M.L. Liebler

Across The Dark Blue
 
Through the anger of the ocean,
Tides of despair churn
Upon the beach of my stripped soul.
 
The moon follows me,
In loneliness, across the dark,
Blue waters of autumn where I am
A sinking ship sailing away
From the heart of a broken kingdom.
 
Floating towards the West,
I take the deserted sea
As my omen that I was
Meant to drown here
In the sorrowful noise
Of an empty future.
 
Still, tomorrow, I will again
Drag myself out
Of my sleep, and into
The deep waters
Of my past to attempt
To come alive--
A new vessel sailing towards
The twilight abyss of sky and hope.



Also from M.L. Liebler:
His Father Gone
The Early Days of Silence and Darkness

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.