Tag Archives: Literature

Review: A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Helen

Wow…… You know that feeling when you’ve read a book that’s so rich, so good, that you just know everything you are going to read for a while now is going to feel like fast food after fine cuisine? That’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Conversation, Poetry | Tagged A Superior Spectre, Angela Meyer, book review, ghosts, Literature, neuroscience, speculative fiction, writing | 3 Comments

Folk Tale

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Helen

Story handed down through time The moral lost in years And tears Caught in the rhythm and the rhyme A tale of consequence And fears Folk tales linger long beyond The time for bed And evening tears Could it be … Continue reading →

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged dark, delusion, Dreams, fairy tale, Folklore, lessons, Literature, moral, Tales, World Tales | 4 Comments

Yves K Morrow’s ‘An Alterable Void’ – a review

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Helen

Let me begin by saying I love the many and varied talented poets and writers I have had the privilege to meet and read over WordPress. The skill and generosity of all constantly surprise and gladden me, but for me … Continue reading →

Posted in Conversation, Poetry | Tagged An Alterable Void, beautiful, cover art, dark, Literature, mindlovemisery, Mirjana Miric Inalman, new poet, poetry book, review, sensuous, Yves K Morrow | 18 Comments

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 →

Posted in Fire, Poetry | Tagged belief, book group, choice, creativity, friendship, Games, Humor, Literature, Musings, Privacy, reading, shallow, truth | 12 Comments

Guinevere’s Lament

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Helen

You will know my name As betrayal, infamy Great love forsaken for greater passion And a hidden intimacy Remembered in myth and legend And by scholars here discussed As though this did not happen To just people, to just us Songs … Continue reading →