Category Archives: Air

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

Weightless

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Helen

I I am weightless I am flying through the perfect sky And I I am free at last I have no boundaries being weightless I I feel so innocent and so pure of heart in both mind and soul That … Continue reading →

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Noli Me Tangere

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Helen

My tombstone reads Noli Me Tangere In death as was in life I would not love-born Children bear To no man be a wife And should they seek A lock of hair I gave instead a knife Noli Me Tangere … Continue reading →

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Lucifer’s Song – for Prompt 57 – Shock and Seething Rise to Vengeance

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Helen

Where once were allies, are now foes This battle started long ago Your kingdom spoke of love and care Angelic music flowing there A harmony, a table round This depth of fealty so profound You promised much, you promised all … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Dreams

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Helen

Fleeting image in a mirror In a darkened, silent room A flash of white and pure light Black hair flowing in a stream She said ‘It’s nothing like it seems’ Ill spent days and forgotten ways I think I know … Continue reading →

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Vertigo

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Helen

Imbalanced and precarious On a clifftop looking down The momentum just to fall Almost irresistible You feel the pull Of ancient deities Of promises and piety As they overwhelm and here remind you Of where this dissonance began Feeling sea-sick … Continue reading →

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Jasmine Nights

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Helen

Jasmine nights Down corridors we wander and whisper such dark delights Could be the brother or the sister of the Northern Lights So soft, so bright Lost melody In dusty pages of unopened books find a sign of me Is that … Continue reading →

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Fractured – for Prompt 54 A vastly important secret

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Helen

Oh little ones I felt the fall The splintering among you all As heavens opened I espied The way you wailed, you fell and cried What once was One had to rebel And what this brings the brave don’t tell … Continue reading →

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Escape

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Helen

I’ll run away tonight from you I’ll pack up bags so silently That nothing of my passing shall Even whisper on the breeze I’ll travel through the darkest hues Through quiet streets I’ll steal away And you will never raise … Continue reading →

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Again

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Helen

Are we seeing it again? Eyes averred to those in need Are we pampering the egos That grow fat on blood and greed? Are we seeing it again? Are we hearing it again? Rhetoric of wilful right Do we count … 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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