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.

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

Visions and the Envisioned

Red Interlude

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018April 30, 2019Leave a comment

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

Visions and the Envisioned

Animals and Homophobia

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018April 30, 2019Leave a comment

I have a story to tell. Well, I actually have many, but this is a … Continue ReadingAnimals and Homophobia

Living Art

The Word “Why”

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

When hearing that I write poetry, most people immediate degrade it to a “hobby”, or … Continue ReadingThe Word “Why”

Living Art

Of My “Fiction”

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

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

Living Art

Why My Sight Is An Advantage

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

Most people who have the benefit of the full use of their senses are using … Continue ReadingWhy My Sight Is An Advantage

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, 2018March 23, 2018Leave 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, 2018March 23, 2018Leave a comment

I’ve wished that I was beautiful, spent years pining therefore – I thought myself to … Continue ReadingA Crooked Tree – II

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Family

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

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