#Tanka (Double): Reflection

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In her reflections
 
Vestiges of hopeful youth
 
World opening up
 
Deep lines surround piercing eyes
 
Chiseled stone lips once playful

Love and Roses

Bleeding roses for Passion

Love and Roses

-Linda Lee Lyberg

A rose can smell so sweet
Yet cut you like a knife
Its thorns will pierce deep
And rob you of your life
 

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In Praise of Rain

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In Praise of Rain

-Linda Lee Lyberg

I have a penchant for the rain
For it washes Mother Earth
Cleansing air of pollution’s stain
Sweet raindrops a renewal and birth

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