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Poetry, writing and translations by K-M Skalkenæs

  • English poetry
    • 30 after thoughts (2021)
    • divisive / dismissive / missive (2018)
    • Light Requires Darkness (2018)
    • Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes (2017)
    • Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn (2014)
    • What Bits of Peace My Life’s Ensured (2014)
    • Poems Inspired by Paintings (2014)
  • Danish poetry
    • De spor man efterlader sig (2017)
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    • Edith Södergran
      • Poems
      • The September Lyre
      • The Rose Altar
      • The Shadow of the Future
      • The Land Which Is Not
    • Gustaf Munch-Petersen
      • naked human
      • The Lowest Country
      • Towards Jerusalem
      • Nineteen Poems
    • Edvard Søderberg
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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
30 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “were i alone tonight”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

were i alone tonight i’d drown my sorrows one by one and cry out what was left until there wasn’t any left of me – i’d let myself feel free for a few short hours until the sickness set in […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
29 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “drunk thoughts in the dead of the night -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

sleep eludes me – night’s no pleasantry – night holds dangers to the mind that can be avoided during the day – night brings things to light that are better left in shadow – three o’clock, morning light creeps through […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
28 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “tripping over world”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

tripping over world that drip with words that have no meaning – a creation through a voice – creating more than noise – visions of the world they make, unthinkingly, word-flowers shoot up everywhere they go, unwittingly – and soon […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
27 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “words die -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

under radar words die – words live on paper if thoughts linger long enough – they rarely ever do –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
26 Nov, 201803

New Poem: “where is my father?”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

where is my father? hiding behind mother – never seen – never heard – what is a man? i don’t know if i ever saw one – i see ghosts in armour – an invisible screen separates genders no one […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
25 Nov, 201803

New Poem: “trinity: a family”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

one: light spilling through the golden curtains into prison living room – of choice – the playing cards placed carefully, dirty, torn and used – clock ticking off a time unknown within – a person brooding over memories – not […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
24 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “thank you? -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

world – self-worth stolen – where find? – mind my own business? – thank you? – silence tears apart what would bind – words not heard – dreams stolen – future gone – just carry on? – thank you? –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
23 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “thoughts that fester”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

thoughts that fester – feelings linger – human weakness, human pain – thinky-feely patterns pending sense revision – host insane –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
22 Nov, 201803

New Poem: “the worst thing i ever did to my poetry”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

the worst thing i ever did to my poetry was tagging my own name onto it – it detracts – if a poem cannot stand alone it cannot stand – and i cannot stand it –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
21 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “spontaneous, hidden treasure -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

corrosion, erasure, exposure and now and again apathy and abandonment causes artwork to happen – spontaneous, hidden treasure –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
20 Nov, 201812

New Poem: “sliced sunbeam”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

steam in a sliced sunbeam through a door ajar mixing with the dust grains – an imitated interstellar nebula – swirling in the gloom a false creation of a world hiding in an empty room –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
19 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “sketch thoughts”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

sought out solace found – — sketch thoughts in words then plan their meaning deceiving their seeming ease

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
18 Nov, 201803

New Poem: “40 years – a family – apart”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

we speak about the same thing, and the thing is not the same – we call it the same name, but proportions and perspective lie 40 years apart – in a world apart – she thinks she knows the answers […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
16 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “silence cause”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

silence now will cause silence to reign soon when our course ends with it – ends in it – results in it – end it –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
15 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “selective hearing”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

selective hearing in selective wind that blows your words away from me again – a word – a phrase – I piece together that which I want – whatever else may be, remind me later maybe – the world does […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
14 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “scathing sunlight scorching parched earth -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

scathing sunlight scorching parched earth – scathing humans robbing humans of self-worth – earth spins panting, looking on in its despair – our every action makes it wish we weren’t here –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
13 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “portrait 13”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

sweet, kind girl eminent at blending into the background of every setting where her scenes unfurl – safety in invisibility –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
12 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “portrait 12”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

MARCH: I’m tired of my IT job – I’m going to make it big! – so I’m co-founding this start-up with branded coffee cups and an idea that’ll stick! No boss to push me around – no schedule to follow! […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
11 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “portrait 11 – self-portrait”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

assaulted by noise from all around and within – seeking peace – then assaulted by noisy complaints about me being quiet – are you all right? – what is the matter? – why don’t you speak? – just shut up […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
10 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “portrait 10”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

we could go to this fastfood place if you’re hungry (or anyway)! look – cheap burgers! – oh, I see the sign, walk 1 mile that way to get a tiny piece of unidentifiable meat, paper-like cheese and soggy bread […]

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