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The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café. -Oscar Hammerstein II
When I ache to remember
that wonderful trip to Paris
I find my round music box
that plays my favorite song
~ La Vie en Rose ~ and so
I close my eyes, drift away
back to those magical days,
listening to the sweet music
this priceless little trinket plays.
Once more I am carried
back to all the sights and sounds
the yeasty scent of hot baguettes,
dancing in the aromatic air
the plump chickens roasting
dripping their rich buttery fats
onto petite potatoes with rosemary
swimming in the seasoned pan.
The sensual luscious red wine,
the pungent creamy brie, and
the romantic afternoon we dined
sitting by the romantic Seine
there was only you and I
under a brilliant sunset gilded sky
we watched the bateaux drifting by
and with hearts longing for each other
we fell into forever love once again.
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: Just One Word Trinket
Poets United: Poetry Pantry #486
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Summer Nap
Heat
of the day
lethargic napping
blue sky mirrored in my eyes
clouds
leisurely meandering
hammock sways, rocking
me to sleep
Bliss
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
MLMM: Saturday Mix- Lucky Dip
Author’s Note: This is a new form I have not tried before. It is called an oddquain, and this particular form is a butterfly oddquain, with a syllable count of 1,3,5,7,1,7,5,3,1. Oddquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of seventeen syllables distributed 1, 3, 5, 7, 1 in five lines, developed by Glenda L. Hand.
Linda Lee Lyberg is a wife, mother, artist, published poet and author. She resides in Mesa, AZ with her husband Pete (aka The Big Viking) of 23 years, and her dog, Ricky Bobby. Linda writes various forms of poetry, as well as short stories.
You can read more of her works at: charmedchaos.com
and her Amazon Author Page
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Rainy Days
I long for rainy days when the sky is crying
for the world seems to grow quiet and still
as if listening to the gentle drop’s sighing
when grey clouds sweep across verdant hills
For the world seems to grow quiet and still
So I cherish these rare precious hours
when grey clouds sweep across verdant hills
as heaven sends down fragrant showers
So I cherish these rare precious hours
for the days between rains are long
as heaven sends down fragrant showers
From afar, I hear grey mockingbird’s song
For the days between rains are long
while listening for the gentle drop’s sighing
from afar, I hear grey mockingbird’s song
and I long for rainy days when the sky is crying
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Weekly Prompts: Word Prompt Rainy Days
Linda Lee Lyberg is a wife, mother, artist, published poet and author. She resides in Mesa, AZ with her husband Pete (aka The Big Viking) of 23 years, and her dog, Ricky Bobby. Linda writes various forms of poetry, as well as short stories.
You can read more of her works at: charmedchaos.com
and her Amazon Author Page
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Ripe Peach Orb
Ripe peach orb
hangs low, kissing the cloud brushed watercolor sky as sundown drops an ombré blanket over the land
golden sunflowers nod good night
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Sundown or sunset one-bun
Author’s Note: Today’s challenge is to write a one-bun, which is a form invented by Jim Kacian. The one-bun is an ultra-short haibun which has just one line of prose (including the title) and a (one-line) haiku.
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A Sluggish Summer Breeze
Silver spanish moss hangs low, dressing the mighty Oak
with a lace tatting hem for emerald green leaves
that hold fast in the sluggish summer breeze
The walled garden is stifling this time of year,
the sweltering air heavy as granite stone,
Emerging cicadas sing from high in the trees
from afar, lonely cries of ravens yearn for home
An ancient copper urn with a patina of verdigris
wears a bonnet of bright white trailing petunias
two wrought iron chairs adorned with peacocks
offer a place for rest, to contemplate and dream
as you lick tiny rivulets of strawberry ice cream
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Imaginary Garden With Real Toads: Bits of Inspiration You Write the Color
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About Last Night
“Brit, we need to talk.”
Crossing her arms, she said, “Okay, what?”
“Do you remember last night?”
“I got roaring drunk and said some nasty things, so what?”
“Well, we worry about you so… this is an intervention.”
“Seriously? You brought 3 bottles of wine to an intervention?”
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Author’s Note: Come join in! Kat gives us a photo and we are to write a tale in 280 characters or less. Character Count: 280
Like Mercury Colliding: Twittering Tales #144
Linda Lee Lyberg is a wife, mother, artist, published poet and author. She resides in Mesa, AZ with her husband Pete (aka The Big Viking) of 23 years, and her dog, Ricky Bobby. Linda writes various forms of poetry, as well as short stories.
You can read more of her works at: charmedchaos.com
and her Amazon Author Page
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#Haiku: Cooling Down
sultry summer night
cool water on hot tanned skin
late night swim
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: #1700 Cooling Down
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