Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

Within

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Helen

What lies within And dare you knock Upon these doors And go within? What hides behind These glaring eyes Can we be shown What hides behind? What waits for you So patiently? Dare you approach What waits for you? What … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged choice, destiny, doors, fate, fear, inevitable, spiritual poetry, Unknown, waiting | 2 Comments

Grace

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Helen

Am I imprudent to request To fall on knees Until they bleed Is it too much To see me blessed To give me succour In my need? I am unworthy it is true But worth will fall And so will … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged angel, angelic, beleif, faith, Grace, hope, Love, need, poetry, Spiritual, supplication | 4 Comments

Shrine

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Helen

Garlanded in red you came Dancing girl Spirit of flame Silver shrine awaits Supplicant Child of the fates Peaceful passage calls Weeping willows See it all Garlanded in red you came Dancing girl Spirit of flame (c) Helen Valentina 2015, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged Dance, faith, pace, poetry, religion, ritual, sacrifice, shrine, Spiritual, transformation, willows | Leave a comment

Different

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Helen

I was a different person then I shed my skin so many times I scarce remember, yet these photos and these memories attest to a time when I was other When I cherished hopes to my breast and played the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged aging, change, choice, denial, different, lost, Love, poetry, regenration, society, soul, Spiritual, transformation, yearning | 2 Comments

Ring

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Helen

This ring binds Golden latchkey The petals strewn Across this bed Have wilted over time This ring binds This ring clasps Withered fingers Age has leached All sense of reason Habit now is king This ring clasps This ring endures … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged age, captured, contract, habit, lost love, Love, old, passion, poetry, promise, ring, wilted, withred | 2 Comments

Writing Challenge – Conspiracy

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Helen

There is nothing here for you The broken memories have corroded Like a fire they’ve burned through And all you might have tested Is now just a part of you And I have tried To make sense of this game … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged challenge, conspiracy, darkness, hate, loss, Love, moon, prompt, soul, spirit, stream of consciousness, Sun | 7 Comments

Serenity

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Helen

The traffic hum breaks the serenity Early morning, darkness bleaching From the cool and dappled sky Even now the hurried lives go by The hurried lives go by The moon’s still weeping up above us But the dawn is on … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged dawn, early morning, hurried, Life, noise, poetry, serenity, time, traffic, waking | Leave a comment

Under the Skin

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Helen

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged ephemeral, escaped, lost, memory, poetry, remembering, sensation, Skin | 2 Comments

Message

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Helen

What message do you give me In this twilight world This forest deep wherein you roam And regenerate Shed your skin and breathe anew And slithering, quietly come in view And resting on my lap here awhile What do you … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged belief, bite, Dream, faith, fear, message, regeneration, snake, spritual, transformation, venom | 8 Comments

Hope

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Helen

These things they say of hope I cannot see them Find myself blind It seems to me that times of hope Were times that would precede despair It was the thing I clinged to When nothing else was there And … Continue reading →