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Tag: Integrity

Poems about integrity.

These are, in a sense, very personal poems. Poems about how to be honest and direct and oneself in the turmoil that is modern life.

How keep integrity when under constant pressure to conform. How insist on one’s own experience and opinions when under constant attack? When one has no friends or family to back one up.

How find your own voice (in this case as a poet) and use it, regardless of the price? And how do you even begin?

Integrity is one of K-M Skalkenæs’ core values, and as such it has sept into her poetry. She didn’t choose the topic, it chose her.

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “being yourself is easy -“

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onDecember 8, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “being yourself is easy -“

being yourself is easy – there’s nobody else you can really be – i could … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “being yourself is easy -“

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “faults reflected -“

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onDecember 6, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “faults reflected -“

nothing hurts more than seeing your own faults filtered through another person – your own … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “faults reflected -“

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “portrait 7”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onNovember 7, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “portrait 7”

toughness in the thick-rimmed titanium glasses – square jaw held high – sure of himself … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “portrait 7”

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “introspection”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onOctober 15, 2018September 12, 2018 Leave a comment on New Poem: “introspection”

chaos in and out of everything – cringe my way out of my skin – … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “introspection”

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Idealism In Hindsight

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onSeptember 12, 2018July 13, 2018 Leave a comment on Idealism In Hindsight

Though said that I have principles, ideals and dreams of better futures worth the building, … Continue ReadingIdealism In Hindsight

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Whatever Comes Of It, At Least I Tried, I Did

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onSeptember 10, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on Whatever Comes Of It, At Least I Tried, I Did

I would write, I would write but I am tired and the words don’t come … Continue ReadingWhatever Comes Of It, At Least I Tried, I Did

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Lightblinded

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 14, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on Lightblinded

Light creeps in everywhere to burn away its detractors – the shade runs for cover … Continue ReadingLightblinded

Categories Light Requires Darkness

You Called Me Forth

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onJuly 24, 2018July 12, 2018 Leave a comment on You Called Me Forth

You called me forth and I stumbled out into this light that blinds me. “Well, … Continue ReadingYou Called Me Forth

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

How About Writing About Something I Know?

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on How About Writing About Something I Know?

How about writing about something I know? Something I care about? How about not caring … Continue ReadingHow About Writing About Something I Know?

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

I Want to Write About Lolland

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on I Want to Write About Lolland

I want to write something beautiful. I want to write something meaningful. And perhaps that’s … Continue ReadingI Want to Write About Lolland

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

I Have a Crippling Fear of Writing

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on I Have a Crippling Fear of Writing

My biggest wish for the future is that everybody would stop pretending that they are … Continue ReadingI Have a Crippling Fear of Writing

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

If I Lack Words, I Must Make Them

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on If I Lack Words, I Must Make Them

There… there… no, I failed to grasp it again but I was close this time… … Continue ReadingIf I Lack Words, I Must Make Them

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

I Have Been Torn

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on I Have Been Torn

I have been torn between the world and writing – writing is demanding, leaving little … Continue ReadingI Have Been Torn

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 Essays

A Note on My “Fiction”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on A Note on My “Fiction”

I am basically not as imaginative as people might think when reading my fiction. I … Continue ReadingA Note on My “Fiction”

Categories De spor man efterlader sig

Selskab

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

Hver lyd der udstødes trækker energi med sig – min mund udtaler min dødsdom. Til … Continue ReadingSelskab

Categories De spor man efterlader sig

Jeg er hende

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on Jeg er hende

Jeg er hende hvis øjne lyser op når de ser ting du ikke kan se … Continue ReadingJeg er hende

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

A Crooked Tree – I

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020 Leave a comment on A Crooked Tree – I

A lonely being, standing at the crossroad, abandoned by your family and friends – the … Continue ReadingA Crooked Tree – I

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

A Crooked Tree – II

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020 Leave a comment on A Crooked Tree – II

I’ve wished that I was beautiful, spent years pining therefore – and wasted years on … Continue ReadingA Crooked Tree – II

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Family

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

Your parents are a fortress that serves a dual purpose: to protect or to incarcerate … Continue ReadingFamily

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