Tag: #dversepoetics

The Naked Bones

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

flicker.com “It was Salvador Dalí who said the red wine of Cadaqués has the bitter taste of tears.” ― Clifford Thurlow, Sex, Surrealism, Dali And Me Shadows undulate on cloistered walls,phantoms unveiled in sultry candlelightas the wax drips down another empty vesselit leaves a milky puddle where… Continue Reading “The Naked Bones”

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Time to Fly

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“Never love a wild thing…If you let yourself love a wild thing, you’ll end up looking at the sky.” ― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories Days of youth when nights never end a wild haired gypsy child-woman Silver earrings dangling gaudy… Continue Reading “Time to Fly”

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This Flesh

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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” (There are) many stories which are not on paper, they are written in the bodies and minds of women.”- Amrita Pritam This flesh does not show the stories it holdssave for some visible scarsSome self-inflicted, while others carvedwith mental pain this complex life… Continue Reading “This Flesh”

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Vivid Shades of Blue

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“Goddamn but her mind was so exhausted with trying to hold the world together, tired of being the living glue for herself, as if she let go, great pieces of her life would shatter and fall off in mockery of the apocalypse.” ― Jim… Continue Reading “Vivid Shades of Blue”

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Always

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“…the sad part is, that I will probably end up loving you without you for much longer than I loved you when I knew you. Some people might find that strange. But the truth of it is that the amount of love you feel… Continue Reading “Always”

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Raven Dreams

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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Yes, in the predawn black the slim slip of the waning moon. -Remote Friends, Jim Harrison Darkness before dawn-Jackson stirs from his raven dreamsHis shake tells me it’s time to goI obey for even in the suburbs of the desert,small creatures get eaten by… Continue Reading “Raven Dreams”

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Every Feather Falling

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien Every feather falling from a stormy skyanother soul transformsinto a different life No longer… Continue Reading “Every Feather Falling”