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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…
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Lost for Words
Lost for Words Words wandered away perhaps my muse as well all my attention focused coping with savage pain How do I call words back? Will they find the…
Aug 2
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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The Way It Is
The Way It is a tanka We live in rough grace offering stubborn praise When they meet we are reborn unexpected, astonished, whole
Aug 1
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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July 2026
Furnishings
Furnishings House furnishings dogs’ facial hair, also called furnishings and we are entrapped by the furnishings of our mind Naming, judgments…
Jul 31
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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The Tongue and the Heart
The Tongue and the Heart Pause the tongue, allow the heart’s forward momentum, never flippant speaking the highest truth it knows The reckless tongue a…
Jul 30
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Why must I always experiment?
Why must I always experiment? Breadmaking is chemistry difficult enough yet I can’t leave the recipe alone This time, for higher rise adding fast-acting…
Jul 29
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Quieting the Mind
Quieting the Mind On the cushion struggled for years focusing on this, then that Ha!
Jul 28
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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that time
photo by Les Bernsteinthat time dear friend lost her partner today although not unexpected nearness of his breath has flown her sisters, far away draw…
Jul 27
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Will this ever end
Will this ever end this metronomic sensation a repeating tsunami wave upon wave upon wave that opioids barely dent and no position relieves The oriole…
Jul 26
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Open
Open This is my vision— May I be a door that is propped open ready to help accessible, loving
Jul 25
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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The Wisdom to See the Difference
The Wisdom to See the Difference after the Serenity Prayer, attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr Like glimpsing the outline of a fawn, grass-hidden tender…
Jul 24
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Those shoes
Those Shoes the ones that didn’t fit my mother wanted me to wear? For sixty-three years I tried her way No room for my toes to breathe Finally pitched…
Jul 23
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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