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Fortune

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Helen

Be you not Fortune’s fool The will of man Is to self-determine And not falter in superstition Or by the fickle hand Of idle gods Even should it be That pride lays traps For unwary travellers Yet it is so … Continue reading →

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Salieri

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Helen

I am but fortune’s fool May as well be Salieri Striving Baying at the moon While Mozart’s melodies make symphonies Of the celestial forms My fingernails dug so deep Into my own skin I bled From all the glories that … Continue reading →

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Astrolabe

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Helen

So you think you can read The stars in their flight The transit of Mars Is uneasy tonight As the astrolabe turns The universe burns Out of sight You’re such a technician These things that you know One half magician … Continue reading →

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Prophecy

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Helen

Between the choices Lies a fault line Of probability Nature tends In downward spirals Into entropy Yet new life Can struggle through So valiantly In the darkness Are the cracks Where light is found Glowing weak But building strong Touching … Continue reading →

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Turn of the Card

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Helen

Our destinies are mystery The cards foretell with accuracy But often times we only see The truth they told through history And those that follow deep the stars Find harbingers in Moon and Mars But underneath run harsher scars The … Continue reading →

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I Am To You

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Helen

I am to you oracle Friend of the future Telepath of mystery Forgotten hope I am to you sustenance In a desert Feast of attention Celebrating inner lack I am to you succour For endless hunger Your quiet, dignified desperation … Continue reading →

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Life Lessons

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Helen

Oh wow I lost my job today What gift in this circumstance Is hidden away? Gift, schmift Is what I say!! Crap happens somewhere Every day Karma is a bitch but from what I see She bestows her fortune and … Continue reading →

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Moving Up

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Helen

Your love was generous and fine Your small celebrity Made those that followed in your wake Associate with me And we all know that being loved Is great publicity The jewels you bought and clothes I wore Were expensive and … Continue reading →

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Oracles

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Helen

Oracular vision May not be of the future But merely seeing The present at long distance As the eagle view sees Distant objects approaching Before one sees the other Perhaps the oracle sees The distillation of Probabilities, telepathically From each … Continue reading →

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