Tag Archives: creativity

Over-Heated

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Helen

You are overheated Your grasp is too reaching and your grip too weak You are fevered like a summer day With only sweat to cool you down No breeze will break the tempest Written on your brow Your heart is … Continue reading →

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Jubilee

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Helen

We all arrived for the Jubilee Where entertainment was for free The day so celebratory The wonderful, wonderful Jubilee We came to hear the crooners sing After the wedding see the ring We loved most all and everything Whatever the … Continue reading →

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Book Group

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Helen

Each Tuesday in deep winter we met to read a book Each week we nominated the next to take a look And all our knowledge of our friends came from what they chose It told us of their secrets, at … Continue reading →

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Cult Status

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Helen

He had Cult status Long before He knew He drew Aficionados Right out of The blue He couldn’t Stand us Neither me Nor you But he had Cult status Nothing he Could do He suffered Cult status One of the … Continue reading →

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End of an Era

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Helen

I always felt she epitomised the end of an era Like a queen surveying her own jazz age She was born out of time A moment too late Like an exclamation mark to remind us of former days that never … Continue reading →

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Against The Grain

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Helen

We’re cut against the grain If our lives were woodwork We would be A strange and dubious artistry We couldn’t quite explain We lived to be our parents’ bane We’re cut against the grain We strive to make our mark … Continue reading →

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Star Born

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Helen

Stardust song Ethereal strands Angel hair Galaxy Yearning now to be Breathes a star Entropy Extinguish old light For new birth Mother’s womb We are all born now Of the stars (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

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Dare

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Helen

Dare I wish? These old forsaken hands Can they clasp To questions asked Or works demand? Dare I try? To ignore the path of old Be the scribe To muted memory And stories yet untold? Dare I reach? For brief … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Times – for Prompt 8 – The Boy In The Red Vest

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Helen

      I have written this a thousand times Tried cursive calligraphy Complicated rhymes Called you cruel and irrational Then beauteous, sublime I’ve written this A thousand times I have given you a thousand names I’ve accepted all the … Continue reading →

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Split Soul Angel

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Helen

How is it that your words Your music and your poetry Draw from such a source Of deep, beauteous profundity Ethereal, otherworldly soul That captures the listener Entirely, whole And yet your actions in this world Are dark and lost … Continue reading →

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