Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

Dread

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Helen

Why did I feel such dread To look upon your face And know you’d won the race? Why did my heart so fall And scream in silent pain To see you win again? What’s written on your palm And what … Continue reading →

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Hauntings

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Helen

Hauntings Are never easy The dead do not remain For simple reasons They carry earthly chains Throughout the seasons Hauntings Are never easy The haunted Are never sane The toll of such communion Is like a winter gale Their hopeless, … Continue reading →

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White Peacock

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

A mystery A rarity A beauty here Beyond the sea So delicate And yet so strong So elegant A haunting song And who believes Such creatures breathe In brightened light In feathers wreathed? Found not in dark Nor cold daylight … Continue reading →

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Global Financial Crisis Limericks

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

There once was a banker supreme Who exhorted to all ‘live the dream!’ He replaced all their need With more profitable greed And on their naivety schemed There once was a government hack Who envied the wealth that he lacked Should … Continue reading →

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String Quartet

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

A string quartet played A sweet serenade In all of our finery Our youth was displayed To think of this now I’m a moment dismayed The violin sighs All the secrets inside Polite society Has so much to hide So I … Continue reading →

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Good Grief, Inc.

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

I had to reblog this because it’s simply brilliant, and also because at times like these when there seems to be darkness everywhere, the light of humor, so skilfully done, is a balm to the soul!!! 🙂

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For Ionia

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Helen

I wish for you a dragon’s fire To breathe freedom to you To raise you up on crystal wings Far away from darker lands It seems the purest souls Are tested most these days As though in exchange for generosity … Continue reading →

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Melody

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Helen

The melody Flows over me In waves Reminding me Of afternoons Long passed Where laughter called To moments in A kiss And lyrics sung Told stories from A dream The melody Remembers me Long gone It brings to mind A … Continue reading →

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The Dark Glade

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Helen

This dark glade Where lovers meet in secret To play charades How many vows are broken And dreams betrayed In this dark glade? Beneath dark bows Where leaves that fall are blackness And are death somehow How many strange transgressions … Continue reading →

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The Sea

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Helen

I let the waves wash over me And from the deep and timeless sea He’ll rise and sing his songs to me His sad, sad songs to me I tread the sand upon the shore I want for much, but … Continue reading →

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