Category Archives: Fire

Writing primarily expressing the element Fire – action, ego, creativity, passion, lust, activity.

Rose Red

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Helen

Rose Red was her name Palest skin Lips of flame When she’d gone You weren’t the same From her blood Forever stained Rose red was her hue Seductress had The best of you Lashes long O’er eyes so blue What … Continue reading →

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Soul Birth

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Helen

Screaming Crying a battle sound emerging from the ether Hurtling down the soul on fire eclipses all desire Essential self emerging from the All In what cauldron was this creature formed? In pitiless need driven and born? A battle cry … Continue reading →

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Burning

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Helen

I heard a voice Incarnate and separate Splintering the dawn Calling my name The stridency alarming As though I’d lost my way In the depths of the night What words shimmer In the morning air? The fragments of a dream … Continue reading →

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Beautiful

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Helen

It is so beautiful Colours streaming through My eyes are drawn To all the rainbows strewn Across the sky And along pavements run By children laughing In their search of fun It is so beautiful A butterfly is born In … Continue reading →

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Dragon’s Breath

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Helen

Feel me breathe My fire breath I am license I am death Warm your heart Your icy bones Give you most When you’re alone Dragon’s breath Wilder heart Where they finish Where I start Feel me breathe My fire breath … Continue reading →

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Charon

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Helen

I cannot cross here to the shore I’ve lingered thus so long before In dreams in nightmares and in life I’ve felt the whip, the lash, the knife I know these waters run aground I know the promise they surround … Continue reading →

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Scarlet

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Helen

She stood alone In scarlet Defiant against The palest moon Her dress was satin Pure scarlet Broken promises made Too soon Her life force shining As scarlet On barren plains Seeking life She stood alone In scarlet And to no … Continue reading →

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Scandal

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Helen

Years ago now it was said she played a dangerous, exciting game and of her many suitors only one could take the blame, he lay bleeding in the scandal’s wake and never was the same It caused an internet sensation … Continue reading →

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Slave to Love for Prompt 75, Influence of the Dark Side

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Helen

I feast on your desires like scraps from a wretched beggar’s table. In this I am a myriad of choices to acquiesce and follow and become the thing I once most despised; this insipid, crawling death of sensibility and morality, … Continue reading →

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Echoes on the Breeze – Ann Bagnall’s wonderful new book of poetry

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Helen

Last week I received my copy of Ann Bagnall’s ‘Echoes on The Breeze’ , a wonderful collection of her micropoetry now published by lulu.com.  See her wonderful blog and the link to the book at: http://annieb222.com/2014/09/13/echoes-on-the-breeze-by-ann-bagnall-paperback-lulu-au/ That link is for … Continue reading →

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