Tag Archives: Games

Tunnel

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Helen

Light and depth perception Distort Whirring air like a dragon breathing Around us all the dark is seething Train tracks cracking All are bleeding Tunnel sport It’s just human interaction Cascades Knives are slashing in the depths Make no sound, … Continue reading →

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Shadows

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Helen

Peek-a-boo Shadows lurking Children play In darkened rooms Lullabies Hide their terrors In the world The black rose blooms Hush now child No use crying Shadow friends Have come to play All who live Will soon by dying Nothing more … Continue reading →

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Fair Play

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Helen

You never knew fair play It never was your way For those who follow rules Brought derision and dismay You always played to win No sense of dark or sin All others were just fools Who never could begin To … Continue reading →

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Feeling Wicked

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Helen

I could see you were feeling wicked Your eyes were glittering jewels You softy stroked the water Languorous by the pool The heavy black eyeliner You used to such effect Your evil is precision There’s nothing you neglect I could … Continue reading →

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I Am No Hero

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Helen

I calculate my days In increments of risk and gain I make my power plays For reasons that I won’t explain And as the danger comes My reptile brain, alert, awake Is beating on the drums And counting prisoners to … Continue reading →

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Whenever I Love

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Helen

He said that the walnuts Looked like a brain Defiant, built sand castles Out in the rain Divined all the mysteries I couldn’t explain But unlike that last winter He won’t come again He seemed like a man But was … 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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Elliptical

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Helen

Your words are so elliptical Convex thoughts conspire With parallels of earth and fire Your methods are quite comical Flair of wit and wild design Conveys the web weave of your mind The result is so fantastical Do mythic beasts … 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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Pretty In Pink

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Helen

She was pretty in pink Her thirteenth year The schoolyard games Still gentle, dear On the cusp of life Not knowing fear She was pretty in pink Could that be enough To protect from cruelty When youth gets rough? In … Continue reading →

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