Tag Archives: Musings

Nightfall

Nightfall Dying stars still shine pearly opalescence shimmering and trembling before they shoot and fall All is quiet Preternatural stillness Not even the slightest gust of wind dare disturb tree leaves Somewhere along the avenue a failing streetlight flickers and … Continue reading

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Serendipity

I am a slave to serendipity Just a creature who lives by chance Whatever fate will do to me Whatever may be in its plans I admit that I am choice averse I prefer to seek for signs And it’s not … Continue reading

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Beguiling Contradiction

You sing your songs of half mystery half regret Calling across distance for my sympathy and yet my cause for confusion and fear I cannot forget You prowl your stage part hunger part fire Beguiling contradiction both wrath and desire … Continue reading

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Global Domination – Ooopps I mean Distribution Continues Apace!!!

The Seed journey continues in its spread across the globe!! You can now not only buy ebook or paperback versions at lulu.com and ebook on Kindle, but via the lulu.com link you can also download the novel from iTunes if that is your preference!! … Continue reading

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Never Was

This friendship never was This bond never began It lived only in poetry And sad songs which you sang No word was ever true All glances but a lie In promise we began In enmity we’ll die You’ll say I … Continue reading

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Galaxy

Across the galaxy An eye winks at me Across the milky way Hands beckon me away Our solar system craves Us risen from our graves Across the galaxy See how they sing for me? (c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights … Continue reading

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Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

                    Is it my age, or is it the times we are in? I used to find it so easy to find public figures to admire, to look up to, in … Continue reading

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Dread

Why did I feel such dread To look upon your face And know you’d won the race? Why did my heart so fall And scream in silent pain To see you win again? What’s written on your palm And what … Continue reading

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Global Financial Crisis Limericks

There once was a banker supreme Who exhorted to all ‘live the dream!’ He replaced all their need With more profitable greed And on their naivety schemed There once was a government hack Who envied the wealth that he lacked Should … Continue reading

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