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She's Home
She’s Home Our young sick four-legged companion, home at last after seven endless days, not eating or drinking on her own now claiming her couch once…
Oct 31
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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preferences
preferences two bits I learned tonight—new word ichthys, Greek for fish capitalized, a Christian symbol and my dog has preferences one favorite dog bed…
Oct 25
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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where will we go when I die?
Sep 26
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Sunday slow
Sunday slow sleepy locale low-lying fog just we three husband, dog, me simple footfall cordial quiet slow inhale Jazz’s nose finds fragrant rumors long…
Sep 14
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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mudpuddling
mudpuddling paws flying she digs, digs deeper flinging sand, sloppy mud I long for her abandon delighting in dirt and disorder dear dog who just doesn’t…
Aug 14
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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sick dog, again
sick dog, again worried her face so sad nose pressed to her paws won’t drink or eat we think another rock down the gullet—sweet dog, not food!
Aug 8
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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it's all too much
it’s all too much cascading bad news harsh weight pressing down fires, floods, democracy destruction signs of the end times what’s a kind heart to do…
Aug 7
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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our pact
our pact 2009 the insistent housefly buzzzzzzz and our deerhound slings me a look slinks down the hall to the walk-in closet eighty-five pounds of…
Jul 25
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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vanished
vanished 1977 lithe black body playful flicking tail four busy paws and soft meow gone. my guess hot summer day windows open took a hike slid into a…
Jul 24
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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puzzled
painting by Rebecca Smith
Jun 28
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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ten weeks old
ten weeks old a smooth collie baby Emma arrived in a crate carsick, ears down tail tucked, whimpering for her mom our wolfhound twelve times her size…
Jun 22
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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first hot day
first hot day May 31, 2025 she lies neatly on the outdoor rug this first blistering day Jazz stretches her slender body flat on the stone patio falls…
Jun 20
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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