Tag Archives: history

Et In Arcadia Ego

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Helen

Dread and terrible Deep running stream Unlit by sun Source of sustenance For dark knowledge’s thirst At this entrance See the words To remind us still Et in Arcadia ego Paradise is a moment In the flow of time Even … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged alchemy, Arcadia, art, dark, death, Et in Arcadia ego, history, kronos, Mercury, merovingian, mystery schools, painting, Philosophy, skull, Spiritual | 8 Comments

Power Games

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Helen

Eyes across a banquet hall Pageantry and dance As the princelings of this line Other lines supplant Claims and politics abound Priests and scholars play Interpretive, this history All the court dismayed Heads may roll upon a line A chapter … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged Games, history, House of Plantagenet, Musings, power, Tower, Tudor | 6 Comments

Joan Of Arc

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Helen

Joan of Arc prophesying to the Dauphin Stricken by brilliant grace or madness, or both Fevered warrior driven by her god for righteousness whispered in a fractured mind Voices haunting sometimes screaming Tell it all, tell it all! Brook no … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged alchemy, dark, devil, God, history, Joan of Arc, Musings, Politics, prophecy, Spiritual, war, warrior | 6 Comments

Fortune’s soldier

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Helen

I turn my back to the approaching storm I wrap my friends in clothes secure and warm And here I wait a still uncertain dawn The lightening forces me to gravely smile Move weary feet another step or mile While … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, battle, history, honour, sacrifice, soldier, sword, war | 6 Comments

Capital

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Helen

In this nation’s capital The streets are wide And empty Comfort, structure and design Happily meet To hide the desperation within. All is hierarchy and status And form Parliament the lone sentinel On the hill Surveying all below In this … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged belonging, capital, city, hidden, history, Musings, nation, truth | 11 Comments

Vlad – The Original Vampire

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Helen

Classic story told Ancient warrior turned god of the darkest kind Blood now is the life Pain etched on the palest face driven by this thirst Perfect allegory perhaps, of a need profound, banishing all light Once proud man of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged classics, cruelty, dark, history, horror, Musings, pain, vampire, Vlad, warrior, writing | 3 Comments

Anne Boleyn

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Helen

Eyes raised to the sky Quiet dignity Breathe your last From here for centuries poets, philosophers, readers of history will debate the merit or the tragedy of this one terrible moment None us us knowing you but for your letters … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Anne Boleyn, dark, death, history, loss, tragedy, Tudor | 4 Comments

Knights Templar

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Helen

Across a darkened sky Banners raised The cross is stained Blood rose red Seeking in the material The mystery Of the soul This alchemy demands The nigredo becomes A battlefield What phoenix arises From broken flesh and bones Skyward? Ancient … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged alchemy, history, knights templar, pain, Philosophy, Spiritual | 7 Comments

Butterfly Scars

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Helen

Across her skin scarified Are the markers of all her pains, her joys and hopes raised high, cut deep within starkly visible to the eye This strange affliction caused by surfeit of feeling? These signs of tribulation some may call … Continue reading →