Poem

Perception

Photo by Helene Møller from Vendelsund in Asker municipality in Norway the 11th of October 2026.

Perception

I have thought

about our condition.

And

we should think about life.

Few

can say if they will die tomorrow.

Our fate moves in patterns – with our choices.

It can be illuminated; some grasp it.

Ponder this. Be curious. Look.

And don’t forget Athena – with the olive tree.

You can remember others, if you like.

I like to. 

Have a walk. Put on a coat. 

I’m sure nature will improve your mood.

We all belong to the earth you see.

My understanding is that we have a life.

A wonderful possibility.

© Helene Møller 2026. All rights reserved.

Poem discussed with CoPilot (two versions), Gemini, Claude and ChatGPT.

In conversation with Anne Carson’s «Let Me Share a Bit of Wisdom with You».

Nights

Photo by Helene Møller from Solvik in Bærum municipality in Norway the 26th of September 2026.

Nights

What are nights for?

Nights are when we sleep.

They come, they rest us

Time and time over.

They are to be content in:

Where can we rest but nights?

Oh, solving that question

Brings the guru and the fortuneteller

In their colourful robes 

Sitting with their hands perched.

© Helene Møller 2026. All rights reserved.

Poem discussed with Microsoft Copilot (Two versions), OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini.

In dialogue with Philip Larkin’s «Days».

In the Time of Making of Nations

Photo by Helene Møller from the Øverland river in Bærum municipality in Norway the 4th of October 2026.

In the Time of Making of Nations

Some people live

True

To themselves

And others

Steadfast stars 

Light

Giving hope

And direction

Some people die

Taken

By war

And sickness

Their spirits linger

Still

Inspiring courage 

Carving the nation

© Helene Møller 2026. All rights reserved.

Poem discussed with Microsoft Copilot (Two versions), OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini.

In conversation with Thomas Hardy.

Presence

Photo by Helene Møller from Øverlandselva in Bærum municipality in Norway from the 4th of October 2026.

Presence

I like being with you with eyes open.

A song

drifting

along the banks.

I followed the echoes

off the path

and

there you were

by the river.

Noticing me.

Wish me a river, you have taught my feet to fly.

© Helene Møller 2026. All rights reserved.

Written in dialogue with Anne Carson’s “O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love” and Joni Mitchell’s “River”.

Poem discussed with Microsoft Copilot (Two versions), OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini.

Open spaces

Photo by Helene Møller from Brønnøya in Asker municipality in Norway the 7th of June 2026.

Open spaces

Buds forming and light lasting longer, longer

In a clearing I wanted to hover,

And the ground covered with forest flowers,

But snow and ice in the shadows cower.

The woods around it make it-it is theirs.

All creatures are awakened in their lairs.

I am too excited to count;

The liveliness includes me well-awares.

And inviting as it is that liveliness

Will be more lively before it will be less-

An emerald canopy of blossoming growth

With creative expansion, nothing to impress.

They delight me with their passages

Between stars-stars human legends have given names.

I have it in me to glow

To surprise myself with my own open spaces

© Helene Møller 2026. All rights reserved.

In conversation with Robert Frost «Desert Spaces».

Poem discussed with Microsoft Copilot (Two versions), OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini.

Gratitude

Photo by Helene Møller from Høvik in Bærum municipality in Norway the 7th of December 2022.

Grateful

I am so grateful for nature,

Aren’t you?

For the world is good,

beautiful and kind.

Let us take a while

And appreciate the world’s wonders –

And see the sun setting

On the horizon.

© Helene Møller 2026. All rights reserved.

Poem discussed with Microsoft Copilot (Two versions), OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini.

In conversation with Langston Hughes’ «Tired».

The Grand Bazaar

Photo by Helene Møller from Istanbul in Turkey the 22nd of May 2014.

The Grand Bazaar

If you turn sideways

You can come through

Follow the path between

And look 

The stalls have towels

Green and gold

See the kittens the children hold

© Helene Møller 2026. All rights reserved.

Poem discussed with Microsoft Copilot (two versions), OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini.

Embers

Photo from Sæteren Farm in Bærum municipality in Norway the 6th of October 2026.

Embers

We grow into ourselves

Alongside others

Grate our rough sides

Smoother

We find our own path

Away from the crowd

Hone our good sides

Truer

In the flames 

We melt

In the ashes

We build

And rebuild 

© Helene Møller 2026 All rights reserved 

Poem discussed with Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini.

A dog named Lucky Star

Photo by Helene Møller from Vendelsund in Asker municipality in Norway the 4th of May 2025.

A dog named Lucky Star

We sailed around the island

One Midsummer Night

Celebrating, we believe

St. John’s Eve

We let anchor on the inlet

Familiar to us

Welcomed in a merry mode

By Gawain’s Secret Code

On that Midsummer night

A companionship began

Offered under constellations far

A dog named Lucky Star

© Helene Møller 2026. All rights reserved.

Poem discussed with Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini.

Orion

Photo by Helene Møller from Brønnøya in Asker municipality in Norway the 21st of July 2022.

Orion 

Stung

A consequence

Of the Earth

Signifying

Karma

Made

A fixed point

In the night sky

Signifying

Loss

Still

A compass

In the night sky

Signifying

Home

© Helene Møller 2026. All rights reserved.

Poem discussed with Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini.