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divisive / dismissive / missive

sent to no receiver –

written yet –
written –

not to divide or dismiss –

though that be the consequence in certain quarters
if it ever were to be read there –

a missive of peace of mind for me –
first and foremost then –

Category: divisive / dismissive / missive

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
20 Dec, 201803

New Poem: “THE END”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

The sum of life: we lie, we die

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
19 Dec, 201819

New Poem: “city dweller overwhelmed by nature”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

hear, see, feel, give up, give in again – too much world to take in – stop – step back, refrain –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
18 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “tiny green eyes”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

tiny green eyes see the sun for the first time – a cruel sun wanting to burn them back into the ground – wrestling with wispy clouds to get through and do its intended harm – while the tiny green […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
17 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “i still”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

i still live – we lie – we die – it’s “me”, it’s “my” and I still give – what have I, name – no claim, no gain – words – unheard – but I still feel – no, nothing’s […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
16 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “word associations”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

sofa: a place for a mother to lie and read, dead to the world and me – a place that speaks “pain” and “tired” in words and in shifty eyes you cannot catch – tested, tried – kitchen: a place […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
15 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “echo talk”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

“you only hear your echo when I speak with you!” – well, so do you – and you don’t speak “with” me, no you speak to –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
14 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “your doings in my pocket -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

fickle faint buzz of your doings in my pocket – if you cared for my thoughts you’d be here though, wouldn’t you? distant humming life of which I am no part demands my attention – not my heart –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
13 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “you want more?”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

drill skull in a flurry of activity – skull is mine – drill is yours – combustion close, compulsion closer – you want more?

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
12 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “dealt blow”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

dealt blow in a way somehow each day – each new stick, stay bleed through in a way some time all the time – right now every other day –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
11 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “acerbic”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

bitterness – every thought of you acerbic on my tongue – memories of all you’ve done sting like poison – smarting every thought of betterment –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
10 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “feelings defy description”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

feelings defy description yet must be put in words in order to be heard – family defy words, their actions wound, their words hurt – thinking makes everything worse but the mind wanders all the same – that’s the game […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
09 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “two-factor communication -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

are we to communicate in a forum fit for you it is only fair if it happens in a style fit for me – fancy writing poetry? * to someone who suggested we should start communicating on Facebook Messenger instead of […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
08 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “being yourself is easy -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

being yourself is easy – there’s nobody else you can really be – i could imitate you but that wouldn’t make me stop being me –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
07 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “i am no people’s poet -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

i am no people’s poet – i am a voice in distress screaming for language, definition – reason – and i digress – i speak for nobody besides myself, since nobody else will –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
06 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “faults reflected -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

nothing hurts more than seeing your own faults filtered through another person – your own wants projected on another – your own thoughts completely skewed when uttered by another – where find mooring? there’s one place only for that – […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
05 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “death threat response letter”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

thank you for the death threat proving your desperate need to be feared – why? i don’t know, but you must be despairing knowing that i know that if you had planned to kill me you wouldn’t have warned me […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
04 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “unheard un-word for things indescribable”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

unheard un-word for things indescribable yet undeniable – dripping down on you through holes in your understanding, demanding attention – attention granted, understanding wanted still – words want creation to describe that which we cannot understand which is at hand […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
03 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “word feud”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

word feud online with strangers – not a game, life gamified –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
02 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “expected unexpected poetry -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

third of august shit hit a fan in my head, in my heart and poetry started to spout out of every thought i had and every word i heard – my anger no longer dormant demanded it be given word […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
01 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “writing madly, desperately”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

writing madly, desperately, cloaked in invisibility – i wanted you to listen, but you barely hear – goodbye for now, you’ve sucked all strength out through my skin, i’m barely here – i wish i could just disappear – it […]

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