Archive - Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

Kinship She comes from faraway, daughter of my husband’s good friend now gone Although no shared blood, family for sure With care, rummaging on tablets…

18 hrs ago • Amrita Skye Blaine

Feather Woman While journeying a rainbow-winged being taller than I rose behind my left shoulder Fifty years later this quiet potent presence walks with…

Jul 19 • Amrita Skye Blaine

image from Emily Gibson on the Barnstorming blogLive Wire Sometimes a gravid thundercloud a blinding flash roiling fire burns through emptying mind…

Jul 18 • Amrita Skye Blaine

A Blessing for You

A Blessing for You My life mostway gone the gift of time-my-own— paints and computer now close companions old shaming voices silenced I offer this for…

Jul 17 • Amrita Skye Blaine

the purifier We don’t ask for it ever yet, like weather, it shows up moves in We bear the flame, breathe through it while scrambling for solutions…

Jul 16 • Amrita Skye Blaine

Boro Passed Down

photo graciously shared by Shibui Japanese Antiques & Furniture, in Long Beach, CA

Jul 15 • Amrita Skye Blaine

Jul 14 • Amrita Skye Blaine

How It Is dolphins rise to the surface singing A child in the woods meets a bear has no fear and stray dogs like monks with bowls come to the doorstep…

Jul 13 • Amrita Skye Blaine

Precip First light quiet roads fogfall wets my dog and me Looking up sky feathers my face news fades In spreading warmth we walk into the day

Jul 12 • Amrita Skye Blaine

The Glory of Clear Vision

The Glory of Clear Vision Not assumed, but missing bow-down everyday praise Now daily grateful thanks for the sixteen hours a day trifocals are on my…

Jul 11 • Amrita Skye Blaine

Not Midway, Mostway

Not Midway, Mostway Mostway through my life So much more aft than fore now each heartbeat treasured When an oriole alights outside my window, breath…

Jul 10 • Amrita Skye Blaine

Pay Close Attention

Pay Close Attention Raised eyebrow or downward glance— little clues hide in plain sight Shift away lose wide focus, I might miss the key Stay right here…

Jul 9 • Amrita Skye Blaine

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