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Poetry, writing and translations by K-M Skalkenæs

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    • 30 after thoughts (2021)
    • divisive / dismissive / missive (2018)
    • Light Requires Darkness (2018)
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    • Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn (2014)
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    • Poems Inspired by Paintings (2014)
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    • De spor man efterlader sig (2017)
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Poems about thoughts. Not to be confused with “poems about thinking”, which they are not.

These poems are thoughts the poet has had, which she needed to write down. They do not deal with thought processes or thinking in general.

The naming is probably a bit counter-intuitive. However, there was no other obvious name to give it.

So, what holds these poems together? Primarily their conception as a random thought that turned into a poem. It is hard to be a poet without thinking an awful lot since one wouldn’t have much to write about otherwise.

This tag may, in other words, be seen as the “various” category when it comes to K-M Skalkenæs’ poetry.

 

Tag: Thoughts

  • 30 after thoughts
10 Mar, 202113

New Poem: “decision time.”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

i won’t ever know which was the proper way to go –the choices are made here and now. no matter the waysof passing our dayswe all find means to cope – somehow.

  • 30 after thoughts
01 Mar, 202113

New Poem: “my brain’s full of worms -“

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

my brain’s full of worms – thoughts strung together – they eat up anything left of worth and leave a trail of filth for me to delve in – nothing left to discover

  • 30 after thoughts
23 Feb, 202113

New Poem: “lost another night”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

a night sticks to my faceand breathes my eyes shut –ears open, quiet un-calm carefully listening brain –who, where, what, when – why? –eyelid slithers back a bit in question,darkness firmly presses it back down,chides me “sleep” –but how, when, […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
17 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “i still”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

i still live – we lie – we die – it’s “me”, it’s “my” and I still give – what have I, name – no claim, no gain – words – unheard – but I still feel – no, nothing’s […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
05 Dec, 201811

New Poem: “death threat response letter”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

thank you for the death threat proving your desperate need to be feared – why? i don’t know, but you must be despairing knowing that i know that if you had planned to kill me you wouldn’t have warned me […]

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
23 Nov, 201811

New Poem: “thoughts that fester”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

thoughts that fester – feelings linger – human weakness, human pain – thinky-feely patterns pending sense revision – host insane –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
25 Oct, 201811

New Poem: “mind acceleration. exhilaration.”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

mind acceleration. exhilaration. exhaust fumes furrow brows and thoughts – no fear fades in the face of exhaustion – no insights gained during exertion – mind now numbs down words.

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
18 Oct, 201811

New Poem: “it’s all in my head”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

it’s all in my head where a sign says “sorry, there’s nothing to regret” – but includes “sorry” – reporting on the futility of being

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
17 Oct, 201811

New Poem: “idea-burst”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

journal, mind bursting with ideas – ripe grapes of thoughts not sweet but potent – words fill the pages as wont – juices flowing from their burst encasement any way they want – thoughts still growing –

  • divisive / dismissive / missive
29 Sep, 201803

New Poem: “brain gurgles”

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

think in circles – brain gurgles in protest – murmurs, pleads for rest – night – no sleep – no time – there’s all the rest to do – to think – that day won’t let me keep… – no […]

  • Light Requires Darkness
27 Aug, 201817

The Words Don’t Wait

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

The words don’t come when I want them to – they drift through my mind there, then gone. I can’t remember them as soon as they’ve moved on – a spark of inspiration there, then gone. Then one drifts slowly […]

  • Light Requires Darkness
10 Aug, 201817

Does Chaos Count as an Emotion?

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

Does chaos count as an emotion? Or is it just another lie we tell ourselves to hide the fact of holes in our understanding of the workings of the mind? I look at you and all I feel is chaos […]

  • Light Requires Darkness
07 Aug, 201817

A Day Thrown Into Disarray

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

Once I err, a day thrown into disarray A solitary thread has caused a world’s unspooling Once I err, that fragment of day becomes the day A solitary moment that absorbs all else there was A chasm wherein I only […]

  • Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes
17 Mar, 201820

These Are Just My Thoughts

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

I don’t claim to have all the answers these are just my thoughts; disorganized and fragmented as they come. A relentless stream that varies from gibberish to genius. But however smart they sound at least at times I do not […]

  • Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes
17 Mar, 201820

Overstepping

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

I think perhaps I have overstepped the bounds drawn around me by the world to which I’m bound. There is a time when my imagination cannot reach any further – a horizon that it cannot breach. There are questions that […]

  • De spor man efterlader sig
17 Mar, 201821

Min hjerne

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

Min hjerne styrter af sted – den er langt foran nu, resten af mig kæmper for at følge med – fejler. Det er svært at navigere når ens syn befinder sig så langt foran ens krop. Jeg snubler, jeg falder […]

  • Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn
17 Mar, 201822

Delta

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

If I were a river flowing through the land my thoughts would be the delta for they get out of hand in their pursuit of oneness with oceans of wisdom which isn’t mine but others’ – most of whom long […]

  • Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn
17 Mar, 201822

Seams of Reality

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

You are a being more of my imagination than of reality a superb and infallible creation contradictory perhaps to the true version I’ve met you once and never will I forget the dream surrounding the place and time we met […]

  • Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn
17 Mar, 201822

Monochromatic

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

The world seen through your eyes a unity some swarm of flies humanity no boundaries exist in your mentality Monochrome it seems to me – your colours I cannot perceive – this entity you claim to see as ubiquity My […]

  • Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn
17 Mar, 201830

Black Hole

Posted By K-M Skalkenæs

Your inner horizon I glimpsed, a flash of light ensnared my senses – but now your gravitational field grabs hold of me – and all pretense of freedom lost as I am caught in the web of your outstanding thought

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