Charmed Chaos
Musings on Life, Love, and Linguine-Poetry & Writing
#Haiku: Flower Moon
flower moon peeking
shining light through wispy puff
dandelion spring
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #176- Poet’s Choice
Frank J. Tassone #Haikai Challenge: Flower Moon
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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Heart Beats
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adorned with my colorful mask
I venture out into the world among strangers
I am startled by the sound of not only my own voice
And theirs… Must they speak so loud?
Are they shouting, or have I
Grown accustomed to the subtle silence
I live with each passing day
But for the melodious song of grey mockingbirds
Outside in my peaceful garden
I find myself longing to understand the meaning
Within the sweet arias they croon
Do they sing of spring and summer heat
Or heartache and loneliness for a mate?
I take a deep breath
Feeling my heart beat, beat, beat…
And sip a glass of cool mint tea
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
dVerse Poetics: Solitude
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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Chasing Rainbows
Is it silly to chase rainbows
In this darkest of gloomy nights
That has now befallen upon us?
I think not for they hold
The brilliant warm light
Of peace, love, and life
Surrounding us with hope
As we’re bathed in prisms sparkling bright
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
dVerse Poets Pub: Quadrille- Lighten Up a Bit
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: First Blossoms
Mesa, AZ
purple petals rain
drops from cerulean skies
jacaranda tree
©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
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Carpe Diem’s Time Challenge Remake- First Blossom
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Let Go
AUTHOR”S NOTE: Three years ago today, I wrote this and I still find myself on an incredible journey of self discovery. Thank you to all who have taken the time to read and comment on my posts. You’ve encouraged me through it all!
It worked for a while. But then it didn’t. It doesn’t matter where or when or even how everything changed for me. What does matter is it did.
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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After the Blossom Fades
After
Each blossom fades
And petals drift away
The rose bush begins renewal
Crumbled
Flowers beginning life anew
As they decay within
Fertile black loam
Again
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge: #175 Theme Prompt The Day After
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 In-Between
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. “-Oscar Wilde
Catching glimpses of the In-Between
slipping through sliding doors of dreams
to a familiar place where grey everything
and nothing is the same yet is.
Déjà vu in hazy limbo, reality thrown akimbo
as puzzling murky thoughts reveal
which delusions are real
and that which is only make believe.
What is-was- and what was -is
for dreams with anamorphic scenes
are clips of previous moments lived
Trapped in vivid nightmares and the In-Between.
©2021 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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