Tree Quintain (Sicilian) Poems

Lord, teach me to evaluate before I vacate 
Teach me to treasure challenges in route to my destiny 
Teach me to value debate in trying...

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Something about a tree that welcomes me
and pulls me in with its majestic charms,
as graceful limbs reach out in joy- so free
to lure me close...

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The trees are like a rainbow on yond hill
in seasons when the leaves turn red and gold.
As Autumn frost caresses dew with chill,
Summer’s sizzling memories...

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Climbing cotton cloud floats slowly away, 
across the sapphire of end-summer sky. 
Crooning birds bathe in the glint of blue bay, 
in twilight gleam to...

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To touch a leaf upon a tree and watch it shiver with delight 
and when the sun comes out to play to watch it swing...

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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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Candy canes pranced through his head and made him smile
The dream was the best one he had ever had at the age of three. 
Toys...

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Wonder when
the sun will break through
these clouds that have entered
the skies no longer blue
its favorite color.

Wonder when
these eyes will see through
the fog that has obscured
the...

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