Helena

She moves in glorious motion,
Her progress marked by many eyes.
A vision to delight the crowd 
gathered together for this her debut.

Coloured ribbons adorn her, as
She moves in glorious motion,
Sweeping across the bright tableau.
Her beauty and grace seen by all.

Light sparkles from faceted jewels
decorating her slim figure.
She moves in glorious motion,
dancing as if floating on clouds.

Born of man yet with divine grace, 
answering swiftly to wind and wave.
The Clipper sprints seaward, yet still,
She moves in glorious motion.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 10/7/2015 7:56:00 PM
Subtle parallels...the art of romantic poetizing...not something that I've excelled at, however something I can enjoy and appreciate. Kudos to you, Shane!! Your friend, Mikki :)
Login to Reply
Date: 9/9/2015 1:52:00 PM
wow... awesome... SKAT
Login to Reply
Date: 9/9/2015 11:10:00 AM
- Hello my friend Shane ........ miss you - Helena is a beautiful name and a wonderful poem :) - Hope all is well with you - big hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Login to Reply
Date: 8/15/2015 12:23:00 AM
This is a wonderful poem, Shane. It really is very majestic....just like the ship itself. :) Great work. Hugs
Login to Reply
Cooper Avatar
Shane Cooper
Date: 8/15/2015 12:51:00 AM
Hello little one, Have no idea where this poem came from, but here it is. Helena was the name of a Clipper ship as well as that of a very attractive actress. Thank you for stopping in. love Shane xxx
Manassian Avatar
Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/15/2015 12:26:00 AM
And Helena...the actress...is very talented.
Date: 8/14/2015 9:37:00 PM
lovely piece
Login to Reply
Cooper Avatar
Shane Cooper
Date: 8/14/2015 9:58:00 PM
Hi Francine, Thank you for your comment, and dropping in to visit. love Shane xxx
Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Reflection on the Important Things

Member Area

My Admin
Profile and Settings
Edit My Poems
Edit My Quotes
Edit My Short Stories
Edit My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder

Soup Social

Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us

Member Poems

Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread

Member Poets

Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest

Famous Poems

Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100

Famous Poets

Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War

Poetry Resources

Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter