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obsession with horses
photo from the Barnstorming blog: https://barnstorming.blog/ with permission of my friend Emily Gibson.obsession with horses whacked kicked thrown…
Aug 24
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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that moment
that moment spring vacation home from college drove to my local park filled with leafing trees looking for hope pulled over, stunned— my father’s…
Aug 12
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Liederkranz cheese
Liederkranz cheese ten years old I can smell it across the room— my dad spreads the goop on a cracker, says try it his impish smile he’s playful but…
Jul 26
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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window screen
window screen nine years old nose pressed metal mesh bouquet as moisture mixes watching the storm roll up the valley counting klicks between claps…
Jul 17
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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gathering storm
gathering storm 1954 how clouds thicken and pile wind rises, swirls the ions, a certain warning scent distant rumbling closer first crack overhead…
Jun 11
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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what I missed
what I missed 1962 the kind one a small-town boy, gazing with care and desire who honored my edges oh, those soft lips Mom, not supportive his dad’s…
Jun 6
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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murder in a tree
murder in a tree thirty, forty, more in a nearby tree snaps, clicks, rapid caws pecking, dive bombs, these crows are mad what threatens— hawk menacing…
Jun 5
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Anna
Anna I recall her big, soft body fleshy arms always ready to hug she smelled of ironing hot cotton from the mangle and All detergent carried a huge…
May 26
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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nightfrights
nightfrights bad men chasing cannot move icy terror courses shaky legs throat won’t open lungs can’t grab air no shriek for help awaken with shame…
May 4
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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door
door I left doors closed some best not open— hat-and white-glove grew me up mother beckoned I swerved away she never forgave oh, we talked pleasant…
Apr 21
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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galloping in place
galloping in place 1953 I lined them up in tiny groups delicate, ceramic three wild manes one tail streaming a mended leg three galloping one rearing…
Apr 8
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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crushed
crushed 1954 maybe nine admiring my drawing— carefully sharpened pencil, side-view head of a horse wild mane, bold eye best one ever yes!
Mar 28
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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