Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

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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This Is Me

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Helen

This is me Standing silent in the dark Wondering if you’ll see Wondering if in a moment You may turn and speak with me Wondering if you know I’m here Or if you even care Wondering if you’ll speak soft … Continue reading →

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The Fishermen Have Gone – Writing Prompt #167

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Helen

The fishermen have gone The seas bereft of life A strange deceptive tranquility covers everything We are but ghosts Wandering through darkened streets Not a sound from stamping feet Chained to this memory of life When even the essence is … Continue reading →

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Clockwork Doll

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Helen

Little clockwork doll Hold up your hands And plead Little clockwork doll I have my needs And greed Little clockwork doll You are the source And seed Little clockwork doll My little slave Unfreed Little baby cry I’ll do to … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Dreams

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Helen

Arthur is forgotten now The glory of his Camelot Mere shadows on the modern world’s barren floor Where once a dream of honour reigned Now only black and white is spoken Reversed and in denial Of the higher aspect of … Continue reading →

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Alone

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Helen

I have been alone so long Visiting those parks where as children we so freely played As evening comes the moon is no comfort and none of these creeping fears may be allayed I’ve even fallen at the chairs where … Continue reading →

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Capture

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Helen

Let me capture your dreams In my golden web Before they melt Into the morning’s arms Let me wander your world Hitchhiker set free So I may fall Before your sweet charms Let me carry my sword A guardian of … Continue reading →

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Freedom

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Helen

Shake off all the shackles Of your tired fretting mind You’ve grown old The years have passed unnoticed And you’ve been hostage to The trance of others’ dreams Your prison is your creation Even as others have Offered dubious helping … Continue reading →

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Among the Demimonde

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Helen

You may call us outcast But we paint the sky From a palette you Cannot see, deny Flagrant our lives appear To such linear minds Cruelty so sweet In its way is kind Absinthe touch the lips Soul is taking … Continue reading →

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Thursday – A Little Personal – His Revenge 0.99 Kindle Sale 6-9 to 6-13 #RRBC #ASMSG

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Helen

Originally posted on Fiction Favorites:
In recognition of being chosen for the Book of the Month honor at Rave Reviews Book Club, I am running a sale in the US and the UK. June 9th (Thursday) through June 13 (Monday)…

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