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.

Pictures of You

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Helen

These pictures of you Are tattered by time I hide from their view Then surrender sublime I’ll say I forsake them I’ll say I forget But these pictures of you Are haunting me yet I’ve lived through three lifetimes Or … Continue reading →

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Self Promotion: Is it bragging?

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Helen

Originally posted on When I Became an Author:
Okay, here comes another book contest post. This one does come with some advice though, which I’m sure someone will appreciate. Self Promotion seems somewhat selfish and pushy. But if you don’t…

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Carnivale

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Helen

Carnivale Of carnivores On with the show Blood rich life So adored In depths below Coloured lights Creatures strange Paraded for art Souls are lost To our cost Stabbed through the heart Carnivale Of troubadours Singing of sin If you … Continue reading →

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New School

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Helen

New school Just like the old school There’s nothing like An old fool This is not celebration This is condemnation Living by the rules New thought Just like the old thought Curricula Just as we always taught This is not … Continue reading →

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Reckoning

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Helen

Is there a true reckoning beyond the veil, a life re-lived in timelessness and understood objectively as a thing apart? Can the soul look upon its own deeds, weighed against conscious and unconscious intent; see for once the dissonance between … Continue reading →

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Emerging

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Helen

Emerging Strange quality here Phoenix like Submerging Deeper seas will speak Mystery Arising Serpent fire at night Wings expand Surprising We return to home Through a dream (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Alice

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Helen

Alice has fallen Through the glass again This life-like absurdity Raised to literary art Perversity in poetry She’s dancing with the mad again There’s secrets here Hid deep within The whirl of disordered thought Alice isn’t quite a child Not … Continue reading →

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Management 101 – for Prompt 5 – Cliche

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Helen

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater We have to right size this organisation But that doesn’t mean we have to re-invent the wheel We have to up size our delivery streams Embrace a matrix reporting structure That works … Continue reading →

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Beginning of a Hero for .99 Cents

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Helen

Originally posted on Legends of Windemere:
Yesterday, I decided to put Beginning of a Hero back at .99 cents.  The higher royalty was nice, but it wasn’t selling.  With this price, I can continue creating the foundation that I need…

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Dance With The Dead

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Helen

Friends break bread And dance with the dead Ghosts are prized Truth in their eyes Pantomime Lost within time Friends drink wine Demonic, divine See them dance Life’s final chance Night of pure death Mist on the breath Donning their … Continue reading →

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