20 May, 2009 | Humorous, Life | By: Helen Howell
When it comes time to do something
it seems that things multiply
and suddenly another thing
cries, “Me, me, me, me, me”
and you look at that thing wondering
if that thing fits other things
or whether it’s just a thing
creeping into other things
where nothing belongs.
So come all things, those merry things,
into life’s Pandora’s box
where they commune with other things
and intertwine [...]
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18 May, 2009 | Humorous | By: Helen Howell
I do not have to shop for magic wands and fairy spells
because the store is closed to believers just like me
and yet I stop to think that maybe this or that
could magically transform my dreams into real.
Dream catchers are for fools content to only dream,
bones and stones can’t break the window of a soul,
and [...]
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29 November, 2008 | Humorous | By: Helen Howell
A little ditty inspired by Dawn, or the dawn, or simply “me”
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30 June, 2008 | Humorous, Life, Poetry | By: Helen Howell
A lighthearted look at love.
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2 March, 2008 | Humorous, Writing | By: Helen Howell
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6 November, 2007 | Humorous | By: Helen Howell
(It simply must be time for a little bit of nonsense)
Simple Simon clapped his hands on the way to going mad and said, “Don’t you know, my dear? It’s really
very clear. There’s an extra strand of DNA messing with my brain.”
So turned the one who didn’t know a brighter shade of pale because openings are [...]
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12 September, 2007 | Humorous | By: Helen Howell
“Of life”, said the woman, “How lucky can you be?” There are rivers, mountains, border wars, and sun to blister skin together with the turmoil of making money be. You also have the sea and leaves on every tree in motion entwined with a breeze you cannot see. You have the moon at night and [...]
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