Archive - Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

my love affair with the world

my love affair with the world Colors—regal dioxazine violet indigo’s friendliness warmth of cadmium yellow Daphne odora wafting through our yard in…

18 hrs ago • Amrita Skye Blaine

Northern California heat wave

Northern California heat wave Mid-March, extended 85 hurried the daffodils’ demise harlequin flower, full bloom at Winter’s tail end Will the hills…

Mar 17 • Amrita Skye Blaine

Little Boy Still

Little Boy Still Every morning, awaken a burdened heart the news the news that mad man’s news He craves attention, doesn’t appear to care if he scorns…

Mar 16 • Amrita Skye Blaine

One Way to Eat a Doyenne du Comice Pear

One Way to Eat a Doyenne du Comice Pear Every day I greet it on the kitchen counter Feel its blossom end with a soft round thumb Has it ripened?

Mar 15 • Amrita Skye Blaine

California Cold

California Cold that bites my breath frosts the car Not arctic, no but cold, the same Here we slosh hot water on the windshield It doesn’t revert to ice…

Mar 14 • Amrita Skye Blaine

the opened stable of our hearts

the opened stable of our hearts with a nod to Emily Gibson Only then, with the door thrown wide, will I see each leaf unique, hear that particular…

Mar 13 • Amrita Skye Blaine

holy moments of suspension

holy moments of suspension horses, hooves in the air all at once, cobra, hood wide a poised strike, our country, a pause prior to potential collapse…

Mar 12 • Amrita Skye Blaine

What is ruling?

What is ruling?

Mar 11 • Amrita Skye Blaine

so easy There’s a place in my brain where hate won’t grow.

Mar 10 • Amrita Skye Blaine

rainstorm (a pantoum) a mere glance of rain the drops start slow they strike the window slantwise—sharp and hard the drops start slow but the tempo…

Mar 9 • Amrita Skye Blaine

storm Harsh bark of thunder rolls over the house then deluge, then hail Our dog vibrating by the side of the bed a bright flash exposes trees…

Mar 8 • Amrita Skye Blaine

What Pilgrimage is

What Pilgrimage is My heart walks it can’t but not And so we walk together

Mar 7 • Amrita Skye Blaine

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