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.

Sea Change

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Helen

Reflecting the circles Of life and of choice Listening to the patterns The still and peaceful voice Dreaming of a sea change Begin, rebuild anew Lens I use part foreign Part familiar view Would there be a chance Will the fates … Continue reading →

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Update and a question to all writers or readers of trilogies…

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Helen

Hi So, work is still mad and my time is limited, but Easter is coming. I had planned to do some serious blog reading and catching up, but my editor has just finished manuscript assessing my latest novel, an occult … Continue reading →

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Risen

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Helen

Blackened eagle Wings through putrid sky Storms brewing Hunger and terror Blind sisters they weave Darker thread Demon regal Hooded piercing eye Wolf pursuing Spiritual error Forsaken hearts cleave To the dead (c) Helen Valentina 2014, All Rights Reserved

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Curious Cat – for Prompt 51 – Complete Bafflement

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Helen

I found a cat upon a tree Who grinned and grinned quite viciously This cat could speak – so very strange! All preconceptions re-arranged He smiled and simply asked me ‘Who?’ As owls may speak, but seldom do He waited … Continue reading →

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Star Struck

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Helen

I’m strung out on the atmosphere tonight I’m wallowing in the luminescence Twirling through sheer starlight The breeze on the air is humming A tone I knew so long go And I’m dimly aware I’m falling Where the brave dare … Continue reading →

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Picture Perfect

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Helen

Not a hair out of place It’s been so long since we last met in parties brittle with laughter and with escapades we won’t forget Age has been kind to you or you’re clever Picture perfect you still seem While … Continue reading →

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Crafty

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Helen

She was sly and she was crafty She was clever, she was cold There were only lies and traps in All the stories that she told She was daughter to deception She was misdirection’s queen She was never on the … Continue reading →

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Live Through This – for Prompt 50 Grim Determination

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Helen

Live through this Life under your microscope Dull tones ringing silence A sigh of lost regret I try then to forget Each day I awoke to just sunlight Set to expose Live through this The madness of the drama queen’s … Continue reading →

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Just popping in….

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Helen

Hi Just wanted to pop in to say I know I’ve been absent without leave from WP more than I would like of late, and it won’t change for a while because work went from mad to pure insanity in … Continue reading →

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Draw Card

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Helen

Give me the draw card Give me some time I’ll bring the people You bring the crime Give me the headline Give me a star They’ll come to see this Travel afar Give me a tagline Zeitgeist is fed They … Continue reading →

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