Author Archives: Helen

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About Helen

I'm drawn to blogging as a way to share ideas and consider what makes us who we are. Whether it's in our working life or our creativity, expression is a means to connect.

Siren Song

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Helen

I understand the ancient mariners now Like them I tie myself against my heart To the bow The wisdom of the drunkenness of senses With sheer beauty losing All defences I understand the wish to hear then die Your siren … Continue reading →

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After Life

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Helen

I felt the last Single beat Of my heart Like a bell Tolling deep In a ruined cathedral My body spent I arose Like a whisper To find Fallen leaves And yesterday’s echoes No shining light Beckoned me No depths … Continue reading →

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Communion

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Helen

Eyes across a room Commune In a knowing glance Advance Eyelids flutter by A lie Do we yet have proof Of truth? Daemon to daemon Here upon Greater than our past We clasp Smaller souls here lost The cost Witness … Continue reading →

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Seance

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Helen

Spectral murmurings Darkened room Illumined by only candlelight Gathered here The disconsolate and lost Seeking memories In light and dust Sonorous voice Omnipotent in a singular Moment Crossing the veil Psychopomp in black lace Withered, snake skin hands Connect Across … Continue reading →

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Prompt 11- Literary Idols – Oscar Wilde

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Helen

Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard. Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! (from … Continue reading →

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End Game

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Helen

Poised on the precipice The Fool dances Plans and strategies Are just words on paper Marks on maps The quantum of force Blisters through intellect Is brute force the answer Or another riddle to solve For end game? Flying above … Continue reading →

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Perfect Possession

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Helen

I have always been A case of perfect possession And yet it seems that I belie The belief this is always bad The elemental that Reads and breathes through me Demands new words and poetry, and yet It isn’t always … Continue reading →

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Time’s Drive

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Helen

Driving need to fill Up time; hours pass Quickly when unrelenting Wishes command All thought of rest Departs; a distant friend Half remembered Lazing on a beach Unaware of the sun’s Dreadful dominion Soaking up rays Forgetting minutes, hours, days … Continue reading →

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Belong

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Helen

I have never had this feeling What it is to just belong I’ve an independent streak Sometimes stubborn, sometimes strong So I guess you see bemusement As you look upon my face I’ve been alone in certain solitude Never seeking … Continue reading →

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Won’t Be Round Much This Weekend….

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Helen

    Just popping in to say I won’t be round much this weekend and possibly into next week – I have put my lower back out and sitting for any length of time is very painful. I have purchased a … Continue reading →

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