Category Archives: Earth

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

Voyager

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Helen

When I was a child I dreamed I was a tiger Roaring in my backyard As though in Africa As a teen I yearned for music To be dancing with the stars In a Hollywoodian moment Within America In my … Continue reading →

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Winter

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Helen

Winter has come The first day this year In my part of the world Shadows stretch across Dismal halls The rain falls slowly, resolute Each deliberate drop Sounding its bell Winter cold has descended An icy, aging star Regal on … Continue reading →

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Bleed

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Helen

Whispering ego Speaking its need Self-justification Hiding its greed Will our pure will Ever be freed From all the places Our true selves bleed? (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Age

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Helen

Age does not always wither It may release Stiffer joints have less dominion With the passing of care Time itself Does not lend wisdom But irradiates Some lessons learned Freedom becomes Another term for Relinquishing what was yearned So much … Continue reading →

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Mountains

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Helen

The mountains of morning With sunlight are strewn The mountains of midnight Are blessed by the moon The mountains of evening With a silver twilight The mountains of midday Impossibly bright The mountains of memory Are vast and so deep … Continue reading →

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Precious Reflection

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Helen

Precious reflection Of an imperfect past Butterflies pinned Under this cold glass Precious mementos Tied to the post Sashes and scarves Treasured the most Precious beliefs Etched under your skin This is where longing Yearns to begin Precious kept feelings … Continue reading →

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Evolution

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Helen

Double helix Twists widdershins Tiny cracks In the unity Creates new form Struggling to be born From infertile ground Stretch to be The Other Separate from But built upon Edifice of ages The backward sweeping clock Tracks time Into the … Continue reading →

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Lifecycle

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Helen

Love Hopeful union Soul mate found Join in pure bliss Chosen Conception Intertwined energy Yin and yang Explode into potential Life Birth Squalling infant Wide open eyes Gasps the first breath Here Hope Ephemeral dream Ambition to reality Stretching, an … Continue reading →

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Exhaustion

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Helen

Mere exhaustion does not suffice To name this creeping malaise This sensory overload Flickering like fading starlight Centuries in the pitted deep Stricken ache along Elegant limbs, torn Between a moment Of movement and no momentum Gut wrenchingly sick To … Continue reading →

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Stars

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Helen

Gemini rising Scorpio child Hides in fine words Heart of the wild Mercury and Sun Conjoined in a dance Virgo moon plots Leaving nothing to chance Venus squares off For the conquest of Mars Endless contention Writ in the stars … Continue reading →

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