Tag: Beauty

Poems about beauty. Now, wait a minute? Aren’t art and beauty supposed to be related? Aren’t poems suppoed to be beautiful by nature?

Old rules. And that’s not at all what is being referred to here.

These are simply poems about beauty – because some things are beautiful? Also, writing about beauty comes so much more natural than writing about ugliness.

So – what kind of beauty are we referring to? It could be people. It could be nature. Maybe music, or the way light filters through branches.

It seems like there’s beauty everywhere, if one cares to look. As a result, beauty is a rather common theme. Because looking for beauty is much more rewarding than deliberately seeking out ugliness.

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “sliced sunbeam”

K-M SkalkenæsNovember 20, 2018September 12, 2018Leave a comment

steam in a sliced sunbeam through a door ajar mixing with the dust grains – … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “sliced sunbeam”

Poems to K

Enmeshed

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018Leave a comment

Enmeshed in thoughts of black and gold of amber and of careful skill, and drawn … Continue ReadingEnmeshed

Poems to K

Ageing

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018Leave a comment

The changing features of your ageing face, a 1000-year old oak could have for bark, … Continue ReadingAgeing

Poems to K

When You Smile

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018Leave a comment

Those wonderful, curious ridges and valleys adorning your face that speak simultaneously to me of … Continue ReadingWhen You Smile

Poems to K

Iconostasis 1.

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Your lips and their redness, their fullness and flavour; their warmth and their sweetness that … Continue ReadingIconostasis 1.

Poems to K

Iconostasis 2.

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

The touch of your hand and the sound of your voice – the smile and … Continue ReadingIconostasis 2.

Poems to K

The Conch

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

I used to hear the sea when holding conch shells to my ear; I never … Continue ReadingThe Conch

Poems to K

Firelight

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

The light of the fire flickers on your skin alighting your cheeks, your forehead and … Continue ReadingFirelight

Poems to K

Personified Sunset

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Personified sunset; you’re a delight. Your golden skin made orange, pink and red. Irradiate your … Continue ReadingPersonified Sunset

Poems to K

On Drawing K In the Shower

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

A monumental quality as such there shouldn’t be in a thing as transient as the … Continue ReadingOn Drawing K In the Shower

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

A Crooked Tree – II

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018Leave a comment

I’ve wished that I was beautiful, spent years pining therefore – I thought myself to … Continue ReadingA Crooked Tree – II

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

Fragile Dawn

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Fragile Dawn – I barely see you as you shimmer through an eyelid halfway gone … Continue ReadingFragile Dawn

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

YOU

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

to the girl YOU are streams of music, tones of rain and moisturizing breaths you … Continue ReadingYOU

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

Gold Stripe

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Gently tuned clangs from the ivory of the piano keys – a breath disturbs the … Continue ReadingGold Stripe

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

Morning Dew – an Ode

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Oh, morning dew, I envy you your beauty so divine I wish that I for … Continue ReadingMorning Dew – an Ode

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

Sunbeam

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

A ray of sunlight escapes the clouds illuminating everything in its path; the red, yellow, … Continue ReadingSunbeam

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

Streams of Water

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Running from your hair, emitting from your eyes; clear streams of water does appear – … Continue ReadingStreams of Water

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

The Drawn-out Note

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

The impulse sparked in me by your pulse – a pianist’s long drawn-out note, a … Continue ReadingThe Drawn-out Note

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

The Sun Is Floating in a Sea of Mist

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

The sun is floating in a sea of mist with two pale cloud-boats in its … Continue ReadingThe Sun Is Floating in a Sea of Mist

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

The Seashore’s Waves Break on the Sky

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

The seashore’s waves break on the sky, the smoking curls of foam I see in … Continue ReadingThe Seashore’s Waves Break on the Sky