M.L. Liebler

The Early Days of Silence and Darkness
 
In the early days
Of silence and darkness,
I traveled alone
Across the quiet fields
Of my heart.
 
I was alone--
A sullen moon tossing
Shadows of time
Across the distant
Doors of my past.
 
Everyday, I awoke
Cautious in a loveless world
That longed to be
Filled with something
As simple as everydayness.
 
Today, I catch myself
Catching myself outside
In the outside where I
Meet myself near the corner
Of silence and broken heart



Also from M.L. Liebler:
Across The Dark Blue
His Father Gone

Contributor Bio

M.L. Liebler is an internationally acclaimed and widely published Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist and arts organizer. He is the author of 13 books including the 2008 release Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream (Wayne State University Press) featuring poems written in and about Russia, Israel, Germany, Alaska and Detroit. In addition to his many books, Liebler has published his work in many national and international journals and reviews. In 2005, he was named St. Clair Shores' (his hometown) first Poet Laureate; he also received The Paterson Book Award for Excellence in Literature for 2005.

Liebler has taught English, Creative Writing, Labor Studies and American Studies at Wayne State University since 1980. He is the founding director of both The National Writer's Voice Project in Detroit and the Springfed Arts: Metro Detroit Writers Literary Arts Organization. He was recently selected as Best Detroit Poet by The Detroit Free Press and Detroit's Metro Times.