Category Archives: Earth

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

RCC Update – Sprouting The Seed – Progress with My First Novel

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Helen

I’ve been very remiss in keeping my RCC updates up to date, or interacting on the RCC blog itself – so apologies first to my wonderful fellow RCCers! The reason for the absence from this part of blogging is based … Continue reading →

Posted in Conversation, Earth, Water | Tagged aims, Aspiration, Blog, editing, goals, novel, publishing, RCC, Rome Construction Crew, seed, writing | 37 Comments

Sunday Morning Coffee

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Helen

The plunger is full The cup overflowing The dark rich aroma Is playfully glowing I feel my addiction Is gradually growing Uncaring, unknowing Uncaring, unknowing A caffeine adventure Is beckoning me Inspire the writer The first poetry The fruits of … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, Beverage, Caffeine, choice, coffee, food, Musings, Philosophy, Sunday, truth | 15 Comments

Split

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Helen

Split apart like a peach at the banquet table We are Cut adrift like a lost lifeboat floating on silent seas We are Broken down like a grandfather clock, portentous but still We are Forever lost like keys to forgotten … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, alchemy, angel, Aspiration, belief, choice, dark, denial, Dreams, hope, lost love, Love, passion, Philosophy, Relationships, Spiritual, truth | 16 Comments

Cancer

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Helen

An errant cell mutates And quickly finds its mate They grow and grow And so it goes Until You’re suddenly feeling ill These new cells are defined Uniquely re-designed Proliferate At such a rate You see Yourself in entropy Surgery … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, Biology, Cancer, Cell Biology, cells, cure, hope, illness, recovery, sicknss | 27 Comments

Walk With Me

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Helen

Walk with me In the halls of the dead Drink from this chalice Of blood newly shed Remember the promise Our forefathers said Down the path we are led, we are led Take from me The most bitter of wine … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, dark, death, delusion, denial, loss, truth, war | 14 Comments

Dance With The Dead

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Helen

Friends break bread And dance with the dead Ghosts are prized Truth in their eyes Pantomime Lost within time Friends drink wine Demonic, divine See them dance Life’s final chance Night of pure death Mist on the breath Donning their … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, choice, Dance, dark, death, dissociation, Dreams, fear, Pagan, pain, passion, Philosophy, Religion Spirituality, ritual, Spiritual, truth | 7 Comments

Ancient Longing

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Helen

These ancient walls are vast, heraldic creatures watch o’er me and yet alone within one room I brood solitary, dreaming of an age lost to me These steps are steeped in blood and time The mischief of an age gone … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged Ajaytao, Aspiration, belief, Brick and mortar, Castle, choice, court, court politics, dark, Dreams, history, memory, Musings, pain, passion, Spiritual | 15 Comments

Face

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Helen

Beautiful face Perfect blend Of symmetry and grace The golden mean Has found its place On this beautiful face Deep shining eyes Hooded mystery Hints at the prize This is artistry In human guise Seen through beautiful eyes The depths … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged actor, actress, Aspiration, Beauty, creativity, Dreams, fashion, golden mean, Golden ratio, models, Musings, truth | 12 Comments

Haiku of the Unwanted

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Helen

Toothache calls/ Dentist phone number/on the wall Sickness chills/ Toilet bowl haven/of the ill Feel it snap/ Broken bone now that/won’t set back Tympani Of the heart’s true anx/iety (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged broken, dark, dentistry, illness, Musings, pain, sickness, toothache, truth | 10 Comments

Elemental Cycles

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Helen

Desert thirst Waterless ocean Death by sand Fire dressing Flickering fabric as you writhe Bath too still Submerged for too long, motionless Natures loves this special vacuum No breath here Earth, fire, water, air; gather souls to home (c) Helen … Continue reading →