Musings on Life, Love, and Linguine-Poetry & Writing
What stirs your body’s soul and
sets your heart singing its own refrain?
Is it a glimpse of mountain range etching a stormy grey sky
or a sunset across sandy plains of rustling beach grass?
What cuts you to the quick like broken glass?
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
dVerse Poets Pub: Quadrille #99, Poems Stirred, Not Shaken
I like this one. Questions and no answers. Thoughtful.
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Thank you Jane.
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Beautiful photo, and certainly stirring.
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Thank you Stephen!
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🤓🙏👍❤️👍🙏🤓
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I think that questions like this are better than any answer I can give
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Great questions left to one’s own stirring.
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Thank you!
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Your last line is killer. The second couplet stirred me the most.
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Thank you so much Glenn.
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Stirrings that are like being cut by broken glass are very deep.
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Yes, they are. Thank you Frank.
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I love a poem with ambiguity. Nice.
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Thank you!
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Great questions…beautiful poetry.
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Thank you Vivian!
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🙂
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Sometimes a stirring does come close to cutting straight to the heart. I like the parallel in this, Linda.
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Ooh such questions. I like this piece.
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Thank you!
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Any of those would do it for me.
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Haha! Me too Ken. Thanks.
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What a great question to ask! 🙂
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A great reminder that soul stirring comes in many forms!! Well done!
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Thank you!
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ahhh. such a thought-provoking final line. I agree with you on the mountain and the sea. I would add sunsets, everyday.
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Thank you.
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Nature stirs my soul! everytime
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Perhaps one of the kindest and most valuable gifts we can give each other are these paradigm-shifting questions. Beautifully written.
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Thank you.
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Both of these images. Nature really moves and shakes me up.
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Me too. Thank you Grace.
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Provocative and thoughtful, I love the question, sets me wondering.
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Thank you kindly.
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Most welcome Linda
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Lovely, thoughtful piece. You’ve given me much to think about. 🙂
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That last stanza brought me to a screeching halt on my journey!
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Thank you!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Very thought provoking. I especially love that last question.
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Thank you.
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Oh my….that last lines shifts the tenor of the post and hits right to the quick! Wow…it’s a zinger!
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Thank you Lillian!
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Wow! Such an incredible piece Linda! So powerful!
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Thank you so much for your kind words.
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Wonderful words to consider. The last line definitely paints an image into my mind. Thank you.
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Thank you.
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