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Tag: Melancholy

Melancholy poems. This is a difficult term to use, and yet K-M Skalkenæs have done just that to classify a selection of her poems.

Why not use ‘Sadness’ instead? Because ‘melancholy’ may refer not just to the content of a poem, but in equal measure to the tone and feeling of it. It is a more versatile description, essentially.

So, some of the poems here may be sad. Some may be contemplative. Some may directly deal with depression, and yet others may simply be pondering the transient nature of life and nature.

Read on to see what the archive contains – it’s too hard to pin down in an explanation.

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “crackled eyes watch crackled earth -“

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onOctober 3, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “crackled eyes watch crackled earth -“

crackled eyes watch crackled earth – faint distortion overheard conversation nothing of any worth – … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “crackled eyes watch crackled earth -“

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Where Are My Sunsets?

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onSeptember 18, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on Where Are My Sunsets?

Where are my sunrises? Where are my sunsets? Where are my days? An endless night … Continue ReadingWhere Are My Sunsets?

Categories Light Requires Darkness

evening, tired

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onSeptember 13, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on evening, tired

Thick drops bright red dissolving in tonic water – evening distant buzz fading – tired … Continue Readingevening, tired

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Those Days

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 31, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on Those Days

Those days – and all that we still thought might be! Those days of awkward … Continue ReadingThose Days

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Just a Drop of Water

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 23, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on Just a Drop of Water

I am nothing unique, really – I am a drop of water in the river … Continue ReadingJust a Drop of Water

Categories Light Requires Darkness

A Solitary Sound

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 22, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on A Solitary Sound

There’s a creaking bed next door – a solitary sound – a person quietly turning … Continue ReadingA Solitary Sound

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Thoughts. Slipping.

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onJuly 26, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on Thoughts. Slipping.

Early. Spring. Fog. Walking. Sad. Tired. Drops. Dripping. Cold. Thinking. ’bout what? No knowing. Tired. … Continue ReadingThoughts. Slipping.

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Early Morning – Fog

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onJuly 25, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on Early Morning – Fog

Heavy dampness in the air, whiteness everywhere – muffled sounds from far away as morning … Continue ReadingEarly Morning – Fog

Categories Poems to K

Evening Dew

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on Evening Dew

A trembling tune of blended birdsong in the wood at nightfall – the setting sun, … Continue ReadingEvening Dew

Categories Poems to K

Now, What Is Left?

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on Now, What Is Left?

You held me in the mist, you looked me in the eyes. My heart was … Continue ReadingNow, What Is Left?

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 Dystopia anno 20**

HER 3: The Art of Knowing

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 29, 2020 Leave a comment on HER 3: The Art of Knowing

That head reminded her of something. Something she knew she’d seen before, but at the … Continue ReadingHER 3: The Art of Knowing

Categories De spor man efterlader sig

Et suk

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on Et suk

Jeg drømte ikke om at blive digter – jeg drømte om at blive menneske. Ja, … Continue ReadingEt suk

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

My Antiquities

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on My Antiquities

The things I valued not so long ago – the things for which I lived … Continue ReadingMy Antiquities

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

All There Is Left Now

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on All There Is Left Now

An open, empty field covered only by the grass where something used to be – … Continue ReadingAll There Is Left Now

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

The Road Into the Wilderness

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020 Leave a comment on The Road Into the Wilderness

What do you know about the road into the wilderness – framed by the pines … Continue ReadingThe Road Into the Wilderness

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

The Wait

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on The Wait

I waited for the snowfall but finally when it came the snowflakes melted in the … Continue ReadingThe Wait

Categories What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

In Moonlight

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on In Moonlight

As night-time falls I watch the moon’s pale reflecting light rise up over the horizon’s … Continue ReadingIn Moonlight

Categories What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

Birdsong

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on Birdsong

Warble birds your sweet, sweet song. Never stop. Go on. Go on. My heart’s heavy, … Continue ReadingBirdsong

Categories Uncategorized Poems

New Poem: “When I’m Gone”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onDecember 17, 2015July 10, 2018 Leave a comment on New Poem: “When I’m Gone”

The sunset seems to burn the sea – It flares up like your smile – … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “When I’m Gone”

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