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.

the 30th

New Poem: “i know that i know nothing -“

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 13, 2021January 9, 2021Leave a comment

i know that i know nothing – that is the curse of intelligence – i … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “i know that i know nothing -“

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “being yourself is easy -“

K-M SkalkenæsDecember 8, 2018July 11, 2020Leave a comment

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

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “faults reflected -“

K-M SkalkenæsDecember 6, 2018July 11, 2020Leave a comment

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

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “portrait 7”

K-M SkalkenæsNovember 7, 2018July 11, 2020Leave a comment

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

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “introspection”

K-M SkalkenæsOctober 15, 2018September 12, 2018Leave a comment

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

Light Requires Darkness

Idealism In Hindsight

K-M SkalkenæsSeptember 12, 2018July 13, 2018Leave a comment

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

Light Requires Darkness

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

K-M SkalkenæsSeptember 10, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

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

Light Requires Darkness

Lightblinded

K-M SkalkenæsAugust 14, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

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

Light Requires Darkness

You Called Me Forth

K-M SkalkenæsJuly 24, 2018July 12, 2018Leave a comment

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

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

How About Writing About Something I Know?

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

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

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

I Want to Write About Lolland

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

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

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

I Have a Crippling Fear of Writing

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

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

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

If I Lack Words, I Must Make Them

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

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

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

I Have Been Torn

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

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

Essays

Red Interlude

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021Leave a comment

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

Essays

A Note on My “Fiction”

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021Leave a comment

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

De spor man efterlader sig

Selskab

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

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

De spor man efterlader sig

Jeg er hende

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

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

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

A Crooked Tree – I

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020Leave a comment

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

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

A Crooked Tree – II

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020Leave a comment

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

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Tag: Integrity

New Poem: “i know that i know nothing -“

New Poem: “being yourself is easy -“

New Poem: “faults reflected -“

New Poem: “portrait 7”

New Poem: “introspection”

Idealism In Hindsight

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

Lightblinded

You Called Me Forth

How About Writing About Something I Know?

I Want to Write About Lolland

I Have a Crippling Fear of Writing

If I Lack Words, I Must Make Them

I Have Been Torn

Red Interlude

A Note on My “Fiction”

Selskab

Jeg er hende

A Crooked Tree – I

A Crooked Tree – II