Tag Archives: belief

Persuasion

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Helen

Such gentle words Rippling like smoke Against a rainy windowpane I remember your face Angled as you turned To see the door open And all the past return Scattered like debris on the café floor You pressed me for A … Continue reading →

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Multitudes

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Helen

‘I am large, I contain multitudes’ Walt Whitman The concept of the singular Is foreign to you Your personalities are so multiple You hardly knew The impact of your lack Of linearity The way the others round you yearned For … Continue reading →

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Frozen Sea

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Helen

‘A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us’ Franz Kafka This bloodless fluid in stasis Ancient ocean frozen like a lake for lighthearted ice skating in the depths of winter I am but a surface, still … Continue reading →

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Morality

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Helen

‘Morality is the weakness of the mind’ Arthur Rimbaud A worthy gift for gods Too drunk on their immortality A tribute as a delicacy Of all of man’s fragility Dishonour of morality The weakness of the world I lay this … Continue reading →

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Perception

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Helen

What I see Is not what you mean me to see What I hear Is not what you say What I feel Is a better barometer For the things You would desire, prefer You’re a ghost Living in human bones … Continue reading →

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Alumni

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Helen

Do you think they know our secrets, as we gather in this room, this forum of contrived memory as all bonhomie, all networks bloom? Do you think they know the truth of us, this alumni born of hell? And should … Continue reading →

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Under One Roof

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Helen

I have no need of evidence I have no need of proof I live with love and providence All found beneath one roof My delight is in the simple things The laughing of a child Scarves and shawls and wedding rings … Continue reading →

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Apprentice

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Helen

He said ‘you’ll be my apprentice to darkness and light’ He festered in hallways dripping sigils, with flames burning bright And I thought I’d surrender, believed that I might Learn of secrets so hidden, so lost in this night He … Continue reading →

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The Sunny Side

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Helen

When shadows thicken Along the wall When music is swelling Clarion call When soldiers are marching And death has a bride We need to cling on to The sunny side When hope lies so broken On the floor When all … Continue reading →

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Sheltering Wings

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Helen

These sheltering wings Encompass the world With promise and hope All flags unfurled To make discord unity To nourish the soul Give light in the darkness Completes now the whole These sheltering wings Perfection of goal A wing span of … Continue reading →

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