Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Poetry by Linda Imbler

 

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Dry-cleaning the Suede Guitar

My heart extolled, 

discovery by the eight-year-old boy 

of the Spanish guitar;          

setting his watch 

by the chants of the world

before coaching endless births        

of wooden, acoustic bodies.

My heart joined             

at childhood’s end;

his dare of cosmic laws               

waiting to be broken.

Walking endless struts               

with midnight at his back,

to never rule the silence           

with hollow, electric bodies.

My heart communed,                

as he split himself in two,                             

yet remained

one—double-sided tape.

Magnetic, yin and yang,            

din and whisper,

magick fingers divining        

dancing, sweating human bodies.

My heart mourns                   

as now through the firmament;

his will becomes law                          

as what once happened here,

his own unique frequency                     

absorbed within 

the invisible strings             

of spherical, spinning bodies.

The Conquering

It

was planned.

Centuries’

blight and decay

curbed by such true, perfectly produced love.

© Linda Imbler

Linda Imbler

Linda Imbler is the author of eleven paperback poetry collections and four e-book collections (Soma Publishing). This writer lives in Wichita, Kansas, with her husband, Mike the Luthier, and an ever-growing family of gorgeous guitars. Learn more at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com.


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  Pixabay Dry-cleaning the Suede Guitar My heart extolled,  discovery by the eight-year-old boy  of the Spanish guitar;           setting h...