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Return So many rounds breaking apart coming together could be feelings or aging— similar weather messy, sloppy, painful The turn between unraveling and…
Sep 27
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Remembering to Be Grateful
Remembering to Be Grateful When it’s painful to walk and my spirits lag I turn to house finches dancing in the bath fussing at the feeder flittering…
Sep 26
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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The Turn
The Turn As bushes seek late-summer sun shadows cast on the slatted fence Last tomatoes ripening in the late seasonal heat caprese soon to end Geese…
Sep 23
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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New Noticing
New Noticing a tanka sequence (rensaku) Big change no—giant adjustment Now a cane I watch every step asphalt instead of sky Slender cracks where sturdy…
Sep 21
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Contagion
Contagion Kind words easing out may not be met yet I must stay with them compassion is needed I signal a lane change driver flips me the finger Young…
Sep 19
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Morning’s Warmth
Morning’s Warmth Sunflowers face summer’s end, they stay east in morning’s light, as do I old bones choose to soak up sun’s warmth
Sep 11
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Not the Way I want It
Not the Way I Want It At 6:30 a.m.
Sep 8
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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The Body Consort
old poem, re-edited
Sep 6
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Falling Asleep
Poetic form: gogyoshi. Lyrica, a nerve medication, my dose upped much higher.
Aug 13
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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6
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taking pain medication exactly as prescribed
repeated drawing, sorry.
Aug 12
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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the over-eighty rat race
This poem is a new form to me, a Gogyoshi. It is a modern Japanese form, with a title and exactly five free-verse lines. No rhyme schemes, line-length…
Aug 11
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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The Great Teacher
The Great Teacher Implacable.
Aug 5
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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