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Tag: Growing Up

Poems about growing up.

Growing up can be a painful process, but it is one we all go through. One we all have to make our peace with.

Writing about it comes natural since it shapes everything that comes after in someone’s life.

As such, it isn’t one of K-M’s chosen topics, but rather one that presents itself at regular intervals.

She reflects on how painful a process it was to go through. How it shaped her – and how she was able to make it out on the other side.

It’s easy to look back afterwards and feel relief, but standing in the midst of the turmoil is hideous. Writing it down helps one to remember and understand what actually happened.

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “tiny green eyes”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onDecember 18, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “tiny green eyes”

tiny green eyes see the sun for the first time – a cruel sun wanting … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “tiny green eyes”

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “word associations”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onDecember 16, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “word associations”

sofa: a place for a mother to lie and read, dead to the world and … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “word associations”

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “where is my father?”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onNovember 26, 2018July 3, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “where is my father?”

where is my father? hiding behind mother – never seen – never heard – what … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “where is my father?”

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “trinity: a family”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onNovember 25, 2018July 3, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “trinity: a family”

one: light spilling through the golden curtains into prison living room – of choice – … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “trinity: a family”

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “portrait 2”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onNovember 2, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “portrait 2”

designed specifically to look special – because what else could bring sense to her life? … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “portrait 2”

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “portrait 1”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onNovember 1, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “portrait 1”

finely knitted toughness – expensive taste – she regards the rest of us from the … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “portrait 1”

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “expectations”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onOctober 11, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “expectations”

molded into shape – a shapeless mold – of raw emotions hot, then cold crystallized … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “expectations”

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Teacher Totally Disenchanted

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onSeptember 5, 2018July 18, 2018 Leave a comment on Teacher Totally Disenchanted

The more I know, the less you seem to know. I used to think you … Continue ReadingTeacher Totally Disenchanted

Categories Essays

Red Interlude

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on Red Interlude

I wanted equality for all. Or did I simply want to feel better about myself? … Continue ReadingRed Interlude

Categories De spor man efterlader sig

Fremtiden skrumper

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on Fremtiden skrumper

Engang var fremtiden stor. Engang var fremtiden. Nu varer den højst en time og så … Continue ReadingFremtiden skrumper

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Childhood Dreams

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018 Leave a comment on Childhood Dreams

I used to dream of wisdom, I used to dream of strength. I used to … Continue ReadingChildhood Dreams

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

The Dried-Up Ocean

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018 Leave a comment on The Dried-Up Ocean

Childhood vs. Adult Imagination I remember, once upon a time, an ocean stretching far and … Continue ReadingThe Dried-Up Ocean

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Ode to My Elementary School

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020 Leave a comment on Ode to My Elementary School

A pile of rubble, bricks and timber scattered on a plain. Some cluttered lines of … Continue ReadingOde to My Elementary School

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Spindrift

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018 Leave a comment on Spindrift

It’s spinning – the child, the world spins along, around and around to the sound … Continue ReadingSpindrift

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Child of the Unraveling

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on Child of the Unraveling

To a long lost friend My personal anachronism you – I’ll never understand. Your jumping, … Continue ReadingChild of the Unraveling

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

The Presence

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on The Presence

You’re present here beside me you speak within my dream, you stir around me in … Continue ReadingThe Presence

Categories Writing is the End of All Things

The Draft

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on The Draft

The youth is a draft for a poem; needing editing – but once the editing … Continue ReadingThe Draft

Categories Poems to Nykteri

Flashback to Elementary School

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 16, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on Flashback to Elementary School

In rainy weather I remember how she pulled over her head the wide hood of … Continue ReadingFlashback to Elementary School

Categories Poems to Nykteri

Bring Me Back

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 16, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on Bring Me Back

Bring me back the days where I didn’t see defilement everywhere. Bring me back the … Continue ReadingBring Me Back

Categories Uncategorized Poems

New Poem: “Glazed”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onOctober 17, 2011July 10, 2018 Leave a comment on New Poem: “Glazed”

glacial spread-out ideas and thoughts novelty throughout about a world, non-existing, an unreal world of … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “Glazed”

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