Category Archives: Poetry

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Dancing All Alone

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Helen

I’m dancing all alone To sleepy syncopation Every slide and step just seems A singular innovation The sweep of saxophone And I’m dreaming of the night I’m just dancing all alone It’s a kind of sweet delight I’m humming to … Continue reading →

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Hotel Rooms

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Helen

Those days we met In hotel rooms And spent such lazy Afternoons We made our secrets And promised twice To fool all others About our vice We drank champagne In silken sheets Our favourite tunes Played on repeat A recipe … Continue reading →

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Foghorn

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Helen

The foghorn blows Across the bay A mournful song Reverberates Across shining water Skipping like a stone It seems to tell Its story through its tone Of days spent lonely Lost to love A melody in minor key A single … Continue reading →

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Paradoxical

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Helen

I woke one morning to recall A night without a dream at all And from this dreamless well arose Such choices, of which none I chose And from such choices turned away Came shafts of sunlight without day And memories … Continue reading →

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Elliptical

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Helen

Your words are so elliptical Convex thoughts conspire With parallels of earth and fire Your methods are quite comical Flair of wit and wild design Conveys the web weave of your mind The result is so fantastical Do mythic beasts … Continue reading →

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First

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Helen

I wish you were my first love I wish no others came before My hand and yours fit like a glove And so to all the gods implore Re-write my ancient history And make my heart unbroken be For I … Continue reading →

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Contrary

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Helen

I am a creature Out of time and style When blizzards rage I wear a smile In victory’s glare A frown I wear When joy is here I shed a tear I do not think I come from here I … Continue reading →

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Book Group

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Helen

Each Tuesday in deep winter we met to read a book Each week we nominated the next to take a look And all our knowledge of our friends came from what they chose It told us of their secrets, at … Continue reading →

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Warmth

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Helen

Too much warmth Is stifling It suffocates It draws you in Too little warmth Will cause a chill It turns you blue It makes you ill So what to make Of failing flame Just a mistake So who’s to blame? … Continue reading →

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I Am Lost

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Helen

I am lost within this maze This labyrinth I am frightened of the shadows And the Minotaur within I move forward Or so it seems Till I’m backward Lost in dreams Just lost I am lost within this house This … Continue reading →

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