Charmed Chaos
Musings on Life, Love, and Linguine-Poetry & Writing
Cacophony of Song
I sat on the garden bench
eavesdropping on lovebird’s chatter
Marveling at their cacophony of song
dancing on the air
I pondered what their sounds meant
and then at once, understood their lament
for underneath the mesquite tree
lay a tiny lifeless feathered spirit
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
dVerse Poets Pub: Quadrille– What’s That Rustling in the Eaves?
Kim is hosting dVerse today and asks us to write a quadrille with the word eavesdropping or a variation thereof.The pub opens at 3PM ETS- Come join in!
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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Bird’s Eye View
From where I sit the world’s crazy
no where to turn, future hazy
So I’ll rest high in my tree
because here at least I’m free
I’ll watch golden grasslands sway
delight in gazelles at play
From where I sit the world’s crazy
No where to turn, future hazy
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
The Sunday Muse #124
MLMM: Lucky Dip
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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The Feather’s Gift
She gathers feathers and broken blue eggs,
discarded treasures from the birds
A shadow box of wispy memories
are proof that life endures.
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Author’s Note: Reposting this from last September. It’s been a long week of radiation treatments. I am grateful to have the next three days free of any doctor visits. Stay safe everyone.
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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Morning Moon
Morning moon waning after night
pearly beams of light
vanishing in brilliant sun rays
as dark becomes day
in the evenings a wayward breeze
shadows dance with leaves
as birds take roost in swaying trees
yearning arises once again
a cool caress upon my skin
pearly beams of light, as dark becomes day, shadows dance with leaves
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
Author’s Note: The form I used today is the Oviellejo, an Old Spanish verse form (derived from ovillo, a ball of yarn). A stanza consists of 10 lines, with a rhyme scheme of AABBCCCDDC. The second line of each rhyme scheme, Line 2,4,6, is a short line of up to 5 syllables. The last line is a “redondilla,” a “little round” that collects all three of the short lines.
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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Lost
“One day you will kiss a man you can’t breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Bloodfever
In the darkness I have my dreams
of a time when body and soul
came together to make a whole
These days nothing is as it seems
emotions run rife with extremes
But I recall glorious days
when in each other’s arms we’d laze
Lost in your kiss as the earth tipped
drowning in sweet wine of your lips
and today’s pain fades in the haze
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge TIP
dVerse OLN #273
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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The Fragility of Tranquility
These are days of endless summer
as we bow in defeat to heat
wilting petals fall at our feet
sun pounding down, a mad drummer
while we long for winter’s slumber
Morning dawns in tranquility
light breaks through with fragility
awash in a rose colored sky
so we lift our weary heads high
banishing our humility
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
The Sunday Muse #123
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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#Haiku: Cricket
under the willows
beneath the rotting debris-
male cricket chirping
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
Frank J. Tassone’s Haikai Challenge #153- Cricket
Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge No.193 Poets Choice
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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