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Falling Asleep
Poetic form: gogyoshi. Lyrica, a nerve medication, my dose upped much higher.
5 hrs ago
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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taking pain medication exactly as prescribed
repeated drawing, sorry.
Aug 12
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the over-eighty rat race
This poem is a new form to me, a Gogyoshi. It is a modern Japanese form, with a title and exactly five free-verse lines. No rhyme schemes, line-length…
Aug 11
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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knowing other poets
knowing other poets like sighthounds are to other dogs— wholly different, aware, intuitive so poets are to other people noticing detail hearts more…
Aug 10
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Dog in a Cone
Dog in a Cone Leggy, her long, lean body, patrician nose, knowing dark eyes that anchor into mine When, for her well-being we slip on the cone affix it…
Aug 9
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Paradox
Paradox We’re made local for a time, each of us a point on this sphere of billions and growing No number’s large enough to count all manifest things a…
Aug 8
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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What Cannot Be Shared
What Cannot Be Shared We draw lines on a map call this side ours the other side yours taken so seriously a silly business land belongs to land We…
Aug 7
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Feverish
Feverish Sick, home in bed had a feverish dream— Our teacher assigned daydreaming our most important task She said not knowing is fine, not to feel bad…
Aug 6
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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The Great Teacher
The Great Teacher Implacable.
Aug 5
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Update
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Aug 4
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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What Makes Us Who We Are
What Makes Us Who We Are Scarred, broken, twisted our wounds the cleft-lip scar Cesarean slash entrance, exit wounds the unseen heartbreak rift and…
Aug 4
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He doesn't tell me
He doesn’t tell me disappears into the bathroom stays ten minutes no toilet sound flushing comes out with a small brown paper bag—rolled tight at the…
Aug 3
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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