balloons 
They insisted...

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Waves pummeled her bow, causing the schooner to rock
as a tempest wind heaved its feral breath into her sails.
The crewmen were steadfast, but had the...

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Thin petals shine like rubies on a radiant plain,
solar flares are congregated in votive candles. 
Vowed to gleam, regardless of the morning rain, 
ambiguity was minimized by...

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Stars like bits of crystal twinkling with mystic glee
Striking up a kinship with ol’ blood moon rising,
That you exist the astronomers have no guarantee,
But sparkling...

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Cold and icy passageway to trudge through.
Ships and warships sailed thru the Bering Strait.
In limbo 'tween two nations, iced, staid too.
When I first set out, ...

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June’s Strawberry Moon

A pink strawberry super moon so bright
proclaiming summer solstice with her charms,
announces that the time in June is right
to hold your baby in...

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Standing by the rolling sea in one mesmeric night of June
Suffused with the shimmer of the sapphire water serene
I saw the regal ascend with grandeur...

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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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And as the shades of flannel fade away
I sit beneath a bulbous smiling moon
Whose shadows bid a gentle breeze at play
To kiss the petaled face...

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