Category Archives: Air

Writing primarily expressing the element Air – thoughts, belief, theory, philosophy, satire and science.

Moon Before the Sun for Prompt 77 Quotes by Oscar Wilde

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Helen

  “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde I am drunk on you tonight Our reverie has strewn Faux crystals at our feet They glitter and they sparkle Up and … Continue reading →

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Falcon

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Helen

I called you falcon You returned Like a guardian to my arm Penetrating Was your gaze As you kept my world from harm If for brief moments You’d escape me Wing away, that was your charm I called you falcon … Continue reading →

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Tunnel

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Helen

Light and depth perception Distort Whirring air like a dragon breathing Around us all the dark is seething Train tracks cracking All are bleeding Tunnel sport It’s just human interaction Cascades Knives are slashing in the depths Make no sound, … Continue reading →

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Lonely Goal

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Helen

Just one drop within the sea Merge with All so endlessly Mermaids whisper, return to me Return to me Just one star within the sky Multi faceted pinpoint eye Gone already, it’s just a lie Just a lie Just one … Continue reading →

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Light

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Helen

The quality of light here is sublime Trickling as golden liquor cross the field Starlight could not leave the warmer day But lingers hidden in the weave of sunshine’s charm The shadows are more dappled in such light They gently … Continue reading →

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Reaching for Photo Challenge 28 Climbing the Walls

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Helen

I can hear you Dear departed summer boy You’re trickling up and down these walls With every jagged breath My wretched heart calls And I’m floating Not afraid that I may fall I can touch you Ephemeral as summer rain … Continue reading →

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Too Sweet for Prompt 74 The Hollow Men by TS Elliot

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Helen

I have stepped across this threshold Mr Devil I can see you In that shrunken blackened doorway See your bony hand there beckoning Like a tide returning to the beach I hear your slyly sibilant, silent speech Making promises, and … Continue reading →

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Distraction

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Helen

I need centring I need control I’m just avoiding All I must do I love distraction Soothes my soul Makes me forget I Must follow through I’m writing poems When yet instead I should be drafting Something more All that’s … Continue reading →

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Finding Liveable Accommodation For the Afterlife – for Prompt 73, 6 word stories

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Helen

This week mindlovemisery’s prompt defies a poetic response, but is still intriguing: http://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/prompt-73-6-words/ So, in the spirit of the challenge, I’d still like to do something slightly different (which is possibly breaking the rules a bit but bear with me) … Continue reading →

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Slice

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Helen

We slice your veins Your human remains Your white dress textured By dried blood stains And from such pleasures None would refrain None would refrain We bind your hands With intricate plans Down to your mind’s core Our savagery spans … Continue reading →

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