Tag Archives: game

Chess

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Helen

Kingdoms lost At bleak break of day Count the cost Foolish game Each expendable Just the same We’re so small Our hopes do not count Not at all Even kings Cannot turn the tide Not a thing Gods will play … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged chess, dark, existence, game, gods, Life, Spiritual | 5 Comments

Curious Cat – for Prompt 51 – Complete Bafflement

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Helen

I found a cat upon a tree Who grinned and grinned quite viciously This cat could speak – so very strange! All preconceptions re-arranged He smiled and simply asked me ‘Who?’ As owls may speak, but seldom do He waited … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged bafflement, Cat, cat and mouse, Curiosity, elliptical, game, nonsense, nursery rhyme, prompt | 28 Comments

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 →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged artifice, choice, cruelty, dark, delusion, denial, game, Musings, Relationships, trick, truth, wink, wolf | 12 Comments

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 →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, belief, chance, choice, dice, Dice Games, experiment, gambling, game, Musings, risk, truth | 13 Comments

Cover Up

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Helen

My face is covered in makeup Fine painting on my form My words are carefully chosen So much different from when born And with artifice and product My daily mask I now adorn From my sins I won’t recover I … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Bodypainting, choice, cover up, deception, deflection, denial, Facepainting, fashion, game, lies, makeup, Musings, self deception, truth | 9 Comments

Just a Game

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Helen

Plots and schemes Nefarious dreams Ace up sleeve Poised to leave False faced friend Truth suspends Melodrama If you harm her One way out Moment’s doubt Draw your gun It’s begun One left standing So demanding Truth re-framed It’s just … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged choice, cruelty, dark, fighting, game, Musings, truth, war | 33 Comments

Game Score

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Helen

If you would walk Step by step with me For but one day All our differences Brooding wrongs Might ease away If you would walk Down a pathway here For just a mile We may unite Relinquish all our cause … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, dark, denial, enmity, fighting, game, Relationships, truth | 8 Comments

Three

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Helen

Three times your name Three times the same Only difference Was the game First watched from afar Second casual and bizarre Third a foreign, twisted star Three times one heart Three ways apart Different endings Different start Three times your … Continue reading →