Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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Threadbare
Threadbare When I am threadbare, cloth worn to a sheen I draw on my lights You know who you are Most, on the planet a few without body, spirit-full…
20 mins ago • Amrita Skye Blaine
Keepsake
Keepsake I coveted it Like all the stars in the firmament, air bubbles in Mom’s lead-heavy paperweight Her everyday impatient cautions: Don’t drop it…
Jan 10 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Snowbird
The Ekphrastic Review's Challenge
Jan 9 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Feeling Its Way
Feeling Its Way That river of rain a year ago fifteen inches in three days Thrilled it ended fire season Unaware it would drown Meyer lemon, two Daphne…
Jan 8 • Amrita Skye Blaine
the book
the book You, becoming inside of me I feel foundation’s pulse, something birthing It wants its way yet allows deformation, the emerging form can be…
Jan 8 • Amrita Skye Blaine
the page
the page Beloved. Every day, you. Empty, insistent you made of light and white demanding the next true thing. Heartbeat of my nights and days Strict.
Jan 7 • Amrita Skye Blaine
What No Longer Works?
What No Longer Works?
Jan 6 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Isolation
Isolation The Japanese Minister of Loneliness has moved all kindergartens to the ground floor of elderly assisted-living centers. —Sara Kay Autumn…
Jan 5 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Our Bones Know
Our Bones Know Hunch sixth sense intuition—we don’t agree on the name but there is something our bones know Our dog sits alert, waits at the door We’ve…
Jan 4 • Amrita Skye Blaine
He Survived
An ekphrastic interpretation: Winter Landscape by Caspar David FriedrichHe Survived Crutches akimbo, crucifix, and boy staring at the cross Hint of a…
Jan 3 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Just Another (gorgeous) Rainy Day
Just Another (gorgeous) Rainy Day Just another winter day—dark on rising, sprinkling cold rain Humans label it the start of a new year I pin my new…
Jan 2 • Amrita Skye Blaine
How long it takes bruises to leave
How long it takes bruises to leave Wounded purple to lurid green fading to murky yellow even sky blue This reminder to attend, to attend each step I…
Jan 1 • Amrita Skye Blaine
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