Tag Archives: knowledge

Harbinger

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Helen

I see the harbinger of the days to come The signs are so clear And the taste of death So rancid on my tongue I have travelled too far And learned too much to deny The crow so dark Against … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged acceptance, age, Charon, death, harbinger, knowledge, underworld | 2 Comments

Perfect Silence

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Helen

In perfect silence come and go The water following the flow The less you learn the more you know In perfect silence come and go In perfect balance, harmony Where three are one and one is three A single note, … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged calm, knowledge, meditation, perfection, silence, Spiritual | 7 Comments

Did You Fly?

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Helen

And did you fly? I often wonder When I wonder why And yet I think I know Your reasons And your trajectory And what it meant To be set free So you could fly Resplendent in the sky The man … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged child, choice, death, flight, freedom, innocence, knowledge, man, Spiritual | 8 Comments

A Cat May Dream

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Helen

Even a cat may dream Perhaps especially this feline Slinky purveyor of the night Can climb to the highest point And taunt the stars Spread out like a banquet For its fastidious palate Hanging the moon Out to dry Even … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Earth, Poetry | Tagged Cat, Dreams, feline, knowledge, poetry | 1 Comment

Wash Us Clean

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Helen

This glorious moment Wash us clean Pure rainfall is your gift Undeserved but craved Even in our closed and doubting minds In youth the man Cared not for matters of the soul The world beckoned As a thing of substance … Continue reading →

Posted in Water | Tagged clean, knowledge, learning, soul, Spiritual, Water | 3 Comments

Wisdom

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Helen

Here is wisdom Not found within books Or utterances of aged lips Between the chimera’s smile And such ghosts that slip Trembling at Your fingertips Here is wisdom Where the one becomes the all Boundaries are cruelly torn And something … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged all, Aspiration, Human, knowledge, One, Spiritual, wisdom | Leave a comment

For My Mother – In Memory

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Helen

Keep this little light shining Honour and truth The greater questions Of the imponderable universe All those nights Speaking of the ineffable The sublime Nourish me still Give me belief And almost faith That kindness and care Still replenish this … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged belief, care, earth, faith, honour, kindness, knowledge, learning, light, mother, nourish, truth | 8 Comments

Wisdom

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Helen

This brave new world The apple promised so much Lush life Verdant knowledge Man into a god Bulbs break Civilisations fall And apples rot Down to the core What was all This wisdom for? (c) Helen Valentina 2016

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged Apple, futility, God, knowledge, Life, man, wisdom | 3 Comments

Shining

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Helen

Keep these little lights shining One by one they strive to blacken everything Sheltered precious glow as sweet community Let them never know what can never be Keep these little lights shining endlessly (c) Helen Valentina 2016

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged battle, Community, darkness, evil, good, hope, knowledge, light, Spiritual | 3 Comments

Black and White

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Helen

Symbolic duality Black and white Balanced held Temporarily What feet may walk Across this chequered floor And what for? Perfect design Each component Like the last In perpetuity What ritual done On a blood washed floor And what for? Between … Continue reading →