Category Archives: Air

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

Mystic’s Last Love Song – for Prompt 42 Tired Surrender

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Helen

Upon these streets I have listlessly wandered Within lost thoughts I have sunken and floundered In brittle light bathed I’m en-webbed and confounded Ears harkening to the call A barefoot adept, arms outstretched on high In this moment more afraid to … Continue reading →

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Dragon Dream – for Prompt 40 Sheer Wonder

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Helen

  Adrift in city streets at night No cars in sight I’m calling to a distant light These stars indeed might fall for me They might A single child lost in despair With no-one there As susseration splits the air … Continue reading →

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Hope Dies for Prompt 39 Unwanted Truth

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Helen

My truth is the one where hope dies It shivers on the barricades It is verdant in the Everglades But when the jury must be swayed Just silence and a nothingness replies My truth is the one deep known The … Continue reading →

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Synchronicity and the Strangeness of Creativity

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Helen

Hi So I’ve finished the first draft of my ghost story novel. But I don’t want to talk about that so much as something odd that has happened in the last few of days of writing it. To put this … Continue reading →

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Blog/Life Balance

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Helen

Hi So my new novel, the ghost story, is proceeding well. I’m about two-thirds or more through and should have it complete, all things being equal, by the time I return to work mid next week. I’ve also done some research … Continue reading →

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Press ‘Start’

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Helen

I was reluctant to begin To press start entailed Commitment and belief It required An act of faith My doubting heart eschewed It needed Bravery I fear I lacked I was hesitant to call To press the buttons necessary A … Continue reading →

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Nothingness

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Helen

Footsteps in an empty room Afternoon shadowplay Well before noon Ghostly images Flickering on the stair Feeling of presence When nothing is there Lights shining dimly When switches are off Lost faces like images On virgin cloth Banging of doorways … Continue reading →

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Laika

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Helen

Confinement is imprisonment Little pioneer of science Once the vastness of your world Comprised of dirty, city streets And endlessness was hunger Cold and pain Brothers and sisters found In science’s sepulchral walls Once worthless finding worth In expendability All … Continue reading →

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Sleepwalker

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Helen

Sonambulatory surrender Caught between Ether and ethereal Exilir and exile Wandering blind but seeing Down shadowed hallways Shuffling, shuffling Delirious disorientation Shot through with Night and nightmare Delirium and dream Every step a pattern Of preternatural instinct Shuffling, shuffling Sleepwalker … Continue reading →

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Shadows

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Helen

Peek-a-boo Shadows lurking Children play In darkened rooms Lullabies Hide their terrors In the world The black rose blooms Hush now child No use crying Shadow friends Have come to play All who live Will soon by dying Nothing more … Continue reading →

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