Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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Hay(na)ku
a poetic form created in 2003 by Eileen R. Tabios
13 hrs ago • Amrita Skye Blaine
Trash Bandit
Ellen Rowland's prompt was to use as many words from the 4-4-2026 NYT Connections puzzle as possible. Out of 16 words, I used 12.
Apr 27 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Not This Time
An ekphrastic poem based onAkira Kusaka's painting "Angling the Night"
Apr 26 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Frog Singing at the Pink Moon
(a cento composed of lines from Mary Oliver)
Apr 25 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Just Before Green
The poems for the next thirty days are written from prompts from Ellen Rowland's class. You can find her on Substack.
Apr 24 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Caravan of Poets
Caravan of Poets When I rise in the dark rubbing my eyes, trundle to my computer slip on my heated vest I sense you, too awake in night’s deep, settling…
Apr 23 • Amrita Skye Blaine
"How to Keep Your Heart Open in Hell" —Ram Dass
How to Keep Your Heart Open in Hell —Ram Dass cluster bombs lobbed— democracy fractured 85 degrees, Sonoma County in March weeks, no rain obvious, this…
Apr 22 • Amrita Skye Blaine
no small thing
no small thing It’s no small thing, love— warmth of a hug holding another’s gaze that clearing meeting them here now in this, the only moment we have…
Apr 21 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Rushing Days
Rushing Days Time doesn’t belong to us.
Apr 20 • Amrita Skye Blaine
untitled haiku
5-7-5
Apr 19 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Lost It
Lost It Slept through the night missed my window so I work now, when the world is revving At least it’s Sunday, a measure of quiet sleepyheads trudging…
Apr 18 • Amrita Skye Blaine
Pre-Dawn
Pre-Dawn Dog woke me at five standing nearby peeping to go out Early morning slog find glasses, shoes, coat it’s chilly out there Leash means business…
Apr 17 • Amrita Skye Blaine
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