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slower wind
slower wind no rushing every task is that true? I give it longer walk, more care each moment attend to the heart dearly held so fleeting
Sep 4
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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accommodation
accommodation old age at every turn let go then that trim the sails for slower wind
Sep 3
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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3
the dancer
(an ekphrastic poem, written to the photo below)
Jul 7
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Mahashmashana, (महाश्मशान (Mahāśmaśāna)
sanskrit—the great cremation ground, Varanasi, India
Jun 16
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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1
trifocals
trifocals thirty years ago, I craned my neck at the grocery store neither bifocal helped too far, too close complained to my eye guy you’re the perfect…
May 24
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Amrita Skye Blaine
4
energy conservation
energy conservation death, yes, the body not the full truth passing away, English speakers’ euphemism— supposedly softer in Thich Nhat Hanh’s community…
May 13
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Amrita Skye Blaine
4
2
the privilege
the privilege it’s easy to lament— stiffness, aching, less energy, slower mind but the privilege of growing old outweighs decline I choose that view…
Mar 3
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Amrita Skye Blaine
1
compensations
compensations growing old, sleep evades— the seeming hush of night but in bed attending, all is not quiet owls call back and forth, a rustle…
Feb 27
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Amrita Skye Blaine
2
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