
POEMS PUBLISHED IN LITERARY JOURNALS
Mediterranean Poetry:
http://www.mediterranean.nu/?p=1770
Pirene's Fountain:
http://www.pirenesfountain.com
/current_issue/cardona.html
http://www.pirenesfountain.com/translations/cardona.html
The American Center for Artists:
http://www.americanartists.org/art/article_poems_by_helene_cardona.htm
Mythic Passages:
http://helenecardona.com/MythicJourneysMagazine.htm
Barnwood Mag:
http://web.mac.com/tomkoontz/Site_26/Cardona.html
Askew Literary Journal:
http://helenecardona.com/CardonaNov07/pictures/jchcpoetryweb.html
qarrtsiluni:
http://qarrtsiluni.com/2011/04/07/three-poems-by-jean-claude-renard/
From The Fishouse:
http://fishousepoems.org/archives/helene_cardona/
INTERVIEWS
The Iowa Source, with Rustin Larson:
http://www.iowasource.com/blog/1192-helene-cardona.html
http://www.kruufm.com/node/8442
KPFK, Poet's Café with M.C. Bruce:
Click to hear Helene and John on KPFK.mp3
Writer's Digest: Poetic Asides with Robert Lee Brewer:
http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poets/exclusive-interview-with-poet-helene-cardona
Translated By, with Shaindel Beers
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/2009/03/12/translated-by-hosted-by-shaindel-beers
FORTHCOMING POETRY COLLECTIONS
Life In Suspension (Tupelo Press)
A bilingual collection in English and French
Dreaming My Animal Selves (Salmon Poetry)
A bilingual collection in English and French
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The Dream Maker
The Dream
Maker is a wizard.
She dreams a dream
in the shape of a painting
that symbolizes you and your situation.
In this case, the sacrificial lamb,
looking like a cloud, white,
with gold stars, accompanied
by a golden lion, both engaged
in a dance in the night blue sky.
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My Mother Ceridwen
The light on the icon, The way I see her in my dreams, The core of her at the edge of darkness, In a magic cauldron always full, Never exhausted, That brings her back to life, Guarded by a golden serpent Coiled in the shape of an egg, The world snake marshalling Inner reserves, The seed of a new journey, A glimpse of the mysterious and elusive, A woman in a wreath made of morning glories, This is how she lands on the page, Slanted, looking out in space, Integrated within me, Save the blue sky across her face.
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Eagle
On the wall of time to come, a window appears.
I open it, let angels in.
The vortex in his eye spins me out of myself, infinity held in blue iris, closes around me,
Snatches me in Eagle form, resurrects old scars, absorbs space and love, blossoms into divine silence.
The universe cannot resist a poet like him.
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A house like a ship
I live in a house that’s a ship, At times on land, at times on ocean. I will myself into existence, Surrender, invite grace in. I heed the call of the siren. On the phantom ship I don’t know if I’m a wave or a cloud, Undine or seagull. I hang tight to the mast, pulled by winds. Few return from the journey. I now wear the memory of nothingness, A piece of white sail wrapped like second skin.
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A deeper layer of
reality
Riding on Montezuma's trail,
I'm one with the horse,
Taking a bite out of life,
The girl walking with me a prophet.
The steep journey leads into the mountains,
The unmanifest, a tremendous future.
Let's explore new territories,
Reach our full potential,
Let God be the doer and embrace Her.
In Peru I visit my grandfather,
Unconditional love.
Everything stems from within,
The wait only preparation.
Actualizing consciousness,
We fuse wisdom and instinct. |
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In the Nothingness
I am counting
the years of my life,
plucking the petals of the marigold.
I am counting
the losses of my life,
blowing kisses in the air.
Perhaps if I cry my tears away
for what will never be,
I'll still get to live
what may become.
And if I may give up
what I never had,
I'll experience
what I never dreamed. |
Art Covers by Alexandra Eldridge
www.alexandraeldridge.com |