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Tag: Self-reliance

Poems about self-reliance.

There is no strength like knowing that you can take care of yourself. That you are able to make your own decisions, and as a result shape your life.

Knowing that you can choose whether to accept defeat. Or rather challenge the idea of it, and change your focus, or fight on.

Self-reliance is something the poet prides herself in. But is has been a tough journey to get there, and she fully acknowledges that this is the case.

But choosing to decide for oneself is the single best thing you can do for yourself – even if the choice is as small and stumbling a step as: “I will try to express myself today”.

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “i am no people’s poet -“

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onDecember 7, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “i am no people’s poet -“

i am no people’s poet – i am a voice in distress screaming for language, … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “i am no people’s poet -“

Categories Light Requires Darkness

The Cure

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 24, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on The Cure

I am not depressed. I am realistic. Your idea of curing me is to make … Continue ReadingThe Cure

Categories Light Requires Darkness

For All the Flaws of Our Life On Earth

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 18, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on For All the Flaws of Our Life On Earth

Could I earn a place in Heaven – by what means and what might it … Continue ReadingFor All the Flaws of Our Life On Earth

Categories Light Requires Darkness

A Flower Kept Out of the Sun

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 1, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on A Flower Kept Out of the Sun

A flower kept out of the sun – expected withered and gone – but petals … Continue ReadingA Flower Kept Out of the Sun

Categories Light Requires Darkness

The Arrival of Spring

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onJuly 30, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on The Arrival of Spring

Spring arrived or so I decided today. The dark fog hovering in my head I … Continue ReadingThe Arrival of Spring

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

I Trust In the Poet

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on I Trust In the Poet

I trust in the poet to be able to phrase all that I wish to … Continue ReadingI Trust In the Poet

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 Essays

Those Humans

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on Those Humans

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

Categories De spor man efterlader sig

Nej tak

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

Jeg ønsker ingen opmærksomhed – jeg ønsker ingen – hvad er det imod at have … Continue ReadingNej tak

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

My Questions

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

I have so many questions; at least one for every person I have met, both … Continue ReadingMy Questions

Categories Poems to Nykteri

Disenchant Yourself

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 16, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on Disenchant Yourself

Disenchant what I have treasured, treasured in my heart for years – disenchant yourself and … Continue ReadingDisenchant Yourself

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