Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

Power Games

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Helen

Eyes across a banquet hall Pageantry and dance As the princelings of this line Other lines supplant Claims and politics abound Priests and scholars play Interpretive, this history All the court dismayed Heads may roll upon a line A chapter … Continue reading →

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When I Am Gone

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Helen

When I am gone I will haunt you Whisper across your windowsill Glide across your floor I will be the slight chill Which bids you draw your coat Around your shoulders And a breath Against your cheek Before you sleep … Continue reading →

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Penance

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Helen

Sweat on the brow A visual sign Of inner resolve Too many times Weakened and crippled At the last hurdle Greed, rapaciousness Dissolving within Sweat and shame Sacrificial offering Burn out the soul Eternal pyre For one brief moment As … Continue reading →

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Matrix Musing

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Helen

I’d like a hacker To break through The circuitry Of your mind The connections And coding Of your heart I’d like the hacker To tell me What is really Within Is there anything Except 0001100111 In endless And meaningless streams? … Continue reading →

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Patterns

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Helen

I should be surprised What you did was surprising Or it would be For anyone else Instead I’m resigned To the odd but habitual Way you interact With the world No-one would believe This story anyway If I told it … Continue reading →

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Closed Door

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Helen

A closed door Tiny fear Blooms now in the pit Of my stomach Running through my blood A chill Of the unknown Just a door But what lies behind it? Muffled sounds Did I hear a cry? Be still my … Continue reading →

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Rivals

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Helen

Symbiotic twins it seems Too alike Too similar backgrounds Too common talents Every twin must find Their own identity So it is For you and me Perhaps within alliances Of this kind Breeds the contempt Of familiarity Some unconscious Separation … Continue reading →

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Bridesmaid Rites

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Helen

At what point Does the slave To self-righteous Selfishness Arise? At what point cry ‘Halt!’ ‘Enough!!’ To a litany Of absurd and costly Ephemeral demands? Do we question The expectations Of these rituals of choice And the sorority Of wedded … Continue reading →

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Lost Ghost

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Helen

Wraithlike Half floating Half gliding Down spectral halls The outline of A memory Ever so faintly Ever so gently calls Sorrowful Dark mourning Hands wringing Suffused with strange light A childless mother Husbandless bride Supplicant here Weeps in sacrificial white … Continue reading →

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Dissociation

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Helen

Spinning circles Crowd my mind In this maze As paths unwind Coloured masks To hide the faces Strange identities Leave no traces Shattered dreams Nightmare view Can’t see where We’re going to Rough cut image Barely seen Can’t remember Where … Continue reading →

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