Category Archives: Fire

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

Queen

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Helen

Once we were royal Our wings unfurled we flew Together All we ever knew Bloodline testament Glory of the skies Together Together we would fly Now we are hidden Wings tethered, broken hues Separated Nothing we could do World ever … Continue reading →

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Lady Macbeth

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Helen

This year Lady Macbeth Is less repentant Cries on cue and wails Claws the walls Draws tempests down and gails Before the ad break yet curtails Her scripted misery The lady makes such good tv The executives are truly thrilled … Continue reading →

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Looking at the stars

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Helen

Oscar we won’t let you down As we trail our lives Through grimy, dusty streets All our past mistakes and sins Crushed beneath our feet Knocking on doors of riches That all the world debars We’ll be looking at the … Continue reading →

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Wisdom

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Helen

Here is wisdom Not found within books Or utterances of aged lips Between the chimera’s smile And such ghosts that slip Trembling at Your fingertips Here is wisdom Where the one becomes the all Boundaries are cruelly torn And something … Continue reading →

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Everyday Dreams

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Helen

These many years the boundaries of my suburban life have held me in And I must admit some security attended such limitations I would tend my house and garden Feed family and nurture all Except me, except me I understood … Continue reading →

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Salieri

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Helen

I am but fortune’s fool May as well be Salieri Striving Baying at the moon While Mozart’s melodies make symphonies Of the celestial forms My fingernails dug so deep Into my own skin I bled From all the glories that … Continue reading →

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For My Mother – In Memory

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Helen

Keep this little light shining Honour and truth The greater questions Of the imponderable universe All those nights Speaking of the ineffable The sublime Nourish me still Give me belief And almost faith That kindness and care Still replenish this … Continue reading →

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Muse (Micropoetry)

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Helen

Sweetest muse Flaming my soul Rendering all resistance Lost on barren floors As my soul is scored By marks of divinity sublime Sweetest muse is mine (c) Helen Valentina 2016

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Friends Forever (Micropoetry)

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Helen

We’ll be friends forever Innocence is strength All the cynics are wrong They fall before simplicity What it is to be You and me Safe in our little world Trust is security We’ll be friends forever You and me (c) … Continue reading →

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New Birth – for Prompt: Arcana in the Tower

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Helen

Dark tower looming This Aeon’s image Time to fall Destruction and decay Dominate all horizons Time to fall All this violence New birth pangs Time to fall Shed our skin With blood and pain Time to fall Out of these … Continue reading →

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