Ferdinand L Quintos Poems

Lotus, the source of wonderment,
the bloom of joy of yore’s mystics,
spread your charm, undo the greed
deep in some men’s mind came to dwell,
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Always build confidence,
develop effectiveness,
form good habits,
internalize justness,
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Madonna of ars poetica,
A multi-genre verse writer,
Rhymed or unrhymed, so rapt am I,
In fitting words all life’s essence
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I remember, in his homily,
during the funeral mass
for my father in June 1979,
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Abominable bizarre characters,
dreadful entities from graves,
hobbling in jerky knotty lines,
macabre noises outraging
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A person dies,

we commit his body to earth,
we commend his soul to God,
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Apollo begged Cassandra,
damsel extraordinary foreteller,
grant him inspiring joyful kick,
lure merited none, outright
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As brumal coldness descends,
exuberant feelings grow;
humanity, inexorably joyful,
knowing Lord Messiah’s nativity
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Author Burroughs conceptualized
delightful entertaining fantasy,
Greystoke, hero in jungle kingdom,
lived midst nature, over primates
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By Shakespeare, I recall it,
a rose by any other name,
The Bard said, smells just as sweet,
a metaphor that has gained fame.
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