Tag: #poetry

Raven and Moon

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Linda Lee Lyberg

“Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” ― E.E. Cummings Black raven whispered to waning moon I miss your face when you’re goneI spend darkest nights longing for you to paint blue cobalt nightwith… Continue Reading “Raven and Moon”

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Of Green Toads and Babbling Brooks

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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Don’t bother trying to find mebecause I’ve gone awayI’ve run off to the countryto live out my remaining days. I’ll walk a country road,and pause by a babbling brookI’ll laugh with a green toadand read my favorite book. dVerse Poets Pub: Quadrille 126

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Perilous Precipice

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“Men argue. Nature acts.” ― Voltaire Leaden grey clouds dot a troubled horizon whispering ‘we yearn to rain to ease pain’ burdened with atmospheric weighta vanta black sky turns melancholy But today is not the day the clouds will finally rainthough harsh rolling thunder shakes the restless… Continue Reading “Perilous Precipice”

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The Memory of Your Words

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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The memory of your words crushed like stones on well trod streets pummeled beneath the feet of humanityAnd though I tell myself you didn’t mean what you said they cut a swath into my heart andinfested me with a macabre plagueI tried to hide from the stinging blood your diseased… Continue Reading “The Memory of Your Words”

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Whatever It Brings

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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As light spills upon white paperWe contemplate life’s fickle fateCaught up in this capricious state Pawns in play for our creator. Though there’s no point to belaborWhat riddled perils day may bringTo our past we should never clingFor mystery awaits in hasteWith few precious… Continue Reading “Whatever It Brings”

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#Haiku: New Coolness

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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early morning breezesongbirds slow to awakenin dawn’s new coolness Frank J. Tassone’s Haikai Challenge #156 New Coolness (shinryoo) Author’s Note: It’s a new week and the start of my countdown to finishing up the radiation treatments for breast cancer. After today, 9 more to… Continue Reading “#Haiku: New Coolness”