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.

The Alien’s Reverie

So long ago, a millennium or more in your time, we evolved. We rose out of the whirlpool of our world to achieve what your Buddhists call the release from attachment. Perfect detachment. Our physical form relaxed and withdrew to … Continue reading

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Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude Craven pleasure The bully embraces Revelling in a win Vicariously (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Life is what you do to fill in time between meals

All I ask of life, really, is that I am entertained, that I am safe and comfortable, and that I am well fed. For all that I love to write, and read, and live in my mind, it’s the physical … Continue reading

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Mind Control

The scent of jasmine in the air As the evening music streams Down a hallway where I tremble On the cusp of darker dreams Butterflies now in my stomach As I see the stranger’s face Could this be a new … Continue reading

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Oscar

We still see a quicksilver mind And how a razor sharp tongue Cut a swathe throughout society Just to reach the depths within Deepest horror in the soul Lightest brushwork on the page All the humour of humanity Both its … Continue reading

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Prophetic Writing?

Do you ever feel your writing is telling you something, or even foretelling something? This is the first time in many years that I’ve dived into writing. More than fifteen years ago I took some extended time off work and … Continue reading

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Winged Creatures

A gargoyle nestles on cathedral walls An Angel over-reaches before the Fall Out of its cocoon a butterfly crawls Winged creatures, all A hawk that evades the archer’s bow A dragon that stirs in the deep below An eagle that … Continue reading

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The Breath

A breath against my cheek on waking alone Was that your ghost? Yet how could it be that one who lives reaches across the ether to touch with nothingness? Were you a dream in that moment, striving for more, reaching … Continue reading

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Confidences

Do you recall the secrets that we told In wine-lit moments as the day would end? I wonder at our courage then so bold To bare such precious thoughts to just a friend The weight of such a confidence is … Continue reading

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Exercise for the Non-Exerciser

I feel the lethargy of limbs The sweat of brow and skin I push beyond the pain to find Some essence from within I am not made for athletic style I am not groomed to run My competition is internal … Continue reading

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