Tag: People

Poems about people. No, not about individuals. Poems about people as in; humans. What does it mean to be human, and also; how can it be described?

People have a tendency to not see themselves and their circumstances clearly – which is understandable. However, when we do examine our existence, it is an irrefutable fact that we are dependent on one another. None of us exist in a vacuum cut off from the rest of humanity. Our actions influence others, and reflect back onto ourselves.

K-M Skalkenæs tries to understand how people fit together. How we all co-exist, and also how we influence each other.

Light Requires Darkness

I Can Resist This! –

K-M SkalkenæsSeptember 14, 2018July 13, 2018Leave a comment

Tenuous grip on sanity – that scent of man – tendons on a turned neck … Continue ReadingI Can Resist This! –

Light Requires Darkness

What I Am

K-M SkalkenæsSeptember 9, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

I am a stray cat nobody wants to feed – I am an echo in … Continue ReadingWhat I Am

Light Requires Darkness

Teacher Totally Disenchanted

K-M SkalkenæsSeptember 5, 2018July 18, 2018Leave a comment

The more I know, the less you seem to know. I used to think you … Continue ReadingTeacher Totally Disenchanted

Light Requires Darkness

Reality Check

K-M SkalkenæsAugust 13, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

Liberated consciousness, self-realization – not really. Somehow realizing the “self” always has consequences for others … Continue ReadingReality Check

Light Requires Darkness

In the MAKING –

K-M SkalkenæsAugust 4, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

The desire to MAKE – that is the human curse I carry – the MAKING … Continue ReadingIn the MAKING –

Light Requires Darkness

I Have Not the Arrogance of Humans

K-M SkalkenæsJuly 27, 2018July 12, 2018Leave a comment

I have not the arrogance of humans – mine is not the voice of presumption … Continue ReadingI Have Not the Arrogance of Humans

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

Standing There Alone

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018Leave a comment

Standing there alone wondering who those people are and what they think. Milling around me, … Continue ReadingStanding There Alone

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

It’s Not That I Don’t Care

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018Leave a comment

It’s not that I don’t care it’s that I do not have the energy to … Continue ReadingIt’s Not That I Don’t Care

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018Leave a comment

Seen from a distance people lose their eyes – be that distance in time, place … Continue ReadingSeen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

Uncategorized Poems Visions and the Envisioned

SPREAD

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

1. Does the cell think of the purpose of its existence as it wriggles its … Continue ReadingSPREAD

Visions and the Envisioned

Those Humans

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

You know them, those pesky two-legged creatures who constantly bother you when you try to … Continue ReadingThose Humans

Living Art

Artistic Identification

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

A debate has been raging lately about identity in art. Can an artist portray someone … Continue ReadingArtistic Identification

De spor man efterlader sig

Glimt

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Du kender mig ikke og jeg kender ikke verden men vi foregiver begge kendskab – … Continue ReadingGlimt

De spor man efterlader sig

Snespor

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Hvidt støv suser over grå asfalt snart dækket – hvide fnug fyger, skjuler horisonten – … Continue ReadingSnespor

De spor man efterlader sig

Portalen

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Dørens magi skræller smilet af mit ansigt og kaster det op i vinden – det … Continue ReadingPortalen

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Old, Torn Lace

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

Old, torn lace hanging draped over a sunkissed face. We’re old as a species though … Continue ReadingOld, Torn Lace

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Some Thoughts on Solitude

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

I live alone among a lot of unknown people. I live a recluse here where … Continue ReadingSome Thoughts on Solitude

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

A Rock for a Diamond

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

When settled down you had enough and thought you couldn’t bear the thought of staying … Continue ReadingA Rock for a Diamond

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Black Hole

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

Your inner horizon I glimpsed, a flash of light ensnared my senses – but now … Continue ReadingBlack Hole

Writing is the End of All Things

World-smitten

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

I exist within a hollow in this world, whereto nobody else would follow even if … Continue ReadingWorld-smitten