Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

Perfect

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Helen

You were too perfect to be true The fairest flower Has lightest hue But to what gods You owed your due For being you You were too beauteous I see Such sweet perfection Isn’t free And what a waste You … Continue reading →

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Introducing The Seed by Helen Valentina

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

Thanks so much to Bradley for letting me guest post on his blog about my new novel The Seed – now available on lulu.com and (very soon – next few days at most I hope) on Amazon kindle. 🙂

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

The poet said it best I see His knowledge and his artistry The future that his soul foresees The path of fallen breadcrumbs Where all of youth and life succumbs As something wicked this way comes The oracle within his … Continue reading →

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I Loved You Once

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Helen

I loved you once When we were young You were the poet The song unsung I barely knew What we’d begun Before our time was done I loved you then I’d love you now If all our history We’d avow … Continue reading →

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Infamy

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

These names that reek depravity Vlad Dracul and De Sade, Marquis Gilles De Rais of Jeanne D’Arc’s army The grasping Countess Bathory Blood soaked rites and cruelty Demand a soulless infamy Damnation for eternity Eternity In literature’s deep, darkest fame The … Continue reading →

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Gossip

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

Gossip runs like wildfire whispered from one to one explodes across the horizon till truth is lost beneath a web of lies and all objectivity gone The meme is alive now Its birth owed to gossip (c) Helen Valentina 2013, … Continue reading →

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Closer

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

I am closer to the heart Of this mystery I am closer to the weave Of hidden history I am closer to the space Between the worlds I am closer to the flags As yet unfurled I am closer to … Continue reading →

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Dream Big

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Helen

Dream big, dream big Never forget to dream Life’s no rehearsal No matter how it seems Aim not for half-truths Reach for the extremes Dream big, dream big Never forget to dream Live large, live large Make sure that you … Continue reading →

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People Like Us

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Helen

People like us should be quarantined from society People like them never realise what they have seen People like us play our dark little games like puppeteers People like them don’t understand they live in a dream People like us … Continue reading →

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United

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Helen

Our hands clasp across this misery Determined we arise There’s time now to re-write history To stand united in our eyes A slave’s life these days are seen as free Deluded by diversion And yet now entrapped we still will … Continue reading →

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