Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

Spontaneous Book Review: Curiosity

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Helen

Anneque had written a wonderful, thoughtful and insightful review of Curiosity – just had to share!! 🙂 🙂

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Black Label

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Helen

We keep our special secrets Hidden in deep cellars Personal black label Seen by very few The finest delicacies Are forbidden fruits Like the pomegranate Dear Persephone knew It’s a thing of pride That we here hide away Our true … Continue reading →

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Beauty is Beauty

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Helen

Beauty is beauty Our hearts know this true Once you have seen it You always knew Loving is loving Perfect in care Once you have known it Always it’s there Beauty is beauty Truth is but truth Once you have … Continue reading →

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This Sporting Life

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Helen

We are the captains This sporting life We wear the right uniforms We say the right words The dice that we roll Are loaded and absurd We sail the tall ships This sporting life We know these seas well We … Continue reading →

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Love Song for The Demon – for Prompt 43 Supernatural Lust

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Helen

Sing me your songs of sheer electricity Set ablaze my synapses And scorch earth right through of me Tenderness lacking, the soul in full flight Can feel no emotion Just need in the night My eyes shatter light in an … Continue reading →

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A Triptyche of Pain: Three interlinked poems

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Helen

Pain Slake the thirst of bitter pain Each tear a droplet unbidden From a depthless, vast sea Red as blood I’m stained All the secrets I’d keep hidden Part like lost friends from me No choice, just wail and cry … Continue reading →

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Feast

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Helen

This ravenous hunger Will not be satiated These elegant hosts Not here ingratiated A perfect feast Is kept at arm’s length To bridge this distance There is no strength The fatted cow lies In glorious display This perfect savagery Here … Continue reading →

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At First Sight

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Helen

Awaken A lover’s sigh now On your lips At first sight An angel’s wings spread Bringing light Hold your breath For fear these moments Pass too soon The sunlight Is eclipsed now by Pale, bright moon © Helen Valentina 2014, … Continue reading →

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The Great Beauty

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Helen

Once celebrated On the world’s stage The perfect picture On the front page What of the swan With the progress of age? The great beauty Of the silver screen Parties, bonhomie Everyone’s queen But as the light fades Is she … Continue reading →

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Mystic’s Last Love Song – for Prompt 42 Tired Surrender

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Helen

Upon these streets I have listlessly wandered Within lost thoughts I have sunken and floundered In brittle light bathed I’m en-webbed and confounded Ears harkening to the call A barefoot adept, arms outstretched on high In this moment more afraid to … Continue reading →

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