Category Archives: Earth

Writing primarily expressing the element Earth – the physical, earthy, sensual, appetite, money.

Pineapple

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Helen

You’re like a pineapple Rough on the outside Sweet within Prickly your hide dear Sharp and hard your skin Let me cut you open Let your juices flow The sweetness in your soul dear Is what I yearn to know … Continue reading →

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Change

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Helen

I do not crave change Not now There were times in my life I needed diversion Adventure just to breathe Not now The hum of big city streets Was a melody to me Not dark discordant artistry Not now It’s … Continue reading →

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Lineage

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Helen

I am of a lineage of fools Dancing on the precipice we try For star filled futures which elude us still Just dancing on the hill Waiting for a happier surprise I am of a lineage of grief Weeping in … Continue reading →

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Aftermath

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Helen

We will till the fields in the aftermath We will grow new harvests We will tend new paths We will dream of better days As gods dance and laugh We will till the fields in the aftermath We will lay … Continue reading →

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A Kinder Day

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Helen

I am sleeping in my cocoon Transformation painful, dark These nightmares of disintegration This transcendental elevation As I am broken down within To arise the butterfly in new skin Nigredo dark and deep despair You feel that you will never … Continue reading →

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One Stage

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Helen

There once was a poet that yearned To speak of the fires that burned Within an old heart But where would she start To tell of the lessons she’s learned? The wisdom of life and of age Could tell such … Continue reading →

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Chef

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Helen

The chef pauses for a moment Before stirring his creation Weighs the virtues and the limits Of the spices here arrayed This is artistry of the moment Flavours mixed like a devotion And there’s more than just mere chemistry In … Continue reading →

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Withering

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Helen

You endured her withering gaze You had to Her door was a ritual passageway A way through Her inspection is cold and precise She means to Makes us creatures of her own device Agreed to Like the crone she’s meticulously … Continue reading →

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Hunger Part 2

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Helen

Gnawing need Beyond our choice Sweet desire Finds its voice Given nourishment We rejoice Craving, hunger Beyond our choice Stomach tightens Dragging need Isn’t gluttony Or even greed From this hell we Must be freed Grasping hunger Dragging need © … Continue reading →

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Hotel Rooms

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Helen

Those days we met In hotel rooms And spent such lazy Afternoons We made our secrets And promised twice To fool all others About our vice We drank champagne In silken sheets Our favourite tunes Played on repeat A recipe … Continue reading →

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