Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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mighty oak branch
mighty oak branch October 10, 1992 side-by-side we stare up the heft, the weight he flings the string saw third try over, I catch my end pull! he calls…
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manna
manna before light threads the sky, I wake, not to make— bear witness I slip into the soft seam where words wait— not mine to own, but cradle cupped…
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letterpress - first day
my cheatsheet for letter layout in the caseLetterpress printing is how all printing was done over a hundred years ago: each letter, each space made of…
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peeling wave
peeling wave the board a planing blade I ride the barrel deep and long prefer a left-hand break turning toward my heart every wave stripping all but…
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the word well
the word well dropping in sinking down sometimes long the wait then a glimpse nab a few grainy, smooth, surprising at times an unlocked flow cast my…
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obsession with horses
photo from the Barnstorming blog: https://barnstorming.blog/ with permission of my friend Emily Gibson.obsession with horses whacked kicked thrown…
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letterpress - the shop
North Bay Letterpress Shopletterpress - the shop concrete floor insulated ceiling maybe 2000 sq.
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stamina
stamina required for writers— dwell with words the what the how stamina to steadily fail, still try again what is the shape? where does it breathe…
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ambition
I'm reading an amazing little book, "My Trade Is Mystery--Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing" by Carl Phillips.
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unequal rights
unequal rights on the 19th amendment to the U.S.
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solace
solace when the world is dim and tyrants reign I seek small signs the Anna’s iridescence flashing at the feeder goldfinches’ sunshine jasmine blossoms…
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endurance
endurance centuries, standing in one place suffering sick air absorbing our havoc— trees breathe for us ignoring their role we clearcut we burn today I…
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