Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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looking for joy
(I'm working on a collection of dog poems--I already have over fifty--so expect more over the coming months.
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sacred book
sacred book Listen to this rain and tell me it's not prayer.
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ground or sky
ground or sky will my feet find firm ground barefoot in the soil, somewhere to land? or will I sprout wings, flutter and train on the edge of the nest…
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when it's their time
when it’s their time a vet tech decades ago the hardest days car-versus-dog racing heart panting eyes begging severe pain signs their human, focused on…
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March 2025

change
change thrust onto the continuum from zygote to adult irritant to pearl spring to winter squirming kit to fox cycles everywhere animals don’t resist
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fall into the mystery
fall into the mystery all the way—more flying than falling it’s different, yes polar different riven different different out of step with today’s under…
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every day new
every day new Each book has to teach you how to write it.
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crushed
crushed 1954 maybe nine admiring my drawing— carefully sharpened pencil, side-view head of a horse wild mane, bold eye best one ever yes!
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dead
dead when I see something dead in the road, prayer falls from my lips if it’s small, squirrel or skunk, I bless hope it didn’t suffer and drive on by if…
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looking
looking Looking for God is the first thing and the last, but in between so much trouble, so much pain.
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the walk
the walk June, 1976—PIC-U: pediatric intensive care unit he’s still alive, I thought shaking, one foot, then another toward the PICU door that’s all I…
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in these times
in these times to be useful, how can I serve and what is sufficient? the need, beyond vast never enough one person can do— is writing of value or need I…
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