Categories Essays the 30th New Essay: “City Thoughts, Early Morning, Insomnia” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 8, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Essay: “City Thoughts, Early Morning, Insomnia” Morning breathes down my neck again. Unbidden as always. Closed blinds shut out the sight … Continue ReadingNew Essay: “City Thoughts, Early Morning, Insomnia”
Categories Essays the 30th New Fragment: “Cynical Thoughts” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 4, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Fragment: “Cynical Thoughts” In order to believe in a future that is better than the present, you must … Continue ReadingNew Fragment: “Cynical Thoughts”
Categories Essays the 30th New Essay: “Inconsequential Log” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 3, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Essay: “Inconsequential Log” Autumn. Alternating drizzle and biting cold sun. Empty page waiting to be filled. Loose words … Continue ReadingNew Essay: “Inconsequential Log”
Categories Essays the 30th New Essay: “In Praise of Grime” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 28, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Essay: “In Praise of Grime” Carefully drawn lines delineating the exact form I envisioned. It looks exactly like I wanted … Continue ReadingNew Essay: “In Praise of Grime”
Categories Essays the 30th New Fragment: “Writing About Writing” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 25, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Fragment: “Writing About Writing” All those smart sentences that pop into one’s head every now and then. The ones … Continue ReadingNew Fragment: “Writing About Writing”
Categories Essays the 30th New Essay: “Drowned Art” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 22, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Essay: “Drowned Art” I go through phases where I, incensed with a new idea I want to put … Continue ReadingNew Essay: “Drowned Art”
Categories Essays the 30th New Essay: “Woman in Partial Light, Approaching 30” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Essay: “Woman in Partial Light, Approaching 30” Latency This winter tried its hardest to kill me. One more such winter, and I … Continue ReadingNew Essay: “Woman in Partial Light, Approaching 30”
Categories Essays the 30th New Fragment: “Pieces of Thought” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 9, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Fragment: “Pieces of Thought” I found myself in a splendid moment and thought that I should stay in it, … Continue ReadingNew Fragment: “Pieces of Thought”
Categories Essays the 30th New Essay: “Make Up” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 7, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Essay: “Make Up” Brow gel? Eyelash extensions? Eyelash tinting? CC cream? What in the world? Last I wore … Continue ReadingNew Essay: “Make Up”
Categories Essays the 30th New Essay: “A Poet’s Progress” K-M SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 9, 2021February 7, 2021 Leave a comment on New Essay: “A Poet’s Progress” This fragment was intended for inclusion in my upcoming poetry collection, but since I ran … Continue ReadingNew Essay: “A Poet’s Progress”
Categories Essays The World May Have Changed (Then Again, So Have I) K-M SkalkenæsPosted onDecember 3, 2018January 3, 2021 Leave a comment on The World May Have Changed (Then Again, So Have I) This is a retrospective piece I wrote in 2018. I found it again in late … Continue ReadingThe World May Have Changed (Then Again, So Have I)
Categories Essays The Global Organism K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on The Global Organism A worldwide network – a pulsing nerve-cell transmitting its message to anybody, anywhere, anytime. A … Continue ReadingThe Global Organism
Categories Essays The Possible Connection K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on The Possible Connection I am rumored to be a rather cynical person. In some ways it’s true. But … Continue ReadingThe Possible Connection
Categories Essays Uncategorized Poems SPREAD K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on SPREAD 1. Does the cell think of the purpose of its existence as it wriggles its … Continue ReadingSPREAD
Categories Essays Red Interlude K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on Red Interlude I wanted equality for all. Or did I simply want to feel better about myself? … Continue ReadingRed Interlude
Categories Essays Melancholy Is Secondhand Happiness K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on Melancholy Is Secondhand Happiness I was standing in a rubble pile. Bricks lying about. Turned up earth. The machinery … Continue ReadingMelancholy Is Secondhand Happiness
Categories Essays Herald of Destruction K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on Herald of Destruction I carry bricks and tile with me in my pockets whenever I go to the … Continue ReadingHerald of Destruction
Categories Essays Those Humans K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on Those Humans You know them, those pesky two-legged creatures who constantly bother you when you try to … Continue ReadingThose Humans
Categories Essays Introduction K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on Introduction That the following pieces of writing are named “essays” should be understood in the broadest … Continue ReadingIntroduction
Categories Essays The Identity Quest(ion) K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on The Identity Quest(ion) A debate has been raging lately about identity in art. Can an artist portray someone … Continue ReadingThe Identity Quest(ion)