Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

The Lie

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Helen

You turn your head Your blood-red eyes to me And speak Your tone is low You almost glow it seems Yet weak Your time to come A different drum I see We stray I feel the fear It’s creeping near … Continue reading →

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Again

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Helen

Are we seeing it again? Eyes averred to those in need Are we pampering the egos That grow fat on blood and greed? Are we seeing it again? Are we hearing it again? Rhetoric of wilful right Do we count … Continue reading →

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Falling At Your Feet – for Prompt 52 – Soul Scarring Regret

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Helen

You were to me the epitome Of loss of innocence You’d hand out blame and use my name For games at my expense I deep regret and won’t forget When I first saw your face So drenched in sin where … Continue reading →

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Sea Change

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Helen

Reflecting the circles Of life and of choice Listening to the patterns The still and peaceful voice Dreaming of a sea change Begin, rebuild anew Lens I use part foreign Part familiar view Would there be a chance Will the fates … Continue reading →

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Risen

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Helen

Blackened eagle Wings through putrid sky Storms brewing Hunger and terror Blind sisters they weave Darker thread Demon regal Hooded piercing eye Wolf pursuing Spiritual error Forsaken hearts cleave To the dead (c) Helen Valentina 2014, All Rights Reserved

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Curious Cat – for Prompt 51 – Complete Bafflement

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Helen

I found a cat upon a tree Who grinned and grinned quite viciously This cat could speak – so very strange! All preconceptions re-arranged He smiled and simply asked me ‘Who?’ As owls may speak, but seldom do He waited … Continue reading →

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Star Struck

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Helen

I’m strung out on the atmosphere tonight I’m wallowing in the luminescence Twirling through sheer starlight The breeze on the air is humming A tone I knew so long go And I’m dimly aware I’m falling Where the brave dare … Continue reading →

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Picture Perfect

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Helen

Not a hair out of place It’s been so long since we last met in parties brittle with laughter and with escapades we won’t forget Age has been kind to you or you’re clever Picture perfect you still seem While … Continue reading →

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Crafty

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Helen

She was sly and she was crafty She was clever, she was cold There were only lies and traps in All the stories that she told She was daughter to deception She was misdirection’s queen She was never on the … Continue reading →

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Live Through This – for Prompt 50 Grim Determination

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Helen

Live through this Life under your microscope Dull tones ringing silence A sigh of lost regret I try then to forget Each day I awoke to just sunlight Set to expose Live through this The madness of the drama queen’s … Continue reading →

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