Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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in these times
in these times to be useful, how can I serve and what is sufficient? the need, beyond vast never enough one person can do— is writing of value or need I…
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satyagraha
satyagraha Sanskrit: insistence on truth hold to this, Gandhi’s path demand it— most important, model it yourself believe in moral courage resist…
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stripped
stripped harsh dreams shock me awake bereft of hope, courage eroded where can I rest? in thin winter sunshine admiring daffodils, their faces turned to…
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time for tonglen
time for tonglen when faced with havoc like our country is in, everyone shouting nobody listening—for the sake of wellbeing and a quieter mind I needed…
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erasure
erasure https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html watch out. the NYTimes reported he’s coming for…
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awash
awash I’m awash in headlines, snippets of gossip at the store yet another executive order cutting this, closing that his Sharpie signature a stuttering…
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torn
torn our world torn, broken by us with our hands what will it take we’re not dumb, no selfish, though not me I have an electric car yes you none are…
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imaginal cells
imaginal cells when a caterpillar becomes goo and then larval, imaginal cells come alive— at first, seen as threat, they’re attacked but they persist…
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convergence
convergence heart and activist their convergence is called for not about me—how I can save the world— but learning to serve choosing to quiet, be…
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in thin light
in thin light
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