Helen Warner : Writing

Trading Cards

Trading Cards

A Poem by Helen Warner


The aged dogwood trees in the yard scrape bitter bones as if seeking sanctuary, swaying in the lonely wind crest chills of January. ..
Frailty and Strength

Frailty and Strength

A Poem by Helen Warner


Sisters, I prick my finger to remember -sometimes- Insecurity adorns herself in ornaments of deception. Skeletons of the white washed shive..
Paper Swans

Paper Swans

A Poem by Helen Warner


fold upon fold meditation and measure a crease here, another there ceremonial acts in deliberate precision re..
Assigning Sorrows

Assigning Sorrows

A Poem by Helen Warner


Mistakes and memories are stuck in repeat. I’m tired of the sound of them rattling about in rusty cans- sharp like ice against my teeth. ..
Suitcase Full of Angels

Suitcase Full of Angels

A Poem by Helen Warner


“We poets in our youth begin in gladness; but thereof comes in the end despondency and madness.” ~William Wordsworth
The Sickbed

The Sickbed

A Poem by Helen Warner


My head is playing the flu symphony- ring-ring, wheeze and throbble. Three days now. Plans and errands disappear into the steady mist o..
To Sara, Sylvia and Anne

To Sara, Sylvia and Anne

A Poem by Helen Warner


Sara, we met at the white elephant sale- sleeping saint of the musty church basement, hidden beneath the brick-a-brack. Crackling pages,..
Sanctification Sestina

Sanctification Sestina

A Poem by Helen Warner


Looking out across the tainted ground,I see the widespread masses of blushing bloodcolored leaves, now mottled with the restingof various autumn hues...