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.

Regret

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Helen

You fell so far The very stars did die It’s such a shame To see an angel cry I heard you sing Before you crashed below And what you lost I guess we’ll never know You reached so high The … Continue reading →

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Web

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Helen

These tears I’ve shed Are trapped within your spider’s web Like silver sparkling in light What hurts the most Can most delight This trap you laid Seemed too beguiling, unafraid I swept within your cold embrace The sweetest fruit Has … Continue reading →

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Sinking

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Helen

Floating peacefully downstream Lost in exquisite Haunting dreams Gliding softly in the flow Where the foolish Often go I am sinking through my skin Water ends where I begin Songs are lilting through the spheres Let me melt And disappear Quick … Continue reading →

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Burning

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Helen

I heard a voice Incarnate and separate Splintering the dawn Calling my name The stridency alarming As though I’d lost my way In the depths of the night What words shimmer In the morning air? The fragments of a dream … Continue reading →

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Girl and the Raven

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Helen

The girl and the raven appear at the morn Awash with the tears she has shed before dawn She’s floating in white, a mere sprite of despair Combing her memories through her dark hair The raven’s a psychopomp calling her … Continue reading →

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New Year, New Blog!

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Helen

Hi everyone Happy New Year! I hope 2015 proves to be fabulous for you all! I have a couple of major writing based new years resolutions this year. The first is to launch – as I am today – my … Continue reading →

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Chess

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Helen

Kingdoms lost At bleak break of day Count the cost Foolish game Each expendable Just the same We’re so small Our hopes do not count Not at all Even kings Cannot turn the tide Not a thing Gods will play … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Helen

You were right to fear We are here It is far too late To remediate We will slake our thirst On you first You were right to fear We are here And though none believed No reprieve Underneath your bed … Continue reading →

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Dissolution

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Helen

Faith dissolves and recreates A fleeting bird Do you see? On the wings of a prayer? Desolation calls for more A distant twin to hope Do you hear? Remembering this day? Abject we may fall To ancient crosses now Do … Continue reading →

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Corrosion

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Helen

For years you slowly ate The heart of me The purest of my fruit Fell to your cold decay A thief within the night You showed such cruelty But coward, you would hide At quiet break of day For years you … Continue reading →

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