<![CDATA[Stories by Elizabeth Helmich on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@elizabethhelmich?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/2*fCZiYfMp0tkxpfgl0aY1hg.jpeg Stories by Elizabeth Helmich on Medium https://medium.com/@elizabethhelmich?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 Medium Fri, 13 Nov 2026 18:30:16 GMT <![CDATA[Chrysalis]]>

Fallen angels  in the snow recollect structure, fascia pulling distant  strands to reconnect that which was all but lost.

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]]> https://medium.com/the-junction/chrysalis-97efbafaacb?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 https://medium.com/p/97efbafaacb Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:35:38 GMT 2020-12-03T20:35:38.069Z <![CDATA[Gone]]>

on change and perspective

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]]> https://elizabethhelmich.medium.com/gone-1b686d43919f?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 https://medium.com/p/1b686d43919f Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:22:09 GMT 2020-11-25T18:22:09.523Z <![CDATA[Sneak Attack]]> https://medium.com/chalkboard/sneak-attack-69a2dbc4073?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 https://medium.com/p/69a2dbc4073 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 04:14:24 GMT 2020-11-19T04:14:24.338Z
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A ninja closes in on
the victim’s aproned hips
sashaying in time to James
Brown, sheathing dual
swords precisely when
that high note hits
to steal a hug
from mom.

In response to this prompt from Samantha Lazar, for Chalkboard:

The Approach

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On childhood

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]]> https://elizabethhelmich.medium.com/embryology-9956afcc9d3b?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 https://medium.com/p/9956afcc9d3b Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:01:06 GMT 2020-10-30T21:14:52.943Z <![CDATA[Evermore]]>

When we’d said goodbye, you mistakenly thought it meant I was leaving. You’d always underestimated my level of commitment until I ghosted…

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]]> https://medium.com/the-junction/evermore-17e6126e9f21?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 https://medium.com/p/17e6126e9f21 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 19:04:08 GMT 2020-10-25T19:04:08.604Z <![CDATA[Aftermath]]>

We fell through each colorful word of autumn, smeared unfinished oils everywhere,

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]]> https://elizabethhelmich.medium.com/aftermath-d9be0baf663d?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 https://medium.com/p/d9be0baf663d Wed, 21 Oct 2020 21:45:04 GMT 2020-10-21T21:45:04.310Z <![CDATA[Yesteryear]]>

Do you remember how perfect the orchard was, that day, when an amber sun was day drunk, sloppy-kissing treetops as we walked beneath a…

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I wish I could tell you I was listening to those words about your flaws but I was too busy watching your upper lip lift a little to the…

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an inward poem

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]]> https://elizabethhelmich.medium.com/fueled-f2a71d511ca2?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 https://medium.com/p/f2a71d511ca2 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:32:48 GMT 2020-09-24T15:33:00.573Z <![CDATA[River Mantra]]>

on peace in the wilderness

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]]> https://elizabethhelmich.medium.com/river-mantra-3b1874baa0b0?source=rss-b78903f64c69------2 https://medium.com/p/3b1874baa0b0 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:31:01 GMT 2020-09-15T15:31:01.160Z