Category Archives: Helene Levasseur

71.Pondering on Holy Wow Poetry © Hélène Levasseur

Puzzled Founder/Organizer….

Pondering on The Holy Wow Poetry Website has left her flabbergasted
Sometimes she goes into deep thought contemplating a new idea
And enters a realm of enlightenment and becomes a little dumbfounded
As it seems she’s alone in her little world shooshing away fears – Yeah!

She’s always believed that The Holy Wow Poetry Club is for all people
To discover their hidden talents and forge ahead with their stuff
And enjoy reciting them at a monthly rendez-vous becoming a vessel
For others to immerse themselves passionately into poems off the cuff

The time has come for Hélène Levasseur to let go and let God rule
Every time she takes something upon herself to do – all hell breaks loose
It seems that under the world’s observation that she appears to ridicule
Her own intention of creating a coup ending up feeling like a silly goose

70. Courage To Walk Away © Hélène Levasseur

Let’s not walk away from anyone but their issues!

Well I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist or a philosopher
However I tend to observe the world at large as such
Don’t have the education, the experience but have a knack
Of some kind to inner knowledge about what’s real and frank

Discernment and interpretations of people easily come forth
My problem is that I give everyone the benefit of the doubt
Believing that individual people can be found in our grid
Like they were meant to enter our world and stay to teach

However when some personages appear to haunt our psyche
We allow them to enter our entourage and begin to feel frail
They seem to carry a mission to dominate and control us
It is required that we immediately dismiss ourselves from them

There is a moral to this story and its courage to walk away
Not needing hindrances of people who do condescend us
We are thankful when we let them slide off our shoulders
Forgiving them and walking away never looking back.

69. Holy Wow Poets – Friends Galore © Hélène Levasseur

Did you know we used to have friends galore
It appears that everyone really really adore
Each other’s company and never ignore
The Holy Wow Poets’ Club as it’s always a chore
To write more poems for visitors furthermore

The launching of this Club happens in any time
Where we’ll be listening to new poetry so sublime
Listening to Holy Wow Poets over drinks at mealtime
Who will express new sentiments to share for lifetime
And eventually considered by all visitors very prime

Sometimes it takes the light of someone like Levasseur
To bring friends and families into fun and laughter
Going public swallowing their ego as an outspoken speaker
Reciting poetry and becoming individually a forerunner
For what everyone will yearn to visit a wonderful Poet’s Corner

Look at us at HolyWoween!

(Picture by Freda du Plessis)

68. Minouche my Calico Cat © Hélène Levasseur

Minouche is my little Pitouche!

MINOUCHE IS MY CALICO CAT
SHE TAKES ANY ADVANTAGE
KNOWING WHERE SHE’S AT
IT’S AT HER SILVER SAGE MENAGE

SOMETIMES SHE DESERVES A SWAT
ASKING TOO MUCH FOR A MASSAGE
BUT SHE’S ADORABLE SOMEWHAT
I JUST LOVE HER LITTLE PERSONAGE

SOMETIMES SHE ACTS LIKE A DIPLOMAT
LIKE SHE’S ON A DEMANDING VOYAGE
LOOKING AT ME AND SAYING: “WHAT??!!!”
SHE’S THE MISTRESS IN HER ENTOURAGE.

67. Let’s make nice with God © Hélène Levasseur

HERE WE ARE GATHERING TONIGHT
AT THE HOLY WOW POETRY CLUB
ALL FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE
YEARNING TO DISCOVER OURSELVES

WE ALL CRAVE TO BE BETTER THAN EVER
ALWAYS ASKING TO BE SANCTIFIED IN
ALL THAT WE THINK, SAY AND DO
SO THAT A GLORY IS MANIFESTED IN US

IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR INGENUITY
BECAUSE DEEP DOWN INSIDE WE’RE WRITERS
AND SPEAKERS TO COME FORTH AND ACTIVATE
OUR INNER SKILLS, TALENTS AND TREASURES

SO I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT REMEMBER
THAT WE COME HERE ONCE A MONTH TO SHOW
OUR INNER WORKS, OUR BELIEFS, OUR WISHES
TO BESTOW INDIFFERENTLY TO THE WORLD AT LARGE

ENTER THE HOLY WOW POETRY CLUB AS YOU ARE
LEAVE THE HOLY WOW POETS GALA BECOMING YOU
MORE AND MORE IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD
AS WE WILL KNOW OUR ABUNDANCE OF POETIC FLAIR

I HELENE LEVASSEUR AM A BELIEVER AND THRIVE ALWAYS
TO MAKE NICE WITH GOD AND SO I ASK EVERYONE PRESENT
TO RECITE POETRY SUITABLE FOR A KING OR A QUEEN
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL HOLY WOW RECITAL.

66. Invitation

PERHAPS WE’RE ALL STILL IN WONDER ON WHAT THE WORLD IS WITHHOLDING FROM US AT THIS TIME BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO BE THE PRIME POETIC SINGER/SONGWRITER/POET OF THE DECADE AT THE HOLY WOW POETRY CLUB AND REQUIRE YOUR O.K. ON THIS. KINDLY LET US KNOW – AS MANY JOBS ARE ASSIGNED TO THE FORTHCOMING HOLY WOW POETS PRESENTING THEMSELVES EVERYDAY. YOU COULD BE ASSIGNED AS MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL HOLY HOST. WE ARE AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS LIKE YOURS. YOU ARE CERTAINLY FULL OF MYSTICAL SKILLS AND GIFTS GALORE. MANY THANKS INDEED FOR YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS INVITATION. PERHAPS YOU WILL SHARE YOUR BETTER IDEAS…

65. On any Grey Day © Hélène Levasseur

THEY WALK AIMLESSLY THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL ENTOURAGE ON ANY DAY
THEIR FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION LAY YEARNINGS FOR A MIRACLE PLAY
YOU SEE EVERYONE KNOW THEY DON’T WANT TO CHANGE IN ANY WAY
ALWAYS TAKING THE SAME ROUTE CREATING THE SAME OLD STROLL MIDDAY

PEOPLE’S SENSES WERE SHATTERED SINCE A BRAIN INJURY DECADES AGO
IT APPEARS THAT LIFE’S TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS ARE LIKE MUMBO-JUMBO
YOU SEE THEY COULDN’T RETURN TO WORK REMAINING IN SUCH A LIMBO
SO THEY FOUND A PURPOSE SOMEWHAT THROUGH WALKING TO AND FRO

SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENED TO THE FOLKS ON A GREY DAY WALKABOUT
STOPPED AT THE ACT THEY TOOK OUT A PAD AND IMMEDIATELY SET OUT
TO WRITE POEMS OBSERVING THEIR WAY OF LIVING LIKE A GOOD BOYSCOUT
LO AND BEHOLD THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE SET TO BE POETS SO DEVOUT

WHAT EXISTS FOR THEM IS A POETIC PORTFOLIO FOR ANYONE’S STUDY
OF THEMSELVES AS THEY HAVE DISCOVERED A POETIC FLAIR DESTINY
AND PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE COME AND RECITE THEIR POETRY
REACHING THE END TOWARDS THE ACT THEATRE APPEARS TO BE A FANTASY.

64. My Friend Claudette © Hélène Levasseur

Claudette Coleman is cheering, praying and praising God for all Cancer Survivors!

OVER THREE DECADES AGO GOD SENT ME A FRIEND NAMED CLAUDETTE
SHE WAS A BOLT OF ENLIGHTENMENT IN LIVING AND ADVENTURE
LIKE A SISTER AND KINDRED SPIRIT SHE IS ONE I WILL NEVER FORGET
IN MY HEART SHE EARNED A SOULFUL SPIRITUAL HEAVENLY MIXTURE

I COUNT MY BLESSINGS TO HAVE HAD SUCH A CHERISHED CADET
EVERYTHING SHE WOULD PLAN WAS LIKE RECEIVING A STATURE
AS SHE WAS ALWAYS A MENTOR TO ME IN MY FLIBBERTIGIBET
BECAUSE OF HER I BECAME ADVENTUROUS WITHOUT FAILURE

I THANK GOD FOR EMBELLISHING MY LIFE WITH A FLOWERET
FRAGRANCING MY EXISTENCE AS WESTERN COAST PORTRAITURE
HER SPIRIT LIVES WITHIN MY SOUL LIKE A CHEERFUL SONNET
I PRAY IN THANKS FOR HER REQUESTS FOR A CANCER CURE!

LO AND BEHOLD SHE IS DANCING AMONGST THE ANGELS!

63. Happy Birthday Dawna © Hélène Levasseur

It’s Dawna James Birthday and she is a Virgo
Always right about things – that’s de facto
She is reknown for her spunk and dynamo
Moving forth like a Maestro with charming ego
There’s nothing she can not do el manifesto.

Dawna James can always easily metamorphose
She is like a beautiful Virgo style growing wild rose
Always knowing herself completely as she does expose
Herself in every way as no struggles makes her decompose
As she handles life’s challenges sipping on her tea-rose

Dawna James amongst her friends is a Gypsy Queen
Her sales and marketing expertise is rich as velveteen
A great mediator for people who are caught in-between
She will never live with thoughts of might-have-been
Living life to the fullest like her dear friend Maureen

Dawna James you see lives without harm or apology
Her friends and kingdom comes with a guarantee
That her love and appreciation is like a honey bee
Nurturing us all being always there like a referee
We are thankful to celebrate her Whoopee!

Happy Birthday Dawna!

62. Hallowed be thy Name © Hélène Levasseur

AS HOLYWOWEEN GALAS TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF OCTOBER
MESMERIZED HELENE THINKS ABOUT FINDING A COSTUMER
WHERE SHE WILL INVIGORATE ALL AS ONE MADE FOR THEATRE
ASSURING THEM SHE IS ALSO A PROMISING POETRY WRITER

SHE SPENDS HOURS AND HOURS PONDERING ON THE CHARACTER
BELIEVING SHE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO BRING SOME WONDER
NOT A TRICKSTER BUT A TREATSTER AT THIS WRITERS’ CORNER
WILL PERHAPS WIN HER A PRIZE AS A POET OR A GREAT PERFORMER

SHOPPING FOR AN ENLIGHTENING COSTUME OF EL GRANDEUR
NONE IS TO BE FOUND BUT THANKFUL FOR HER NOT BEING A QUITTER
NOR A POUTER SHE REALLY WITHOUT A DOUBT IS A FREE-THINKER
AND SO RETURNS HOME KNOWING TIME IS SHORT FOR THIS ADVENTURE

VOILA! SHE FINDS SOMETHING GLITTTERY THAT WILL REALLY SUIT HER
REPRESENTING SOMEONE FROM SOMEWHERE AT SOME TIME OR OTHER
AND INVITES EVERYONE FROM CREATIVE WRITER’S GROUP TO REVEAL HER
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT WE KNOW WHO IS HALLOWED BE THY NAME’S MOTHER?

WHO IS HALLOWED BE THY NAME’S MOTHER?
JESUS’ MAMAN NAMED MARY!
HAPPY HOLYWOWEEN!

61. Going Nowhere © Hélène Levasseur

HAVE YOU EVER EVER FOUND YOURSELF GOING NOWHERE
LIVING IN THE MIDST OF CONFUSION AND IN VERY ILL REPAIR
SPENDING YOUR PRECIOUS TIME PONDERING ON DESPAIR
BUT FEELING SOMEWHAT ASSURED THAT YOU ARE AWARE

THERE’S NO DOUBT IN ANYONE’S MIND ABOUT OUR PAIN
THEY KNOW ABOUT IT AND DON’T TRAMPLE ON OUR TERRAIN
AS A MATTER OF FACT WE FEEL THAT WE ARE INVISIBLY PLAIN
AND DON’T INCLUDE THE WORLD IN WHAT WE RATTLE OUR BRAIN

THE FIRST THING WE KNOW IS THAT WE’RE HAVING AN AFFAIR
OH IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT’S SOMETHING WE DO IN MID AIR
WE START TO EAT AND EAT MEALS FOLLOWED BY ONE ÉCLAIR
AND REALIZE THAT OUR LIFE HAS TAKEN A TWIST OF BEING IMPAIR

(PAINTING BY VASSULA RYDEN)

I WALK WITH JESUS
WHOSE TRAITOR WAS JUDAS (friend)
MY NICK NAME IS FLUFFY
MY TRAITOR COULD BE ANYBODY (friend)

BUT I WALK WITH JESUS
WHOSE LOVE IS IN SURPLUS
I WANT TO BE GODLY
SO I WORK ON BEING HOLY

AND I WALK WITH JESUS
HE IS MY THESAURUS
FILLS ME WITH HIS WORDS BOLDLY
THEY ARE LOVE WEAPONS TO PROTECT ME

AND I WALK WITH JESUS
HE IS MY LIFE BONUS
HE ALWAYS SAVES ME
FROM ANY ENEMY – LUCKY ME.

HAIL THE HOLY GRAIL – SACRED VESSEL – CHALICE OF THE EUCHARIST
AS WELL AS DISH OF THE PASCAL LAMB BOTH THE THEME OF ROMANCE
THOUGH VAGUELY INDICATED BY A MODERN CHRISTIAN OR ATHEIST
THUS WHOLLY UNEXPLAINED ITS NATURE BRINGS US INTO A TRANCE

MENTIONS OF A VISION ARE SHOWN THROUGH MULTIPLE CENTURIES
LORD JESUS IS AT THE LAST SUPPER WITH HIS ALMS’ PLATE AND CHALICE
A MYTHICAL ORIGIN BEARING A TALE OF ANCIENT NOTES AND QUERIES
FROM GRAIL ROMANCES HAVE COME INTO EXISTENCE WITHOUT MALICE

MANY TODAY ARE CHIEFLY CONCERNED WITH THE QUEST OF THE GRAIL
ADVENTUROUSLY THEY GO AND SEEK FOR THE PERSONALITY OF A HERO
DEVOUTEDLY YEARNING HISTORY OF THE SACRED FINDINGS TO PREVAIL
OVER DOUBTS AND MYSTERIES REACHING AN INDESPUTABLE STATUS QUO

PROSES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT CHRIST’S HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAIL
TO ME AN ORDINARY GAL ITS NATURALLY DESCRIBED AS “MORT D’AMOUR”
THE HOLY GRAIL IS BOTH DISH AND CUP AS I HEAR JESUS SAY LET US HAIL
THE DISCOVERERS OF MY BODY AND BLOOD RECIPIENTS “POUR TOUJOURS”

WHEN ALL BELIEVERS KNOW THE HOLY EUCHARIST IS IN MEMORY OF ME
THE HOLY GRAIL WILL BE FOUND FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ANY MUSEUM
THE PATEN AND THE CHALICE WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR THE WORLD TO SEE
MIRACULOUS THIS ACT WILL BE FOR EVERYONE GEARING FOR ETERNEUM.

HELENE’S LOVE AND AFFECTION BRINGS RESOLUTIONS OF ENJOYMENT
AS SHE IS THANKFUL FOR THE GIFTS OF LOTS OF LAUGHTER AND DISCERNMENT
THIS TIME HAS COME TO WALK AWAY FROM ANYTHING OF DISCONTENTMENT

AS THIS NEW YEAR BRINGS BACK HER WISHES TO BECOME INDEPENDENT
NO LONGER IS SHE FRAIL AND FRAGILE AS WELL AS REMAINING INNOCENT
HAVE SEEN HER WORLD FULL OF DISALIGNMENT SEEMINGLY TRANSPARENT
TO DATE LACKING GLORY AND MAGNIFICENCE SHE APPEARED UNINTELLIGENT
BUT LO AND BEHOLD TRANSFORMED HER LIFE HAS BECOME OMNIPOTENT

THESE PAST TWO DECADES HAVE PURGED HER OF ANY ILLNESSES OR AILMENT
IT SEEMS TIME HAS COME FOR HER TO INTEGRATE AS AN ODD REFRESHMENT
IN A WORLD THAT AWAITS FOR ONE TO COME OUT OF ANY BEWILDERMENT
WELL HOLD ON MANKIND AS SHE NOW FULFILLS LIVING WITH ASTONISHMENT

IT’S THE YEAR OF HEAVEN FOR HELENE AND ALL FULL OF ENDEARMENT
LIVING LIFE REMAINING KIND, COMPASSIONATE AND FULL OF ENCHANTMENT
ENTOURAGED NOT BY ANY RESENTMENT ON THE CONTRARY RAVISHMENT
NOW TRANSFIGURED SHE REALLY IS WITH A LONG OVERDUE RE-ADJUSTMENT

NEW AND TRANSFIGURED HELENE NO LONGER LIVES LIFE TOO REMINISCENT
PLUNGING FORTH WITH SKILLS, TALENTS & TREASURES ONCE NON-EXISTENT
AS SHE RE-SURFACES INTO THE WORLD CHOOSING TO BE NOW OMNIPRESENT
COMING OUT OF A BURROW SUBMERGING FORTH LIKE A YEARNING STUDENT

LO AND BEHOLD MARIE NOELLE HELENE LEVASSEUR HAS A NEW AMENDMENT
AND THAT IS TO BRING PEOPLE INTO DISCOVERING THEIR HIDDEN TALENT
OF BEING POETS, KNOWING IT AND SHOWING IT TO ANY ESTABLISHMENT
BRINGING EVERY AUDIENCE TO AN EVERLASTING SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT.

LET’S NOW COMPOSE PROSE POETRY FOR ANY CARE-FREE ENVIRONMENT.

Notoriously we never find inhabitants without an ego
You see local Maple Ridge singers, writers and actors grow
Into British Columbian Celebrities having their own persona
Choosing to be living in a world of so much wonder and awe

Obviously valuable riches are displayed for everyone
Demographic audiences come to visit our city for fun
All is welcome play-acting as companions to one another
Like in an immersion from their nurturing loving nature

It is never difficult to live here as there is never competition
The mountains and numerous lands become our ammunition
An advantage over any other location in the Lower Mainland
Like catering to many tourists towards the Promised Land

Maple Ridge is a good place for beginner hosts for any show
Come and hang out here and you’ll stop being a drifter so low
You see people are enlightened by the Spirit of lovely B.C.
Without a charge entitled guests receive our high Energy.

Mountains, Lands, Rivers and Lakes caressed by a soft wind
Touch, Move and Inspire everyone’s heart like a whirwind
Everyone who resides here relishes its majestic locomotion
So valuable is our folk as it is a one to one person operation

Maple Ridge residents have The Act Theatre and a lot of things to promote…

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Poetry that will knock your poetic socks off!