Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

Gabriel

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Helen

Herald of the archangel The gift of prophecy What dread words Expel on your breath In these terrible times? Word of a birth Or of hope Or even the word of a god Should he still speak to us Lost … Continue reading →

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Slumber

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Helen

As I lay me down to sleep Embracing secrets I would keep From night’s high fortress would I leap Should this fall prove not so steep I wish to dream, I wish to fly With dragon wings invade the sky … 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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Here Is Mystery

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Helen

Here is mystery The moment when reason retreats before belief The point of elation twisting into strange grief See a penitent soul falling like a thief naked and vulnerable to their knees before some ineffable light Here the Adept and … Continue reading →

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Inner Warrior Sunset

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Helen

Enduring now the setting of her sun She feels this in her bones, embracing age The warrior accepts her race is run Although so many dreams have just begun She sees her story told on history’s page Enduring now the setting … Continue reading →

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Unity

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Helen

Take my hand Lead me to your heart Let me rest Take my heart Let me lead you there If you’ll come Take this life Simple offering But profound If we join Greater than the parts Is the sum © … Continue reading →

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Self-Delusion Vs Self-Knowledge

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Helen

We only examine Truth we don’t like We readily accept The lies that we do We look for veracity In our depth of response We think if we feel it Then somehow it’s true If we find ourselves anxious We … Continue reading →

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Memory

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Helen

Last night I dreamt of your house Like I was a ghost Visiting its past You were not there Only the memories Of the place itself Distorted somehow By the dream What does it say That my dreaming self Remembers … Continue reading →

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Failing Love

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Helen

A brittle man whose heart was closed Took more from life than he supposed By drawing to him beauty rare To make for him a world he chose His soul it seemed beyond repair He treated no-one with such care … Continue reading →

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Tree of Life

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Helen

Oh Tree of Life! Haloed in white Dare I approach? Roots snake beneath the earth Encompassing the world All flows from and to you I would climb to your boughs Looking up and down Simultaneously As above, so below We … Continue reading →

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