Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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nature's remedy
nature’s remedy wanting to clutch to close I set down the news walk outside into morning open my palms raise my face grateful old bones soak in sunshine…
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awaken
awaken there is no time that moves toward— only this, leaves dipping in the breeze, early sun warming soil, dove roof-pacing, waiting her turn on the…
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guardians
guardians they stay close eight legs, four wings between them wolf, hawk, rainbow-feathered being— protectors by my side they’re not visible parents…
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a reply
a reply declining songbirds clearcut trees sullied seas how to mend our fading world while we’re still here I’ll start small watering peapods marvel how…
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no door
no door There is no door to the open sky —Julia Fehrenbacher when life is tight and heavy wild worry-mind swirling scenarios I walk outside, look…
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rattles and clicks
rattles and clicks on my sill a cowrie shell the next day, two aligned just so curious, I root around, find a little bell—place it in line following…
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22 month wait
A twenty-two month wait, and every riven thing finally arrived!
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attachment
attachment wind carries fern spores some land on moist soil others, barren rock hopefully in a crack if it rains, a rhizoid will grow, anchoring…
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beware
beware the morning gray shows off the greens unusually cool May as if anything can be expected in this unraveling expanding universe only surprises…
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not daunted
do not be daunted savage, this life unruly, feral I try to contain it no luck it punches— death, diagnosis misunderstanding unexpected, sudden what…
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anhedonia
anhedonia joy wandered away annoyed at neglect, left me behind took me months to notice— but I must lay the ground, prepare the soil apologize sing…
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say yes
say yes to my dancing dog who nippy-nibbles hello, to her insistent joy when the day is gray, say yes to thick traffic between there and here yes to…
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