Category Archives: Poetry

The parent category for poetry that fits the overall theme.

Lost

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Helen

There’s a picture of you In a magazine A story of you No longer seen There’s a theory about Where you might have been The tears of the lost They flow for you There’s so little left For the world … Continue reading →

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Simple

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Helen

The simplest love is the purest The one that does not cause fear No anxiety rising to greet you Companionship built upon years With passion there’s always some darkness Uncertainty raises the stakes But with this delicious perplexity Comes too … Continue reading →

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Sunday Morning Coffee

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Helen

The plunger is full The cup overflowing The dark rich aroma Is playfully glowing I feel my addiction Is gradually growing Uncaring, unknowing Uncaring, unknowing A caffeine adventure Is beckoning me Inspire the writer The first poetry The fruits of … Continue reading →

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Warm

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Helen

Snuggled in my quilt Like a child While the wind howls Its misery Outside So sublime To be quiet, settled Safe For a time So warm and enfolded Still, as though Expecting a moment To arrive Sleep beckons Like a playful … Continue reading →

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One Word

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Helen

One word Spoken in the hush As evening falls One kiss Light on a cheek In shadows One promise Broken before It is made One heart Split at the core Bereft One word Too quiet to hear All is lost … Continue reading →

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Gentle – A Villanelle

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Helen

This is so gentle I may fall and cry See breath upon your lips so sweet and light To keep such precious moments, gladly die You seem so like an angel passing by Yet in my yearning heart would you … Continue reading →

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Tiger

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Helen

A tiger sleeps In a forest in my mind Above his gentle head Birds fly to nests to rest All is dark The trees a canopy To catch the falling stars The tiger’s dreams Are deep and foreign And seep … Continue reading →

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Time

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Helen

This year Dreams long held silent And asleep Awaken This year This month Hidden truths are drawn To life’s brittle Surface This month This day The reconciliation of opposites Shines new light On paths once Impossible This day This hour … Continue reading →

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Split

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Helen

Split apart like a peach at the banquet table We are Cut adrift like a lost lifeboat floating on silent seas We are Broken down like a grandfather clock, portentous but still We are Forever lost like keys to forgotten … Continue reading →

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Greater

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Helen

There are greater fears Than that Death’s dominion is A shroud at best The closing lid of the coffin Just a doorway beyond There are deeper darknesses within Than this The blood that beats Its circulatory path may spill Like … Continue reading →

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