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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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phone call
phone call 1988 we’re holding your son attempted theft of a video game can a heart drop? no breath to speak doesn’t my boy understand? his life is hard…
Aug 3
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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the walk
the walk June, 1976—PIC-U: pediatric intensive care unit he’s still alive, I thought shaking, one foot, then another toward the PICU door that’s all I…
Mar 25
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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supposed friends
supposed friends 1987 middle school they hung him upside down by his ankles over pavement threatened to smash his head shook his pockets free grabbed…
Mar 23
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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brute courage
1984, nine years old
Feb 25
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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