Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Helen

My lady our love is now The blackest rose And wherefore now these tidings Do I suppose Arose from bloodied rituals The ones I chose? Where once my love for you A flame, a joy apart A treasure of great … Continue reading →

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Insomnia

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Helen

The digital clock is slow It lies through its reddish glow Insomnia is beating A deathly, stalking blow You struggle in the sheets Your worries incomplete One moment you are cool And then you’re slammed with heat You stare at … Continue reading →

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Childhood

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Helen

Coloured blocks stacked On cream carpet Half past four It’s time for jam and toast Limericks and lessons Hopscotch on the lawn All these precious memories The ones you love the most As the sun is setting Playing cards Out … Continue reading →

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How Is It That…?

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Helen

How is it that You always make me smile Your thin demeanour Serious gaze Your under-stated style All make me want To see your face And linger here awhile How is it that Your laugh is like a summer song? … Continue reading →

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The Master

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Helen

A smile of simple kindness can hide the raving jaws of a lost beast Revenge is sweeter done through others; they do not pity in the least A hive mind shudders Awaking from its slumber to be seen anew And … Continue reading →

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Hide and Seek

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Helen

A game to play To while away the day I will not peek Or cheat at hide and seek Lost innocence Is far too great expense I only pray That you may yield some day And when we hide In … Continue reading →

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Siren Song

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Helen

I understand the ancient mariners now Like them I tie myself against my heart To the bow The wisdom of the drunkenness of senses With sheer beauty losing All defences I understand the wish to hear then die Your siren … Continue reading →

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After Life

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Helen

I felt the last Single beat Of my heart Like a bell Tolling deep In a ruined cathedral My body spent I arose Like a whisper To find Fallen leaves And yesterday’s echoes No shining light Beckoned me No depths … Continue reading →

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Communion

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Helen

Eyes across a room Commune In a knowing glance Advance Eyelids flutter by A lie Do we yet have proof Of truth? Daemon to daemon Here upon Greater than our past We clasp Smaller souls here lost The cost Witness … Continue reading →

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Seance

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Helen

Spectral murmurings Darkened room Illumined by only candlelight Gathered here The disconsolate and lost Seeking memories In light and dust Sonorous voice Omnipotent in a singular Moment Crossing the veil Psychopomp in black lace Withered, snake skin hands Connect Across … Continue reading →

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