Category Archives: Air

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

Request

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Helen

  Would you be my friend here and stay Make my pain and my fears go away? I’ve been lost for all of today Today Would you hold my hand for a while Soothe confusion softly and smile? I’ve been … Continue reading →

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The Fortune Teller

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Helen

Her room so dark and small I am quite lost Within it all I sit so quiet, meek I fear she has A crueller streak She eyes me like a prize As though I Realise Her cards are worn and … Continue reading →

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Nightfall

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Helen

Nightfall Dying stars still shine pearly opalescence shimmering and trembling before they shoot and fall All is quiet Preternatural stillness Not even the slightest gust of wind dare disturb tree leaves Somewhere along the avenue a failing streetlight flickers and … Continue reading →

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WordPress Rules re Linking to Externally Hosted websites

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Helen

    Hi Does anyone know if WordPress has any rules about linking a WordPress blog to an externally hosted website? I know you can link to social media sites like Facebook et al, but I seem to remember – in the dim … Continue reading →

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Never Was

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Helen

This friendship never was This bond never began It lived only in poetry And sad songs which you sang No word was ever true All glances but a lie In promise we began In enmity we’ll die You’ll say I … Continue reading →

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Trinity

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Helen

There were three When it began Two were lost The third remained And all the rest Could be explained There were three Left at the end The two as twins The one apart The mind, the body And the heart … Continue reading →

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Hauntings

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Helen

Hauntings Are never easy The dead do not remain For simple reasons They carry earthly chains Throughout the seasons Hauntings Are never easy The haunted Are never sane The toll of such communion Is like a winter gale Their hopeless, … Continue reading →

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String Quartet

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

A string quartet played A sweet serenade In all of our finery Our youth was displayed To think of this now I’m a moment dismayed The violin sighs All the secrets inside Polite society Has so much to hide So I … Continue reading →

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For Ionia

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

I wish for you a dragon’s fire To breathe freedom to you To raise you up on crystal wings Far away from darker lands It seems the purest souls Are tested most these days As though in exchange for generosity … Continue reading →

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