Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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!
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why is it?
why is it? many parents want their children to be carbon copies of them?
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little one
little one new papa, broad grin, tiny infant in a front pack I admire his child carrot hair and dimple— dad says, twelve weeks leave, then adds I need…
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brute courage
1984, nine years old
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the test
the test
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