Monthly Archives: August 2013

Good Grief, Inc.

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

I had to reblog this because it’s simply brilliant, and also because at times like these when there seems to be darkness everywhere, the light of humor, so skilfully done, is a balm to the soul!!! 🙂

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I wish for you a dragon’s fire To breathe freedom to you To raise you up on crystal wings Far away from darker lands It seems the purest souls Are tested most these days As though in exchange for generosity … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Earth, Fire, Poetry, Water | Tagged alchemy, Aspiration, belief, Cancer, elemental, elements, friendship, Health, Ionia, Love, Spiritual, truth, Victorious | 36 Comments

Melody

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Helen

The melody Flows over me In waves Reminding me Of afternoons Long passed Where laughter called To moments in A kiss And lyrics sung Told stories from A dream The melody Remembers me Long gone It brings to mind A … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Dreams, lost love, Love, Lyrics, melody, memory, music, passion | 16 Comments

The Dark Glade

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Helen

This dark glade Where lovers meet in secret To play charades How many vows are broken And dreams betrayed In this dark glade? Beneath dark bows Where leaves that fall are blackness And are death somehow How many strange transgressions … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged dark, death, delusion, dissociation, Dreams, Glade, Spiritual, truth | 6 Comments

The Seed – Now Available on Amazon Kindle!!!!!!

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Helen

In yet more The Seed related news, I’m thrilled to announce that it is now available on Amazon Kindle at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ED8F19A This is very exciting as uploading it there and getting it right was a bit scary for a newbie … Continue reading →

Posted in Conversation, Water | Tagged Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Apple, Aspiration, creativity, Dreams, passion, RCC, RCC Update, Rome Construction Crew, seed, self-publishing, The Seed, writing | 36 Comments

The Sea

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Helen

I let the waves wash over me And from the deep and timeless sea He’ll rise and sing his songs to me His sad, sad songs to me I tread the sand upon the shore I want for much, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, alchemy, Aspiration, belief, choice, Deep sea, Love, ocean, Spiritual, truth | 15 Comments

Perfect

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Helen

You were too perfect to be true The fairest flower Has lightest hue But to what gods You owed your due For being you You were too beauteous I see Such sweet perfection Isn’t free And what a waste You … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged Aspiration, Beauty, delusion, denial, loss, madness, pain, passion, perfect, perfection, Relationships | 18 Comments

Introducing The Seed by Helen Valentina

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

Thanks so much to Bradley for letting me guest post on his blog about my new novel The Seed – now available on lulu.com and (very soon – next few days at most I hope) on Amazon kindle. 🙂

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

The poet said it best I see His knowledge and his artistry The future that his soul foresees The path of fallen breadcrumbs Where all of youth and life succumbs As something wicked this way comes The oracle within his … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged alchemy, dark, dissociation, Dreams, Esoteric and Occult, Musings, poet, Shakespeare, Spiritual, wicked | 16 Comments

I Loved You Once

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

I loved you once When we were young You were the poet The song unsung I barely knew What we’d begun Before our time was done I loved you then I’d love you now If all our history We’d avow … Continue reading →