Tag: #thesundaymuse

Saved by Grace

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

“The salvation of man is through love and in love” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning There was a moment in my lifewhen quiet hallowed chambersof an old church became my sanctuary. Dusky sunlight fell across a scarred plank floorthrough blood-stained windows where-The body of… Continue Reading “Saved by Grace”

Category: PoetryTags: #poetry, #shayswordgarden, #thesundaymuse

Did I

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true; But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.” ― William Butler Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats I carry sorrow in my bones… Continue Reading “Did I”

Category: PoetryTags: #aging, #poetry, #shay'swordgarden, #thesundaymuse

The Color of Hope is Light

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato Light bending, shaping, flowing into nicks and cracks of darkness impugned Both an unrelenting wave of briny ocean and a… Continue Reading “The Color of Hope is Light”

Category: PoetryTags: #dverse, #thesundaymuse, Poem, Poetry

Lower Than Angels

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“Nobody’s perfect. We’re all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.” ― Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses We sit under a tarnished copper suntethered to stones of transgressionsfor the sins of our ancestors are scars we bearwith every sunrise, with… Continue Reading “Lower Than Angels”

Category: PoetryTags: #Angels, #poems, #poetry, #thesundaymuse

With One Final Breath

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.” ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and… Continue Reading “With One Final Breath”

Category: PoetryTags: #poetry, #thesundaymuse

Lipstick on Broken Glass

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“Love! Love until the night collapses!” ― Pablo Neruda Let me go mad –While the sun sits pretty in autumn sky Let me raise my glass –to a long life all these years gone by Let me drift away- with falling stars on an obscure night… Continue Reading “Lipstick on Broken Glass”

Category: PoetryTags: #thesundaymuse, Poem, Poetry

Behind Vacant Eyes

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Linda Lee Lyberg

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“Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.” ― Charles Bukowski To the outer world she is gone- Bat-shit crazy, delusional, lostDefeated, lonesome, aloneHer heart… Continue Reading “Behind Vacant Eyes”