Tag Archives: choice

One Child – for Right2Write Prompt 9 Stop Terrorism

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Helen

The death of one child is the death of the world Sand arising as mother earth shakes off her despair and hungers for an artist’s vision there Reptile brain awakens flooding the system with fear and alarm The eye watching … Continue reading →

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Trick of the Mind

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Helen

You were a trick of the mind A wolf in jester’s clothing A child within a man You were a phantom being Clothed in trickster flesh Strange skeletal span You were the opposite Of what you would portray And yet … Continue reading →

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Experiments

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Helen

Rolling dice With the universe Thinking twice Is such choice perverse? Nothing here Left to stop, reverse Rolling dice With the universe Shall I try Such experiments Go for truth Not for vague pretence Can’t control The result’s events Shall … Continue reading →

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She, Unaware for Prompt 20 Wordle

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Helen

I bend so sad this day before Her pharisaical denial She still believes beyond all doubt Humility is not her style She wears this brittle certitude Bereft all mercy, her pursuit For power from self idolatry She digs so viciously, … Continue reading →

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Falling

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Helen

God help me as I fall, fall down deeper down Are you there in the ether with a soothing hand? Are the shadows merely chimeras I do not understand But yet I do And yet I do And I’m just … Continue reading →

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Debt

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Helen

I owed a debt to my dear friend For faithful loyalty to the end I say this once, once more again I owe a debt to my dear friend My friend in turn will owe to me Accord that’s drawn … Continue reading →

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Genre?

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Helen

    How do you solve a problem like a genre How catch a novel’s essence, state it true? How do you find the words to tag the genre A comedy, a dark romance, what’s new? Many a thing you’d … Continue reading →

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Thrice

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Helen

Pity me, he said Look and see I’ve bled My forsaken youth Is my final proof I am innocent Of all dark intent Pity me, he said Look, see how I’ve bled Forgive me he cried Though I’ve thrice denied … Continue reading →

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Quiet Moments

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Helen

These quiet moments by your side Above all doubt, above all pride Heads here bent, and arms entwined Drinking all from the divine These soft words spoken end of day that wash all fear and pain away A touch of … Continue reading →

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To Be

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Helen

To be one of the elect These secrets we protect Our vows are circumspect Politically correct To be one of the elite We walk this narrow street Our mission to complete As ever, we’re discrete To be one of the … Continue reading →

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