Category Archives: Fire

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

Painting

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Helen

Artistic fire Colours are music and shade Pigment melody. (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Joan Of Arc

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Helen

Joan of Arc prophesying to the Dauphin Stricken by brilliant grace or madness, or both Fevered warrior driven by her god for righteousness whispered in a fractured mind Voices haunting sometimes screaming Tell it all, tell it all! Brook no … Continue reading →

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Jester

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Helen

See the clever jester Speaking truth to power In this medieval court Where dark secrets flower And with numbers to the axe Rising by the hour See the jester strut and dance While the rest must cower Only in the … Continue reading →

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Would Be Kings

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Helen

Taking a global view Reading their Sun Tzu Smoke filled rooms Moving the chess piece Palm covered with grease Treachery blooms Shorting the stock exchange Itineraries rearranged Viral campaigns Finding their winning streak Secrets begin to leak Nothing’s restrained Throwing … Continue reading →

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Poisoned Chalice

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Helen

To open up my heart – a thing to learn for me As though another’s glance would yet return for me My splintered feelings prick you like a thorny rose And yet I bid your love be soft as fern for … Continue reading →

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Fortune’s soldier

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Helen

I turn my back to the approaching storm I wrap my friends in clothes secure and warm And here I wait a still uncertain dawn The lightening forces me to gravely smile Move weary feet another step or mile While … Continue reading →

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Audition

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Helen

Terrifying darkened room Counterpointed by This dazzling stage Shadowed figures Seemingly faceless Await in a row Nerves are electricity Susseration under your skin How is it that Your throat is so dry? All your offerings Seeming to slip through your … Continue reading →

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Vlad – The Original Vampire

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Helen

Classic story told Ancient warrior turned god of the darkest kind Blood now is the life Pain etched on the palest face driven by this thirst Perfect allegory perhaps, of a need profound, banishing all light Once proud man of … Continue reading →

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Pop Culture Mashup – A Plea to Television Writers Everywhere

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Helen

I’m sure that you feel The death of your characters To the harsh, unrelenting Executive’s axe Surely a new life Awaits relocation With only slight tweaking To canon and facts? Each of our heroes Deserve more than three Acts! On … Continue reading →

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The Life Poetical

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Helen

With words and phrases cast a spell so bright Beguile the senses with such lyric charm Through sonnet form or ballad so delight That even hardened hearts must be disarmed So musical the rhythm and the tone To tempt a … Continue reading →

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