Three Poems by Linda Imbler

 

A Wash Of Stars

 

There was a great tremble

in the sky.

What could terror rend?

A wash of stars fell.

Pieces echoing foul tones as they bounced,

but we were too decisively assailed upon

to hold still 

and listen

to the calculated atonal hammering

that assaulted

even the ears of the deaf.

 

And the new stars gleamed. 

 

 

Lazarus, The Refined

 

The once dead Lazarus

wakes, stands up, steps over

the dull coins that fall from his eyes.

He feels the power of his old death,

which came without warning, 

and supposedly no remedy,

as a dreamy memory.

His awkwardness falls away as the vanishing heaviness,

once laid upon him, becomes forgotten. 

 

He escapes 

the hazy straitjacket of his passing, 

the ratification of his death is repealed.

He greets Joshua like a friend from the ages. 

When one helps you rise,

it is one’s duty to transform

into a courageous, yet genteel gentleman.

Although even as a corpse,

he behaved quite well.

 

 

Snakes In Church

 

Trying to prove belief,

confident there will be no wounded effect,

each a fortunate recipient of protection of faith

as you spell out all your sins,

and give a fitting commitment, 

expressing penitence to other worthy ears.

 

Within a bottle of absinthe, something sinister lurks.

Those who partake return with a stranger’s face.

The endless green of liquid jade,

creating a synthesia formed 

from sunlight spilling corona rays as castanets.

 

Flowing heaven or hell on earth,

from each a power overcomes.

A power to feel something grand,

but too much of either is a dangerous thing.

Examples of Linda Imbler's poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com.  When not writing, Linda is an avid reader, classical guitar player, and a practitioner of both Yoga and Tai Chi.  In, addition, she helps her husband,  Luthier, build acoustic guitars.  She lives in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A.  She enjoys her 200-gallon saltwater reef tank wherein resides her 21 year old yellow tang.

Linda’s published paperback poetry collections include: Big Questions, Little Sleep: Second Edition, Lost and Found, Red Is The Sunrise, and Bus Lights, Travel Sights: Nashville and Back. 

She has four e-books published by Soma Publishing;  The Sea’s Secret Song, Pairings, which is a hybrid e-book of short fiction and poetry, That Fifth Element, and Per Quindecim. Linda has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has five Best Of The Net nominations.