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The Sum
The Sum In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
Feb 14
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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good friends
a Shadorma: 3/5/3/3/7/5 good friends Not seen in ten years their visit the blessing Sweet weaving, knitting back together what was let go, still missed
Feb 12
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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The Lie
The Lie Brisk day dog scenting the air Winter, not too cold damp leaves grounded on the sidewalk make no sound the random house finch calls, then…
Feb 8
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Holy
(Possible trigger if you lost someone in the Twin Towers)
Feb 7
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Dolphin Ride
Dolphin Ride Smooth muscled power marble-glossy skin her seeming smile I grab the warm dorsal fin, whooshed through the water at athletic speed Is this…
Feb 6
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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When silence won't be quiet
When silence won’t be quiet it’s time to lean against a tree Choose carefully Old is best for leaning Stay with me here— today, sequoia two thousand…
Feb 5
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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the music of what happens
the music of what happens, is now and then too loud, like boots stomping on glass shards, or maybe too quiet, the gulf before grief takes root.
Feb 1
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Daily gifts
Daily Gifts Believe in the smaller generosities —James Crews While I’m gazing out the window a dark-eyed Junco flies to the ledge, cocks her head at me…
Jan 30
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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sitting in the way of
sitting in the way of So much can grow in the gaps of things —James Crews That leap the no-mind gazelle carries me new Seeded in that gap a spore More…
Jan 28
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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my pocket of tiny tools
my pocket of tiny tools always available gathered from life’s thrust fertile grains of life's riddle I carry them everywhere— pause, take note breathe…
Jan 22
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Lilt
Lilt 2003 A week at the Abbey among Buddhist monks attuning to their rhythm: Before dawn wake-up seated meditation chanting and ceremony periods of work…
Jan 21
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Close Calls
Close Calls Rafts in rough surging, thrashing The surest, trust that water Surrender, find the way to floating best we can This is the work Let’s see…
Jan 19
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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