Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

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 →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged dark, death, exhaustion, Health, madness, Mental Health, Musings, Sensory overload, tiredness, weariness | 21 Comments

Oracles

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Helen

Oracular vision May not be of the future But merely seeing The present at long distance As the eagle view sees Distant objects approaching Before one sees the other Perhaps the oracle sees The distillation of Probabilities, telepathically From each … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged fortune, Fortune-telling, Musings, Philosophy, psychic, Spiritual, telepathy, truth | 24 Comments

Broken

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Helen

I wish that I could have mended your broken wings even as you fell I see deep sadness etched on your face your downturned mouth betrays you well You chose darkness as a familiar friend given the horror of your … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged angel, angelic, broken, cruelty, dark, death, denial, fallen angels, lost love, lucifer, pain, passion, Relationships, Spiritual, truth | 15 Comments

Born to You

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Helen

In this dreamworld I am born to you In this illusion Feel me warm to you I’m a prisoner Of this flickering view I dance this dance That wears a darker hue And yet I dream To find the smallest … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Aspiration, belief, choice, Dance, dark, dissociation, Dreams, Love, madness, memory, mind control, pain, passion, truth | 15 Comments

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 →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged Astrological sign, chart, Chiron, Gemini, Libra, Mars, Mercury, Musings, Planets in astrology, Scorpio, Sun, Venus | 20 Comments

Stigma – Femininity

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Helen

I am old now Generations have passed Attitudes and cultural norms Have changed I often wonder how my family Would view this evolution So deep was their belief In the supremacy Of the male Surprisingly my mother Held this view … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, belief, choice, denial, feminine, gender, gender politics, generational, masculine, memory, Norm (social), Philosophy, Relationships, Stereotype, stigma, truth | 19 Comments

A POET’S HEART

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Helen

Aka Teraka has written a beautiful evocation of the poet’s soul…one many fellow writers will relate to..so I just had to reblog to share. It is also wonderfully uplifting! Enjoy!! 🙂

Posted in Poetry | 4 Comments

Hush, Did I Hear You Say…..?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Helen

I am the stuff of regret Faded portraits in handmade books Hidden from the light Snippets of songs Fleeing from the putrid Memories of the night I cannot kill my past with sleep… I cannot beat it down, dead dog … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged criminal, dark, death, denial, evil, hatred, madness, memory, pain, Relationships, truth | 33 Comments

Glove

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Helen

I am wrapped in your warmth I burn within your smile In your eyes such regard Let me rest here awhile I have travelled so far To be docked at your shore To find simplicity’s jewels And such paths to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, Dreams, Love, passion, Relationships | 26 Comments

I Am Done, I Am Spent

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Helen

I am done I am spent I do not care about Your intent And like your actions I won’t relent All you say Don’t even try All explanations Are simply lies Even this Your dull surprise As you chose To … Continue reading →