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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
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      • 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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Poems about contemplation.

These moments when you ask the existential questions. The ones you normally avoid because you know you can’t find the answer. And yet they keep popping up – demanding to be asked.

These are the poems where the poet has taken a deep dive into uncharted waters. Why are we here, and is there even a purpose to it? What paths did our ancestors take to get us here today? Those questions are vital because their answers determine how we act today.

And what about today? How and where can we find peace and solace? And how can we turn development around so as to give future generations a fair chance?

Tag: Contemplation

  • What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured
17 Mar, 201821

Only This Lives Forever

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

a rhythm, no, a beat – unheard but in-between the sounds it rests, a string unstrung makes music without sound – a pulse, again, a beat – an un-tuned, fine-tuned air, a seed of music in its latency, bearing each […]

  • What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured
17 Mar, 201821

Peace of Mind

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

I listen and I read – yes, I gather each drop spilled from the minds of sages past, hoping that my mind shall someday too be filled with the drops of truth collected, that I’ll find myself subjected to my […]

  • Uncategorized Poems
17 Aug, 201210

New Poem: “A Jump”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

A raindrop on a petal made me jump, and then I stumbled over beauty I have not landed yet and perhaps never will – where will I end up? I do not know it still

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