Charmed Chaos
Musings on Life, Love, and Linguine-Poetry & Writing
Jagged knife
I’ve been down roads that had no end
traveled for days and back again
but the one that always rings true
is the road that leads me back to you
Though this road is rocky, muddy and grooved
and though my mama- bless her, disapproved
those twisting S turns and death man’s curves
of seductive caresses leave me unnerved
With roughened hands weathered from years of abuse
and demanding lips my lips will never refuse
Your golden eyes raging with a stormy desire
C’mon baby, add cinders to my dying fire
When our time is over, bitter words said and done
no matter who’s next, you’ll still be the one
when you’ve wandered on to your next charmed life
you’ll cut my scarred heart in two with a jagged knife
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
The Sunday Muse #139
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 24 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 purchase anthologies containing her work here: Amazon Author Page
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A World of Love
Listen to your heart
for it is wise
Forget the brain,
for the brain is built to survive
Is willing to sacrifice all~
even love~ to live
But the heart
the tender heart designed to give
Love for Love
is the energy thriving
When breathing slows
and the brain is dying
As the feeble
beating heart whispers
how will I be remembered
In my heart
there is but one question
as I surrender~
How well did I love?
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
Author’s Note: A revised poem from 2019 on my favorite subject- LOVE.
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 24 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 purchase anthologies containing her work here: Amazon Author Page
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Day 18: Ode to Dying Moon
My poem is the feature poem today for Sarah Connor’s Advent Project. Stop by and read some of the other wonderful poets featured this far. Have a lovely holiday all- Linda
Waning moon in an ice blue sky did you breathe a weary sigh
When frosty winter solstice moved you
As you shined your brightest light that night,
Did you hear the angel trumpets on high
Blaring Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
When you share wintry dawn with a dazzling white sun
Do you still hear sweet angelic music
And as you die your lonely death in a fading grey sky
Do the aurora clouds mourn your good-bye
Crooning Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
This beautiful poem comes from Linda Lee Lyburg, a dVerse host and a fine poet. I’m so pleased to share her work with you.
LindaLee Lyberg is a wife, mother, artist, published poet and author. She resides in Mesa, AZ with her husband Pete (aka The Big Viking) of 24 years, and her dog, Ricky Bobby.Lindawrites various forms of poetry, as well as short stories.You can read more of her works…
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#Haiku: Snow
a murder of crows
littering brilliant white snow–
near her small footprints
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge: No. 203
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 24 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 purchase anthologies containing her work here: Amazon Author Page
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Tattered and Grey
I looked for you today, I thought
I saw your face there–
among tethered winter clouds
But when I looked again, they became
another memory cloaked
in tattered grey shrouds
Then came longing, the painful ache
of missing you in harsh–
brilliant sunlight breaking through
And upon my soul ensued, a somber mood
the loneliest shade of indigo blue,
painting all I saw with a wistful hue
as I looked
for you
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
dVerse Poets Pub: MTB- Endings/Beginnings
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 24 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 purchase anthologies containing her work here: Amazon Author Page
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Queen of Shadows
“Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)”
― Horace, The Odes of Horace
In a dark glen of an ancient forest
there lives a wicked old crone
who feasts upon tender humans
that through fate, happen by all alone
Her name is Queen of Shadows
for to look upon her weathered face
your sight will fade to black clouds
as you’re sent to Hell’s charred gates
Queen craves the taste of terrified flesh
for it feeds her fantasies of frenzy
as she cracks and gnaws on meaty bones
she becomes a beast of powerful fury
When the wretched one comes forth
She rises up on bent hind legs
Her eyes flame with fiery lights
Oh how she loves to hear them beg!
But pleas only tease her bloody thirst
for the Queen never tires of hearing
their anguished screams while she feeds
and rips out their hearts for dessert.
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
dVerse Poetics: Exploring Gothic as a Literary Genre
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 24 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 purchase anthologies containing her work here: Amazon Author Page
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In Praise of the Sun, 2
Milk glass clouds
kiss a turquoise sky
as tangerine sun arises
Crisp cold breeze
welcomes with ease
sweet dawning of a new day
Mother earth breathes deep
as song birds in time peep
the overture of fresh morn
Another brilliant day comes
as black night succumbs
to the tender warmth
of God’s healing light
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
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 24 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 purchase anthologies containing her work here: Amazon Author Page
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