Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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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…
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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…
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puzzled
painting by Rebecca Smith
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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…
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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…
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Baron
Baron 1958 my own my very first pup not the horse or wolfhound I wanted a negotiation no—more bargaining actually, begging for years didn’t want a…
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Seer
Seer grave reserve and refinement, elderly gent an elegant fellow tall, slender, all nose forever four legs first time meeting him, my friend asked but…
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on it
on it butt solidly on long tail hanging off white tip a flag front legs on the floor back two in the air every day our large dog sits on the footstool…
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ring toss
ring toss 1957 I’m eleven years old crossing from Le Havre to New York on the Ile de France elegant steamship a delicious seven days of rock and pitch…
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crazy
crazy wild eyes scary chompers mad-dog face yet she’s upside-down on the couch, sleeping or not not quite sure important fact— up-to-date rabies vac
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scaredy dog
scaredy-dog two-and-a half almost an adult (we hope) first time at the beach— with previous dogs’ delight, we imagined what a treat one look at the…
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gossip
gossip her nose flares wide sucking in what clings lily-clump news— Shadow was here, Fluff and Ricky, too when I nudge her along snout buried deep she…
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