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A quintain (sicilian) is a form of five-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a rhyme sequence of a.b.a.b.a, but there is more to a quintain (sicilian). What is quintain (sicilian) in poetry (complete definition)?
DeterminantWho am I meant to be,
In the world, intrinsically?
Forsake opaque a mystery;
Reveal to me explicitly!
What is my ministry?...
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Categories:
how i feel,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Awaken and of Sweet Joy PartakeUnseeking Seeker’s Line of inquiry:
“it’s not desire per say but the clinging ~
that stifles soul and stops heart from singing
enlivening silence sets our soul free ~
vibrant in the now, joyful and carefree”
Awaken and of Sweet...
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Categories:
joy,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
October Streetwise PlotWild Leafs flutter in a hue-laden town,
windows creak open, spritely faces gleam,
cheerful air burgeoning, no need to frown,
sweet fragrant coffee dock, a gust of hot steam,
just rejoice as the heavens don their gown
Bus stop close...
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Categories:
autumn, beauty, birth, celebration,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Merry ChristmasMerry Christmas is a greeting of cheer,
bidding each other a joyous Noël.
A salutation that's spoken each year;
it's tradition, wherever Christians dwell;
a blessing that is music to my ear.
Christmas bells have a magical effect
for strangers seem...
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Categories:
beautiful, celebration, christmas, encouraging,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
a hunchDripping over with the magic sense, you
With violet wings soar unnaturally low.
I split with your cloud's grief my own adieus—
And the words that can hold your barbed mind close,
A place where there's dreams— I hope—...
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Categories:
dedication, flying, humanity, innocence,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Mid-October
Our Mid-October offers us a blended scene-
starting mild, then turning cool as crisp air imbues
trees with an orange glow as leaves lose their deep green.
But, as the final weeks enhance our Autumn views-
October bows to...
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Categories:
october, tribute,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Mid-October FrecklesOrange mid-October freckles blemish the trees,
while Jack Frost etches abstracts on cold window panes.
And cinnamon-colored leaves fall with each brisk breeze
as Winter subtly approaches, and Summer strains
to maintain green canopies till November's freeze....
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Categories:
autumn, change, color, image,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Beautiful"Everything holds a tinge of beauty, something unique,
but not everyone recognizes something beautiful."
...
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Categories:
beautiful,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Grand Opal ViewsBeseech me to grand opal views oh blessed moon
and take me to that place where pearling light
resplendent of the sea, adorns my life's festoon
With just one shake of ray from you my...
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Categories:
appreciation, moon,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
What If I Told YouWhat if I told you the end was nigh
Would you take it as fiction or fact?
If there in the dark, waiting I lie
Would you think my faculties in tact
Or join me in wondering why
What if...
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Categories:
confusion, imagination, introspection,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Faith In TogethernessPeaceful repose for 100 years
Resolute bad faerie will not win
Alas there will be no tears
I shall rest on with all my kin
In sweet dream, without fears
The thorns grow on, tall and strong
To protect us as...
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Categories:
art,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
The Power of WordsSpeak not words of death, but life,
Let grace and mercy have full sway.
The tongue can sever like a knife,
But we can choose healing words to say,
And bring an end to needless strife.
Speak words of love...
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Categories:
death, hate, life, love,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Sweet QuintainSweet 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 on the sea.
Sweet Quintain, give to me a tune.
Let it...
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Categories:
nature,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Rain Caress
Today is a drizzle day,
The softest showers fall,
A rain caress from the grey
clouds above does enthrall ~
Drench my heart, o gentle spray!
A brush of love from on high,
A sprinkling of raindrops,...
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Categories:
rain,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
The RoggenwolfA familiar dawn of dull and sunless sky
the inconstant rattle of unlocked door, which
plays a backbeat to the buzz of dying fly.
A breath of wind blows a high, discordant pitch;
wildly rings a wind bell on...
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Categories:
loss,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
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