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.

Friends Forever (Micropoetry)

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Helen

We’ll be friends forever Innocence is strength All the cynics are wrong They fall before simplicity What it is to be You and me Safe in our little world Trust is security We’ll be friends forever You and me (c) … Continue reading →

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China

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Helen

Our china has broken Like all our days Little pieces on the floor Just as the confetti spilled At celebrations long ago Too long ago Our china has split apart A testament to cracks Within the foundation Of a love … Continue reading →

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New Birth – for Prompt: Arcana in the Tower

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Helen

Dark tower looming This Aeon’s image Time to fall Destruction and decay Dominate all horizons Time to fall All this violence New birth pangs Time to fall Shed our skin With blood and pain Time to fall Out of these … Continue reading →

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This Is Me

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Helen

This is me Standing silent in the dark Wondering if you’ll see Wondering if in a moment You may turn and speak with me Wondering if you know I’m here Or if you even care Wondering if you’ll speak soft … Continue reading →

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The Fishermen Have Gone – Writing Prompt #167

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Helen

The fishermen have gone The seas bereft of life A strange deceptive tranquility covers everything We are but ghosts Wandering through darkened streets Not a sound from stamping feet Chained to this memory of life When even the essence is … Continue reading →

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Send In the Clowns – Friday Music Prompt #50

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Helen

  Everything reversed Injustice is fair Poverty street for old billionaires Send in the clowns Doing the crime Power does no time Beauty queen covered in rivers of slime Send in the clowns Each one of them clowns Just when … Continue reading →

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Clockwork Doll

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Helen

Little clockwork doll Hold up your hands And plead Little clockwork doll I have my needs And greed Little clockwork doll You are the source And seed Little clockwork doll My little slave Unfreed Little baby cry I’ll do to … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Dreams

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Helen

Arthur is forgotten now The glory of his Camelot Mere shadows on the modern world’s barren floor Where once a dream of honour reigned Now only black and white is spoken Reversed and in denial Of the higher aspect of … Continue reading →

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Alone

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Helen

I have been alone so long Visiting those parks where as children we so freely played As evening comes the moon is no comfort and none of these creeping fears may be allayed I’ve even fallen at the chairs where … Continue reading →

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Capture

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Helen

Let me capture your dreams In my golden web Before they melt Into the morning’s arms Let me wander your world Hitchhiker set free So I may fall Before your sweet charms Let me carry my sword A guardian of … Continue reading →

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