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Category Archives: Poetry
Tuxedo Nights
I no longer yearn for tuxedo nights Glamour holds no sway on me Visceral hunger for elegantry Is frozen as a winter strewn lake I would no longer hold Gatsby’s hand Give him shelter in the jazz age Swinging softly … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, dark, denial, elite, fashion, Gatsby, jazz age, knowledge, Musings, Philosophy, truth, Tuxedo, Wealth, wisdom
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I Remember
I remember your deep, glittering eyes Reaching mine I remember your soft, beautiful voice Trapped in time I remember your pain, of such depth Reaching out I remember the passion, blood stricken Leeching out I remember the madness of guile … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged acceptance, choice, dark, denial, lost love, Love, memory, pain, passion, Relationships, truth
19 Comments
Full Circle
My friend, your words are still calling cards You still repeat the themes you should not know, should not have heard, reverberating your view had you been invited to the conversation So many years since their staccato, strange momentum was … Continue reading
Red Alert
My heart has broken Shards of glass spill Red alert There is no hurting It is riven, dead Red alert Call the ambulance Arrives too late Red alert Write the epitaph Words unspoken Red alert (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged alarm, dark, heartbroken, lost love, madness, pain, red alert, Relationships
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Cold Case
Our history is a cold case Dissected on a table Dusty memories now covered No-one has looked within For years Our passion is on cold ice Freezing like its birth-right Trapped within a photo A memory mostly forgotten In tears … Continue reading
Forget Her – For Prompt 14 – The Music of Jeff Buckley
The debris of these many years alights your mind like a firecracker out of season; a chance sighting on the street of similar hair, a similar walk and memories flooded back A dam unstuck, overwhelming And you thought you could … Continue reading
Mistake
A click on the keyboard A stroke of the pen Decision made in haste Miscalculates, and then All we know of hell And all we’d know of heaven Descends A word brusquely spoken A tear soaked voice Denial of true … Continue reading
Infinity
Infinity bracelet worn Upon a stranger’s wrist Like a talisman to where Intimate strangers kiss All my life there’s never been More to feel than this Can a sense of lack become Something close to bliss? Infinity tattoo tells Lies … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged Aspiration, desire, hope, infinity, intimacy, Love, Musings, passion, Relationships, truth
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Trenchcoat Song
Trenchcoat covers Neck against a chill That slivers down the alleyway All the way to hell Frost upon the grass breaks As stranger’s feet tread by Players roll their dice to see Who may live or die High heeled, cool … Continue reading
Model Army
Such skeletal form In garb of darkest hue Direct, emotionless gaze Piercing fashion through Life’s darker mysteries In glances so construed Marching mannequins master Talents known to few Down the boulevard Paparazzi prey Celebrity in hiding Venture out this day … Continue reading