Category Archives: Poetry

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You Could Call Me Confused If You Like – for Prompt 17 – Optimist Pessimist Realist

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Helen

In the morning I see attention With a warm, benign conceit By midday it’s a presage Of competition and defeat By evening it reminds me There’s still much left to complete In the days when sun is shining I feel … Continue reading →

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Temptation

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Helen

I have been my forty days in the wilderness Felt his breath so soft and warm against my cheek Urging me to offerings, bidding that I speak Of things forgotten, things secret and things lost But my words are parched, … Continue reading →

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Secret Smile

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Helen

My secret smile flowers in silence No-one can see My secret smile lasts but a moment’s brevity My secret smile tells of such truths the world can’t know My secret smile belongs only to me and I will not show … Continue reading →

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True Colours

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Helen

Paint the canvas black and red Fire and brimstone, I’ll approve Through it all some splash of white Deeper lacks here to remove Draw true colours from the pit See as though through demon eyes Nowhere fit for blue or … Continue reading →

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Hunger

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Helen

Within starvation’s eyes so many years desert bound and lost, he fed on little more than approbation and applause Displaying his frail skeleton like artwork Saying ‘this is me, come feast on shrivelled skin and carcass masquerading as delight’ And … Continue reading →

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Casanova

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Helen

The flights of fancy From your eyes Flirtatious and intense Then cool attention Mimics ice As fire of passion relents These games you play So intricate Like chess, a structured strategy Are but your cards Used to relate To delve … Continue reading →

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Request

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Helen

  Would you be my friend here and stay Make my pain and my fears go away? I’ve been lost for all of today Today Would you hold my hand for a while Soothe confusion softly and smile? I’ve been … Continue reading →

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The Fortune Teller

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Helen

Her room so dark and small I am quite lost Within it all I sit so quiet, meek I fear she has A crueller streak She eyes me like a prize As though I Realise Her cards are worn and … Continue reading →

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Nightfall

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Helen

Nightfall Dying stars still shine pearly opalescence shimmering and trembling before they shoot and fall All is quiet Preternatural stillness Not even the slightest gust of wind dare disturb tree leaves Somewhere along the avenue a failing streetlight flickers and … Continue reading →

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The Seed by Helen Valentina

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Helen

Originally posted on readful things blog:
Okay you guys–Here it is…I have been super excited about this for quite a while and have mentioned it in previous posts. I finally got the chance to read Helen Valentina’s book, “The Seed.”…

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