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.

Against The Grain

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Helen

We’re cut against the grain If our lives were woodwork We would be A strange and dubious artistry We couldn’t quite explain We lived to be our parents’ bane We’re cut against the grain We strive to make our mark … Continue reading →

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Father

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Helen

In my father’s home His father stern Created out of fear and rules The fault lines in his children All broken somehow In their own, unique way They took their lessons Into the bleak day The bleak day In my … Continue reading →

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Craven

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Helen

These dreadful days Blood spilled by heresy and lies A swordsman’s blade Or the fire’s eyes All the same to dusty death Spirits of cold righteousness Demand their place In darkest history And all the reigns of kings Just men … Continue reading →

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Saving Grace

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Helen

In this moment came My saving grace When all the tumult of the world Might crash around me Perhaps deservedly A moment’s godlike leniency Reaches out to me And could I now believe This tender hand Which reached across this … Continue reading →

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Prime Suspect

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Helen

And would we all agree That he Must be The prime suspect Of this gallery? And would we all concur Like her Prefer To nod assent And not aver? The judge will raise his brow Just now Avow The sentence … Continue reading →

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Slicing – for Community Storyboard September 8 Prompt – Horror Story

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Helen

Razor sharp Slicing My sinews crack open I’m almost unaware Of the assault It comes so quietly So expertly They always come In shadows And silence And slicing Sweat soaked sheets Would mix with blood Cold grey eyes Watched me … Continue reading →

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One Child – for Right2Write Prompt 9 Stop Terrorism

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Helen

The death of one child is the death of the world Sand arising as mother earth shakes off her despair and hungers for an artist’s vision there Reptile brain awakens flooding the system with fear and alarm The eye watching … Continue reading →

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Trick of the Mind

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Helen

You were a trick of the mind A wolf in jester’s clothing A child within a man You were a phantom being Clothed in trickster flesh Strange skeletal span You were the opposite Of what you would portray And yet … Continue reading →

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Experiments

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Helen

Rolling dice With the universe Thinking twice Is such choice perverse? Nothing here Left to stop, reverse Rolling dice With the universe Shall I try Such experiments Go for truth Not for vague pretence Can’t control The result’s events Shall … Continue reading →

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She, Unaware for Prompt 20 Wordle

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Helen

I bend so sad this day before Her pharisaical denial She still believes beyond all doubt Humility is not her style She wears this brittle certitude Bereft all mercy, her pursuit For power from self idolatry She digs so viciously, … Continue reading →

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