Tag: Loss

Poems about loss.

Loss as a feeling is an inescapable part of being human. Rather than maintain the same people around us through a lifetime, we have to see them come and go. Some die, and some just disappear from our lives for other reasons. Due to these constant changes, loss is somethin we all have some amount of experience with.

K-M Skalkenæs has written about many aspects of loss, and of several different ways loss manifests itself. Death has been mentioned, and so has being abandoned by friends or family members.

What matters isn’t the loss in itself – what matters is how one deals with it.

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “make or break – “

K-M SkalkenæsOctober 22, 2018September 12, 2018Leave a comment

digging through the dirt of time – what was yours? what was mine? messed up, … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “make or break – “

Light Requires Darkness

Where Are My Sunsets?

K-M SkalkenæsSeptember 18, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

Where are my sunrises? Where are my sunsets? Where are my days? An endless night … Continue ReadingWhere Are My Sunsets?

Light Requires Darkness

As the World Forgets My Existence

K-M SkalkenæsSeptember 3, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

A scorching summer’s sun sinking making way for pale pink ribbons flailing disappearing into inky … Continue ReadingAs the World Forgets My Existence

Light Requires Darkness

The Known vs. The Felt

K-M SkalkenæsAugust 29, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

I know you’re gone and I am left alone to carry on. But how can … Continue ReadingThe Known vs. The Felt

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

I Had a Dream or a Vision

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

I had a dream or a vision that faded in time. And since I was … Continue ReadingI Had a Dream or a Vision

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

And So He Died

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

And so he died who, having lived so long, had buried so many others and … Continue ReadingAnd So He Died

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

The Wreaths Laid Out

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

The wreaths laid out, the coffin so white it blinds on sight. Or perhaps it … Continue ReadingThe Wreaths Laid Out

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

A Knot Was Loosened

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

A knot was loosened, the threads all hang and dangled in the air – How … Continue ReadingA Knot Was Loosened

Poems to K

The Broken Bond

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

They flicker in the moonlight, two flames that steady burn – the tides shifting and … Continue ReadingThe Broken Bond

Poems to K

Warmth

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

I miss it – gentle warmth – caress of souls, of sun and Earth – … Continue ReadingWarmth

Visions and the Envisioned

Herald of Destruction

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

I carry bricks and tile with me in my pockets whenever I go to the … Continue ReadingHerald of Destruction

De spor man efterlader sig

En dråbe sandhed

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

Det var ikke regn der ramte – det var en dråbe sandhed. Skynd dig at … Continue ReadingEn dråbe sandhed

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

All There Is Left Now

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

An open, empty field covered only by the grass where something used to be – … Continue ReadingAll There Is Left Now

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Gone

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018Leave a comment

The softness of the quiet nights is gone. The roar of emptiness now shears its … Continue ReadingGone

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Despair

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

Where I am heading there’s no light – you brought that with you too; it … Continue ReadingDespair

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

I Remember

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018Leave a comment

Yes, I remember but if nothing had hurt there would’ve been nothing to remember – … Continue ReadingI Remember

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

Spring Coronet II

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

The light has faded over our days of victory and in my hands I hold … Continue ReadingSpring Coronet II

Insel des Einzelgänger

Insel des Einzelgänger 1.

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

Monologue: Where I Stand Now. “I walk alone, remember not a time when this was … Continue ReadingInsel des Einzelgänger 1.

Insel des Einzelgänger

Insel des Einzelgänger 2.

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

Inner Monologue: What I’d Have Liked to Say if I Could I. Times Pass … Continue ReadingInsel des Einzelgänger 2.

Writing is the End of All Things

I Left My Soul Up On the Beach

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

I left my soul up on the beach as I dove in the sea of … Continue ReadingI Left My Soul Up On the Beach