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Radioactive Pile
Radioactive Pile I tiptoe inside Clean and dirty clothes mixed with books, school supplies, parts of models, comics old food congealed in the middle of…
Dec 20
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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May 7th, 1989
May 7th, 1989 In a wooden yurt, open to Sonoma spring thirty-three people hold hands and sing, a blessing to honor our union A strangled sound…
Dec 12
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Shoulder-Length Curls
Shoulder-Length Curls 1989 His head of dark, dense ringlets a metal glint here and there Paperclips. His body, tense coiled rattlesnake waiting Wrong…
Dec 10
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Blue Honda CRX
Blue Honda CRX 1988 His snappy little car turns into our drive Bird’s 14-year-old eyes so big boredom forgotten Our lives collided three weeks ago This…
Dec 8
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Mainstreamed
Mainstreamed 1981 First grade white boards, no chalk back-to-school night no walkers or wheel chairs Thirty students, not ten My first time meeting…
Dec 7
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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The Back Room of Memory
The Back Room of Memory with a nod to George Bilgere for the title You pushed your way out five weeks early, fast labor I wasn’t ready Hadn’t met your…
Dec 6
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Lengthening Achilles
Lengthening Achilles 1980 The last hope nick the tendon It unwinds, allowing his heel to touch ground The condescending surgeon, He may have some…
Dec 4
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Should Have
In the coming month, I'll be sharing some new poems about raising my son.
Nov 25
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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it saved his life
it saved his life five weeks old common foxglove Digitalis purpurea this regal plant towering spire of bell-shaped florets purple, pink, or white with…
Oct 27
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Diana at my side
Diana at my side fifty-one years ago Standing, arms crossed in front of the steel hospital crib the doctor walking toward me I breathe in Diana forest…
Oct 19
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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camaraderie
I posted this poem in March 2023, and then Blue Heron Review published it this spring.
Sep 30
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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mighty oak branch
mighty oak branch October 10, 1992 side-by-side we stare up the heft, the weight he flings the string saw third try over, I catch my end pull! he calls…
Aug 29
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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