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surely I was blessed to be there
surely I was blessed to be there 2006—Buckhorn Springs I found my genie there hiding out as I can’t not good enough and unworthy in this company like…
Oct 21
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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for Fran on her 96th birthday
Fran Claggett-Holland sitting in her poetry roomfor Fran on her 96th birthday 2025 she never pushed— a casual come visit my dogs, bring along poems her…
Oct 5
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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letterpress - snapshots
letterpress - snapshots a table of quiet conversation interspersed laughter passing through splashes of joy ideas leaping between minds one day…
Sep 29
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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blank page
blank page every day, a white screen fingers feel their keyboard place the dot on F and J a quiet moment noting breath’s rhythm then—rereading…
Sep 23
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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letterpress - connection
Amrita weaving on the dobby circa 1981letterpress - connection I finger the sorts of Gill Sans the font for this morning’s focus— the heaviness in my…
Sep 21
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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why spare
why spare A certain kind of diction in poems serves to sharpen the blade of silence making us hear it more loudly, more accurately.
Sep 18
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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widdershins
widdershins southpaw, lefty sometimes cack-handed mollydooker, sinistral moon- or shadow-handed I push the pen no calligraphy for me I long for…
Sep 10
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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letterpress - first project
letterpress - first project consider which poem to print first it doesn’t matter but mind likes significance gift for a friend thirteen lines just…
Sep 9
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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early
early one a.m. come wide awake keyboard calls in the deeper quiet no water-heater rumble or muffled steps backdoor neighbor’s dog asleep the spill of…
Sep 7
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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letterpress guide
letterpress guide like willow restrained grace economy, both motion and speech kind in his eighth decade he shepherds creativity and magic the presses…
Sep 5
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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letterpress - the type
a case, showing one full alphabet of a particular font and sizeletterpress - the type lead smells soft, feels dense, yet chalky on the fingertips an…
Aug 31
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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manna
manna before light threads the sky, I wake, not to make— bear witness I slip into the soft seam where words wait— not mine to own, but cradle cupped…
Aug 28
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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