Identity – Page 2 – Fjordscene Poetry

Poems about identity.

When K-M Skalkenæs writes about identity, it is primarily related to being a poet. It may be secondarily related to gender, but that is a much less important factor.

The poet has struggled with being a poet. It wasn’t a choice – it was rather something forced upon her as a last resort for expression. There was nobody to listen, and speech didn’t cut deep enough. So she invented her own form of speech through rhymes and meter.

And guess what? This is not a success story. It is a story of personal integrity and of gritting one’s teeth and persevering with absolutely no support whatsoever from anybody – not even one’s own family.

But at the end of the day, knowing who you are and standing up for yourself has got to count for something.

Tag: Identity

17 Mar, 201813

New Poem: My Questions

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

I have so many questions; at least one for every person I have met, both the ones alive and the ones who are dead. I have so much to ask everyone because I want to understand my life and its […]

30 after thoughts

17 Mar, 201813

New Poem: I Left My Soul Up On the Beach

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

I left my soul up on the beach as I dove in the sea of poetry and as it lay there – out of reach – it was grabbed by a wave and returned to the sea And now I […]

30 after thoughts

17 Mar, 201813

All I Left Myself

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

I distilled my soul into poetry and the pureness of my heart was re-directed entirely into producing art And now when people see me there’s disappointment and scorn since all I left for the world to see is everything that […]