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.

Tree of Life

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Helen

Oh Tree of Life! Haloed in white Dare I approach? Roots snake beneath the earth Encompassing the world All flows from and to you I would climb to your boughs Looking up and down Simultaneously As above, so below We … Continue reading →

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Food Reverie (inspired by the morning coffee)

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Helen

Coffee Dark, rich succour Shortbread biscuits Melting with the flavour On my tongue The morning painted with Sweetness and faint spice These habits and addictions Re-awakened, just begun Passing bakery shops On my travels Takes me instantly back To childhood … Continue reading →

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Edge of the Memory

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Helen

Suddenly it happens again, perceptions distort Distance is further Nearness is closer And I am on the edge of a memory that ever eludes me Hovering, hoping to keep the moment just long enough to recall Strangeness descends, like wildfire … Continue reading →

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Storm Gods

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Helen

When I was in my early teen years one day I stayed home from high school because I was unwell. Sometime in the mid afternoon of that day my mother came to rouse me from my sleep, saying ‘Helen! Hurry! … Continue reading →

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The Life Poetical

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Helen

With words and phrases cast a spell so bright Beguile the senses with such lyric charm Through sonnet form or ballad so delight That even hardened hearts must be disarmed So musical the rhythm and the tone To tempt a … Continue reading →

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Beauty Ritual

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Helen

Sitting in the hairdresser’s chair mid process, my hair spiked by colouring agents Purple swathes against beige I look like I’ve been adorned for a tribal ritual Frankly it’s vaguely frightening And how the lights play on my visage making … Continue reading →

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Nursery Rhyme

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Helen

You are old my dear You are cold and drear To the devil your soul is sold, it’s clear The clock will chime my dear One more time this year Then be silent forevermore I fear. (c) Helen Valentina 2013, … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tales Should Come With a Hazard Warning

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Helen

I love a good story as much as the next person, and well I remember loving fairy tales (the scarier and bloodythirstier the better) as a child. My mother would read to my brother and I when we were young, … Continue reading →

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A Big Thank You

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Helen

When I first starting blogging about three weeks ago and began to find other blogs to follow I saw many posted thank yous at around this time of a blog’s life and I thought how lovely that was. What I … Continue reading →

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The 1%

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Helen

Rich Bastards Incorporated Smug and self satisfied Counting their riches Drunk on their pride Failure’s their talisman Profit from grief Got the predictions wrong? Act like a thief! Better to prophesise The weather next week Nothing much left in This … Continue reading →

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