Rose Quintain (Sicilian) Poems

 

Walking home from a party one cold night,
a man approached and not word did he say:
though, he seemed harmless I did have some fright,
silently,...

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Elephant trunk palms column, canopy claps hands
   Undergrowth glad heart shape leaves spiral 
   Navigator vines map branches, brace boa banyan...

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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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Pink rose, plucked from its garden of sweet earth,
laid fondly on her grave to venerate
a woman of inestimable worth
on this, her day of birth I...

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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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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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I liken a beautiful poem to a sweet-smelling rose
Somehow it roots in the heart, and there it stays,
Word to word, line by line -- ...

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Shall I compose for you a warm summer’s night?
One filled with crickets and night birds softly calling.
Of shimmering Alder leaves in the pale moonlight
as night...

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Sunset sky was like a fiery red flame
wistful touch on her hair with a sigh
Warm, sweet smell of cinnamon apple pie
A rose in my safe...

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I love the smell of coffee on my nose
I feel the energy at my fingertips
One sip
dark and ripe like the reddest rose

I admire the way...

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The flower opens its chalice
Of tender petals to the sun
Pleasant object of the bee's fun
Making sweet honey in this bliss
Each to know what life brings,...

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He growed to be a shepard and a man of faith and hope.
He healed the sick and feed the poor and taught people to cope.
A...

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