http://slow.writerscafe.org/helena The original writings of author Helena en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776141216 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15      To me you were the song the nightingale trillsin the lonely spaces of a music’s beata heart’s violin string deep in the strainsof love’s orchestrated melody… A wandering minstrel waltzing into my lifefrom a p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/430431/    ~ Sufficient Unto Me ~ They could show me the rivers of paradise but that would be nothing if your love ceased to flowThe cool of the palm trees would not ease the burning oasis of my soulIf you went from my life…~They could show me the footprin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/417093/     When did the moon come out in such splendourShining on my path of life?When did the dawning of a new dayCreep up on a soul that was sound asleep?When did the puzzle of my life fit intoThe jigsaw of assorted memories?Was it the day I met you?Was it the fi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/413276/ For Yos' contest "Be your own Therapist" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/408323/ Inspired by Tovli's Ten Contest with the underlined phrases included as per the rules. (60 words in all) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/407982/ A poem for my "Keeping the Dream Alive" contest. Not for consideration of course! The phrase to be included in poem was ~ "like air sweetened by desert honey suckle" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/400767/ Inspired by Tovli's "Ten Word" contest. (corporate, mad, arrived, piece, money, smiled, moon, tune, figured, living) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/395207/ From my "Gathering Rainbows" Collection ~ 1" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/385149/     You touched my heart with yourCharms of amorePenned by flickering candlelightWith ancient quill dipped inScarlet ink of passion’s sighPoet of my dreamsInspiration of my museLet not the distance between usExtend to outer realms of existenceLost .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/383943/      A deep voidA flash of lightFlickered and blazedInto a furnace whenBy birthday was a mosaic of star domes My beginning was alwaysMy ending….never…. I am part of the universeAnd beyond…..Umbilical cord att.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/381739/         A mistress tempting and alluringsilently and stealthily stealshappiness away from everyonewho is trapped by her untold charms… A travesty waiting to befallany unwary man or womanerroding self respect and p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/381719/      In dreams I can soar to unbelievable heightswhere my thoughts take flight...gathering moonbeams in my arms,wishing on a million starswatching meteorites explode in bouquets of colour... In dreams I build castles in the air with bricks o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/377482/        When each day’s brilliant yellow dawndrifts slowly into viewI paint my mood into a happy hue  Splashing sapphire’s blue jewels andocean dipped with fluffy ice cream cloudsmelting the horizon makes nature applaud &.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/371298/     They sat by moonlight’s glow of sprinkled starspledging their undying love…the sky lit up with the redness of Marsin their arms they held the world of love to their breasts andthe promise of Venus’ deliverance imprinted on their hearts ~&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/362557/          Tread softly thy spirits of the nightIn slumber sleeps this maid of dreamsHer sleeping doth stills the blinking starsOn rosy cheeks blush falls a lock of ebony hairAs dark as the crescent moonlight drifting onAl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/362250/       I ponder upon the beauty that is youYour love is as constant as the sunI knew nothing of the wonder of this worldUntil I became acquainted with you You light up my world beyond all reasonIt is clear that you had brought me homeTo a p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/361445/     Peace flies past sunken eyesblinded by stinging desert sandbellies aching with hunger and thirstpeace does not stop for a meal in thatplace of poverty and despair peace flies near emancipated waifsstaring with empty eyes, abandonedb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/361438/ This is imprinted on my mind... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/360125/ Written for Tovli's Celebrate Light ~ Phrase: "a tear hiding inside the wall" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/356967/      I SIT WEEPING… I sit weeping under the blue wrap of a new dawnmy dreams of you left with the fading lightWhere do all lover’s stars go when Ra’s glaringreality hits like a shooting comet plunging my worldinto uncertainties bedro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/352474/    OBSESSION  When faces of flowers bloom out of the ground  Proclaiming blissful spring stirring proud   Babbling brook’s crystal clear streams    Wash over crushed satin dreams ~ Breathing in colour of love&r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/348995/      BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON Brother Sun shine your beacon overPlanet earth and all creaturesLoved by God and spreadYour healing warmth… Sister Moon stem the tide of restlessnessAmong the people and wash a waveOf forgiveness an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/348111/      CRYSTAL MOON    Millenniums have passed since our meeting in time beyond space only the heavens know of ourlove captured by a thousand angel sighsfrom clouds of indigo gold and azure swirling strands of life force float.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/347577/         WILL YOU DANCE WITH ME?  Will you dance with me in the moist midnight air...Take my hand to the strains of violins... waltz without a care?In our newly discovered fragrant rose garden of secret delightsKisse.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/347557/             I WAS LOVED AND IT WAS MAY  I remember the bliss of a summer dayFor I was young, loved and it was MayGathering lilac flowers with perfume sweetA certain knowing when twin souls meet….. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/345332/ A CLARITY PYRAMID for Tovli's WVW & Poets ~ Poets at Play Contest http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/344892/ Just another bit of fantasy by my muse. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/344513/ 'THERE FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I' Be warned.... disturbing content. Don't read if you are at all squeamish. Its about all wars, no war in particular just the overall senselessness of loss of human life. ~ Helena ~ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/343652/     *RESURRECT MY HEART*   you don’t hear the song in my heartthat sings melodies for you oreven care about the poems I composed for you in my lonely midnight hour…  or know of the love that overflows intomy&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/341052/ BE WARNED THIS HAS VERY DISTURBING CONTENT, SO READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/340532/       Midnight Peace Rest well tonight my belovedWhen midnight calm lulls you to sleepThe moon keeps watch over all ~ I pray you have the sweetest dreamsI am there to comfort your aching spiritTo touch your brow with the softes.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/340256/      GREY DREAMS   You came to me in colourful dreams once...I only have sad grey dreams nowNot the vibrant almost real ones ~   Like a gold ring on a merry go roundJust out of reach, I held on whilstTauntingly, like imp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/339375/ Just an old fantasy write http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/338760/        THE RIVER IS A LADY  Watching the river flowingIs a continuous reminderOf life’s everlasting stream… Like a gracious lady adornedWith the royal robes of a princessWinding her way through landsBr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/334256/         ~ HARMONY ~ I have wished to know why the stars shineHappy in their world, sparkling like jewelsDawn rising in majesty to greet each day...The moon shining on lovers at nightHarmony of cosmos so beautiful whereSynchro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/334216/    NIGHT  Night drips inky black‘round a crescent moonSeductive shadowsChasing silky cloudsNight blends intoDawn’s new pageStars sleep thenI awake to anotherAutumn dayRememberingSpring’s innocenceA hot summer’s love.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/333479/   WILL O THE WISP DREAMS Dreams are that elusive beautiful butterflyFlitting from flower to flowerDelicate and pureCatch one if you can ~ Dreams are as feathersFloating in the breezeYou may seize one then after a While you let if fall to the groundTo w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/333167/     SANDSTORM You breezed into my desert lifeA fresh wind of fortuneFor a brief moment we were happySoon sweeping across the sand hills ofThe lunar landscape of my mindA labyrinth maze of emotions spilt as passion whipped into a ragingSandstorm of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/333164/ Inspired by Tovli's West Virginia Writers & Poets Workshop "Dual-prompt" contest. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/330797/       A  new day dawnsbringing fresh beginningsas clear as crystal quartzpristine and untouched ~ Change beckons as a treestretching  limbswelcoming birds toits lushness  Splashed by the coolingrain of blessin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/330228/     SEPTEMBER MORN  You stepped out of my dreamsinto my September mornwhere dappled sunlightkissed autumn leaves loneliness sweptinto nightly shadowshaunting symphoniesswaying in perfect timeto the dance of our love Its st.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/330222/        A Different Hue  The stars far away with diamonds coldgone  the warm hearth of a heart to thawour love story penned ne'er to unfoldthe blight of the moon chills to the core Heart empty, emoti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/328391/ Written for Keeping the Dream Alive Challenge Phrase: "I have wished to know why the stars shine" from a poem written by Bertrand Russell http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/328053/ Inspired by Ravenskald's "The Impulsive Keyboard" contest. Theme: teaspoon http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/325815/ HAIKU http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/325120/ For Albert's Poetry Cafe Word Forum Challenge "Carnival" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/323867/ Inspired by Albert's Poetry Cafe ~ Tovli's 10 Word Challenge Write a prose poem using the following words: box, remains, project, outside, forever, more vase, act, illusion, breathing http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/323455/ Written for WVW Writers and Poets Workshop Fiction Prompt Contest requirements: Write a story with six sentences. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/321718/ Written for Sal Amico's Form Challenge 'THE CLERIHEW" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/320475/ Written for Tovli's 10 Word Picture Inspiration http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/helena/320464/