Category Archives: Poetry

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Down Town

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Helen

Down town the girls gather Butterflies freed From yesterday’s cocoons And you’d think it might matter Emotional greed But everyone grows far too soon Down town the boys linger Watchful fools Practising their brittle words There’s no ring on the … Continue reading →

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Sharp Relief

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Helen

Pictures of you Lighting stridently bold You’re a negative In sharp relief They froze you In plastic time A look of shock and awe Is so pretty In a way Out on the streets Car headlights shine Your bag is … Continue reading →

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Shining Example

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Helen

You were the shining example The one without flaw They watched you cavort there Spectating in awe They said you held kingdoms In the palm of your hand Your style was so effortless And nothing was planned When you fell … Continue reading →

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Dancing

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Helen

A dancing sweet delight Two lovers in the night The moon here witness to The weave of black and blue We’re drunken on the air Part victory, part despair And should you steal a kiss Such momentary bliss! The music … Continue reading →

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Before the Sun

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Helen

In such races do not run Do not worry little one Deepest dark precedes the sun When you fall and hit the ground Little blood and littler sound Nothing new here to be found Life’s a game, a turn about … Continue reading →

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Moon Kissed

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Helen

  And the moon kissed the ocean The briefest flirtation Reflected light spilling Across the dark, rolling waves And the ocean blushed deep blue Drawn into moonly madness Tidal waves a siren call Answered in the night And the moon … Continue reading →

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False – for Prompt 68 A Smile To Remember

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Helen

The false smile of a sometime friend Just pretend Glittering eyes Be careful not to over-analyse A breathless kiss A broken game is all there this And how you beamed while smashing all my hopeless dreams A soul apart Behind … Continue reading →

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Temporary Rubies

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Helen

It is said of this river that long ago year It ran red with blood like a mad demon’s tears and the ice from the frost crystallised with the red like temporary rubies everywhere spread Beneath ravaged waters all of … Continue reading →

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Approach

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Helen

This approaches now by water Or by fire We may ride the wave triumphant Or expire We may warm our skin by sunshine Or we burn We are gone in one brief instant Or return This approaches like the dawn … Continue reading →

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Initiate

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Helen

Minerva is watching Through her owls People are hovering Hidden by cowls All of your efforts Weakly displayed Naked and vulnerable Making the grade Initiate in waiting For wisdom’s voice Do you remember If you had a choice? Ancient beliefs … Continue reading →

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