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My Dream
My Dream Thirty-one years I yearned— For three hopeful ones, stuffed $20 bills in a knee sock hanging in my closet Finally, the call Thirteen wolfhound…
9 hrs ago
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Unbroken
Unbroken eleven years old Wandering arm, twisted spine and turned-in leg stumbling He falls, landing hard picks himself up one expects complaint None…
May 17
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Wind Song
an ekphrastic response
May 16
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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When You Feel Ready
In Ellen Rowland's class, it was suggested we start with the first line I used, and write this more like a prose poem than my more usual spare style…
May 15
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Reclaim
The nonet form has nine lines, and each line has a descending (or ascending) number of syllables from 9 to 1 or 1 to 9.
May 14
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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That Moment
That Moment 1959 Warm-laden mid-west humidity, the oak’s broad canopy evening outdoor gala party lights shimmer My older brother, finally, his friend…
May 13
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Be a Person Here
Be a Person Here after William Stafford Listen. First to finches and doves, owls in intimate conversation kindred rustling of leaves clattering hail the…
May 12
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Omission!
On the blackout poem I published today called “A Cruel Snake of a Fellow,”
May 11
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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A Cruel Snake of a Fellow
based on Emily Dickinson's poem "A narrow Fellow in the Grass" (1096)
May 11
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Who Will Stop the Grifting
a rant
May 10
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Anxious for Clatter
An ekphrastic poem written to Akira Kusaka's painting "Inspiration and the Typewriter."
May 9
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Each Morning
Each Morning after Amy Schmidt It’s impossible to be lonely with homemade mocha at hand tangy burst of caffeine mellowed by round teaspoon of chocolate…
May 8
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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