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Bring On the Night – for Prompt 72 Sister Awake

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Helen

The year they dared to capture this fallen angel, they tore her wings and mounted them upon the wall, her limbs secured by steel tipped strings The men that gathered there to see this unholy but sacred sight blinked, dazed … Continue reading →

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Bloomed – for Prompt 71 – Why Me?

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Helen

I bloomed late And rather disconsolate Not inclined To intimacy or to Co-habitate But in those brittle years At any rate I rose my eyes above My fear and gazed I lived apart An owner of a fractured heart Too … Continue reading →

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Fifteen minutes – for Speed Challenge, Prompt 70

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Helen

I followed mindlovemisery’s lead yesterday for the 10 poems in 20 minutes challenge and found it a really mind opening, artistic release. So why not try again, like her, this time with a different time limit? I went for 15 … Continue reading →

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False – for Prompt 68 A Smile To Remember

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Helen

The false smile of a sometime friend Just pretend Glittering eyes Be careful not to over-analyse A breathless kiss A broken game is all there this And how you beamed while smashing all my hopeless dreams A soul apart Behind … Continue reading →

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Good Advice for Prompt 65, Advice

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Helen

I told you once I’ll tell you twice I’ll never give you Good advice I’ll just project Myself herein In your despair My dreams begin And if from gods Are favours blessed I’ll give you scraps And take the rest … Continue reading →

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This Time for Prompt 64 Ya’aburnee

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Helen

This time night falls just as a shroud and all the stars here gathered hide behind a cloud burning endlessly You bury me this time This time you hear my brittle voice The illness has its way We have such … Continue reading →

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Eating the Bitter – for Prompt 62 Chi Ku

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Helen

We are all children of a diseased god Random atoms, we are scattered like seeds in fallow but deceiving earth We plough life with death to birth life anew The fruit so sweet upon our tongue turns rancid in our … Continue reading →

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Becomes Me – for Prompt 61 – Toska

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Helen

Twilight becomes me The purple-black shade of in-between Stars struggle to ignite In an opaque sky Moments before the light Falls as broken wings Years of waiting have become Mere sacred ritual The white, the red, the black I light … Continue reading →

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Pieces – for Alzheimers Writing prompt

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Helen

These pieces are missing These pieces are gone The fondest of memories The dreams dreamt upon They are gone These eyes are so heavy They’re burdened with pain Saying the same things Again and again She’s in pain So lost … Continue reading →

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Lucifer’s Song – for Prompt 57 – Shock and Seething Rise to Vengeance

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Helen

Where once were allies, are now foes This battle started long ago Your kingdom spoke of love and care Angelic music flowing there A harmony, a table round This depth of fealty so profound You promised much, you promised all … Continue reading →

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