A Win
A sad and weary
procession
Of Dukes and
Counts
and all manner
of Lords,
wearing plumed
helmets
marches past a
mist-covered grove
with delicacy and
grace.
Bearing
amber vases filled
with
dusty embodiments
of those once
vibrant and beautiful.
Masses of long
wooden tubes
carrying those
with splendid legacy,
eyes sealed with coins.
They are lowered
among gentle words
by those devoted
to liberty,
by those seeing
peace for all as a win,
by those who will
forever now
hear the still
song
beyond the
polyphonic tunes of war.
Linda Imbler
Linda Imbler’s poetry
collections include seven published paperbacks: Big Questions, Little Sleep First
Edition, Big Questions, Little Sleep Second Edition; Lost and
Found; Red Is The Sunrise; Bus Lights; Travel Sight; Spica’s
Frequency; and Doubt and Truth. Soma Publishing
has published her four e-book collections, The Sea’s Secret Song; Pairings, a
hybrid of short fiction and poetry; That Fifth Element; and Per
Quindecim. Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications
can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com.