Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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mid-September
mid-September the heat the sun five months, no rain our dry, dry land we’re on edge with threat of fire my phone shrills that ding a real-time app blaze…
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right there
right there it won’t be denied inflamed mid-back nerve wants all the attention needs an opponent is spoiling… you know can’t be denied it’s you again, I…
Sep 15 • 
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Sunday slow
Sunday slow sleepy locale low-lying fog precip hangs just we three husband, dog, me simple footfall cordial quiet slow inhale Jazz’s nose finds fragrant…
Sep 14 • 
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covert
(I found this word in one of my friend Daniel Skatch-Mills’ poems, and had to look it up.
Sep 13 • 
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withering
withering without gratitude hearts wither autumn leaves that lose their limber forfeit flexibility stiffen crack crumble our world
Sep 12 • 
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opportunity
opportunity what we’ve got this haywire mess change upon change is on us— in Yuga time always was we didn’t take note, so slow we let it slide the poles…
Sep 11 • 
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widdershins
widdershins southpaw, lefty sometimes cack-handed mollydooker, sinistral moon- or shadow-handed I push the pen no calligraphy for me I long for…
Sep 10 • 
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letterpress - first project
letterpress - first project consider which poem to print first it doesn’t matter but mind likes significance gift for a friend thirteen lines just…
Sep 9 • 
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portal
portal teachers, pathways from the outside a rabbit hopping through the garden nibbling this and that while inside one-pointed entering portals to grace…
Sep 8 • 
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early
early one a.m. come wide awake keyboard calls in the deeper quiet no water-heater rumble or muffled steps backdoor neighbor’s dog asleep the spill of…
Sep 7 • 
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balance
balance accurate elegant simple where ink thins hunger waits and whispers collect what we do the reckoning on the edges of belonging
Sep 6 • 
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letterpress guide
letterpress guide like willow restrained grace economy, both motion and speech kind in his eighth decade he shepherds creativity and magic the presses…
Sep 5 • 
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