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Helen Gaudin
Jan 27, 20201 min read
Behind Closed Eyes
Behind closed eyes Colours dance With sparkling stars Silver whirlpools spin The mind’s eye stares back Entranced with inner vision Of...
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Helen
Jul 25, 20181 min read
Young Love
Young Love 2013 Young love swiftly flown Looked back upon with sweet delight The memory of a love so full It was inconceivable That we...
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Helen
Jul 4, 20181 min read
Optical Illusion
Distraction in the coruscating corona At the edge of my vision A flickering curtain of dark light Twisting, turning in endless motion...
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Helen Gaudin
May 28, 20181 min read
Hau Tonga's Kiss
From the south A cold breath unfurls across the winter land Thin, white undulating coils of iced air flow As Hau Tonga whips his...
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Helen
Nov 29, 20172 min read
Sun, Wind and Shadows
A poem composed on my way home a I coped with the heat and was grateful to the south westerly breeze. From the sou- west Tonga-ma-uru...
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Helen
Nov 18, 20172 min read
The Art of Tea - 19/11/2017
Good morning and it is a good morning the sun is shining and a vibrant wind dances. To start this day on a bright note I chose Ceylon...
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Helen
Oct 28, 20172 min read
The Art of Tea 29/10/2017
The last day of my three weeks leave, tomorrow I go back to my day job. I feel a touch of melancholy at the thought of not being able to...
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Helen
Oct 8, 20171 min read
The Circle
The brazen sun beat down in waves, Slow and deep and heavy The weight of sunlight pressed. The graceful trees uplifted branches, Lithe...
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Helen Gaudin
Mar 31, 20171 min read
The Sound of Silence
Silence makes the loudest sound It presses heavily on my eardrum Inside and out A soundless barrier echoes Confining my mind The sound of...
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Helen
Jul 20, 20161 min read
Within the curve
Soft flow Gentle motion The eye faithfully follows the curve Mind quiets Centered Stillness and peace flow out HMG 2013
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Helen
Jul 19, 20161 min read
Melting Landscape
Strawberry clouds lay in folds upon the horizon Lavender drifts folding down into bruised purple banks Darkening moment by moment, sun...
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