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”.

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “i am no people’s poet -“

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

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

Light Requires Darkness

The Cure

K-M SkalkenæsAugust 24, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

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

Light Requires Darkness

For All the Flaws of Our Life On Earth

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

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

Light Requires Darkness

A Flower Kept Out of the Sun

K-M SkalkenæsAugust 1, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

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

Light Requires Darkness

The Arrival of Spring

K-M SkalkenæsJuly 30, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

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

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

I Trust In the Poet

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

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

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

Essays

Those Humans

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

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

De spor man efterlader sig

Nej tak

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

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

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

My Questions

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

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

Poems to Nykteri

Disenchant Yourself

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 16, 2018March 23, 2018Leave a comment

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