“You were my favorite stanza of a strange poem
birthed over bed sheets and smiling moons.”
#poetry #poem #poet #KatrinaKaye
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birthed over bed sheets and smiling moons.”
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Fleeting
“We were starving then, misfit and broken, so desperate on these feet which knew only how to sink in sand.”
poetkatrinakaye.com
July 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
“You were my favorite stanza of a strange poem
birthed over bed sheets and smiling moons.”
#poetry #poem #poet #KatrinaKaye
poetkatrinakaye.com/2022/02/09/f...
birthed over bed sheets and smiling moons.”
#poetry #poem #poet #KatrinaKaye
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“the sun burns the
length of the table
casting a thin line
between us”
#poetry #KatrinaKaye #ChasingRabbits #Albuquerque #poet
poetkatrinakaye.com/2022/01/26/t...
length of the table
casting a thin line
between us”
#poetry #KatrinaKaye #ChasingRabbits #Albuquerque #poet
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Too Late
Katrina Kaye my pale legs do not mix with his strong tea the sun burns the length of the table casting a thin line between us as an afterthought he proposed marriage I refused it has been too late …
poetkatrinakaye.com
July 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
“the sun burns the
length of the table
casting a thin line
between us”
#poetry #KatrinaKaye #ChasingRabbits #Albuquerque #poet
poetkatrinakaye.com/2022/01/26/t...
length of the table
casting a thin line
between us”
#poetry #KatrinaKaye #ChasingRabbits #Albuquerque #poet
poetkatrinakaye.com/2022/01/26/t...
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I dismantled my dreams,
boxed them, stacked
my closet shelves.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/15/d...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“I dismantled my dreams,
boxed them, stacked
my closet shelves.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/15/d...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
Dreams
Katrina Kaye I dismantled my dreams, boxed them, stacked my closet shelves. They grow dusty beside shoes and short skirts I don’t wear as often as I thought I would. For years these dreams waited, …
poetkatrinakaye.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I dismantled my dreams,
boxed them, stacked
my closet shelves.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/15/d...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“I dismantled my dreams,
boxed them, stacked
my closet shelves.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/15/d...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“I am broken strings,
misread maps,
the insecure song of wind chimes;
I told you before we began.”
#poetry #KatrinaKaye #ChasingRabbits #Albuquerque #poet
poetkatrinakaye.com/2022/01/12/a...
misread maps,
the insecure song of wind chimes;
I told you before we began.”
#poetry #KatrinaKaye #ChasingRabbits #Albuquerque #poet
poetkatrinakaye.com/2022/01/12/a...
Apology
“Never doubt I didn’t burn for 72 days at your steps before slicing myself like a cyst from your skin.”
poetkatrinakaye.com
July 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
“I am broken strings,
misread maps,
the insecure song of wind chimes;
I told you before we began.”
#poetry #KatrinaKaye #ChasingRabbits #Albuquerque #poet
poetkatrinakaye.com/2022/01/12/a...
misread maps,
the insecure song of wind chimes;
I told you before we began.”
#poetry #KatrinaKaye #ChasingRabbits #Albuquerque #poet
poetkatrinakaye.com/2022/01/12/a...
Today's poem was previously published in 2021.
"the final
flakes of body
that remembered
are rubbed clean
i am reborn"
Read the full poem:
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#poetry
#writing
#poem
#KatrinaKaye
"the final
flakes of body
that remembered
are rubbed clean
i am reborn"
Read the full poem:
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#poetry
#writing
#poem
#KatrinaKaye
7
“the final flakes of body that remembered are rubbed clean”
poetkatrinakaye.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Today's poem was previously published in 2021.
"the final
flakes of body
that remembered
are rubbed clean
i am reborn"
Read the full poem:
poetkatrinakaye.com/2025/05/28/7/
#poetry
#writing
#poem
#KatrinaKaye
"the final
flakes of body
that remembered
are rubbed clean
i am reborn"
Read the full poem:
poetkatrinakaye.com/2025/05/28/7/
#poetry
#writing
#poem
#KatrinaKaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“Solemnity settles in the back of throat.
She spreads her pavement over feet,
solidifying stump to floorboards.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/27/h...
#poetry
#poem
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#katrinakaye
“Solemnity settles in the back of throat.
She spreads her pavement over feet,
solidifying stump to floorboards.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/27/h...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
Hestia
“He has taken all of summer with him and despite suggestions she trims her hair instead of allowing him to weave inside and drag her off.”
poetkatrinakaye.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“Solemnity settles in the back of throat.
She spreads her pavement over feet,
solidifying stump to floorboards.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/27/h...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“Solemnity settles in the back of throat.
She spreads her pavement over feet,
solidifying stump to floorboards.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/27/h...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I apologize
for letting you gut
me in the fashion
of an animal.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/03/17/b...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
“I apologize
for letting you gut
me in the fashion
of an animal.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/03/17/b...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
Badge
“I waited for bullet to light up sky, patient for barrage to shatter my faith in you.”
poetkatrinakaye.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I apologize
for letting you gut
me in the fashion
of an animal.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/03/17/b...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
“I apologize
for letting you gut
me in the fashion
of an animal.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/03/17/b...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“sometimes it’s easier
to stand still
and let the water
rise.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/17/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“sometimes it’s easier
to stand still
and let the water
rise.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/17/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
water rises
Katrina Kaye Sometimes water rises levees break floods erupt sometimes it’s slow invisible to the eye yet apparent sloshing up your legs sagging a run into a slow motion walk waist deep shoulder ne…
poetkatrinakaye.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“sometimes it’s easier
to stand still
and let the water
rise.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/17/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“sometimes it’s easier
to stand still
and let the water
rise.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/17/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“Tiny shards of his existence
scattered into cracks and carpet,
lost until light returns
to reflect brightness into them.”
#poem #poetry #poet #katrinakaye
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scattered into cracks and carpet,
lost until light returns
to reflect brightness into them.”
#poem #poetry #poet #katrinakaye
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Shard
Katrina Kaye Like glass, he shattered. A thousand ragged pieces slipped away from me in the darkness. Tiny shards of his existence scattered into cracks and carpet, lost until light returns to refl…
poetkatrinakaye.com
June 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
“Tiny shards of his existence
scattered into cracks and carpet,
lost until light returns
to reflect brightness into them.”
#poem #poetry #poet #katrinakaye
poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/29/s...
scattered into cracks and carpet,
lost until light returns
to reflect brightness into them.”
#poem #poetry #poet #katrinakaye
poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/29/s...
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“…I leave food out
in the September night;
it doesn’t matter if
it remains untouched;
it doesn’t matter if
it is devoured.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/13/c...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“…I leave food out
in the September night;
it doesn’t matter if
it remains untouched;
it doesn’t matter if
it is devoured.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/13/c...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
Cage
Katrina Kaye I will not cage the bluebird you think you are. I will not follow feathers to find the path of your flight. I do not seek ownership. I leave food out in the September night; it doesn’t…
poetkatrinakaye.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“…I leave food out
in the September night;
it doesn’t matter if
it remains untouched;
it doesn’t matter if
it is devoured.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/13/c...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“…I leave food out
in the September night;
it doesn’t matter if
it remains untouched;
it doesn’t matter if
it is devoured.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/13/c...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“Open windows,
leave doors ajar,
allow the cat to slip in
and out around unkempt stoop.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/06/09/r...
#poetry
#poem
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#katrinakaye
“Open windows,
leave doors ajar,
allow the cat to slip in
and out around unkempt stoop.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/06/09/r...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
Release
It is time to practice release: Open windows, leave doors ajar, allow the cat to slip in and out around unkempt stoop. Burn poems, pictures, throw away artwork piled behind dressers. Dismiss the bu…
poetkatrinakaye.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“Open windows,
leave doors ajar,
allow the cat to slip in
and out around unkempt stoop.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/06/09/r...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“Open windows,
leave doors ajar,
allow the cat to slip in
and out around unkempt stoop.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/06/09/r...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I will rot under the leaves
weathered flesh
and weakened bones,.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/02/03/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
“I will rot under the leaves
weathered flesh
and weakened bones,.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/02/03/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
When the Time Comes
Katrina Kaye the moons I manipulated will cease to swing and shatter to earth I will settle softly upon the bottom layer of soil, a place where weeds and mildew proliferate I will rot under the lea…
poetkatrinakaye.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I will rot under the leaves
weathered flesh
and weakened bones,.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/02/03/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
“I will rot under the leaves
weathered flesh
and weakened bones,.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/02/03/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I am not the stone set to sculpt;
the moment you hoped to freeze.
I soured, mildewed, rotted in the rain
and warped in the afternoon heat.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/11/25/untethered/
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
#poet
“I am not the stone set to sculpt;
the moment you hoped to freeze.
I soured, mildewed, rotted in the rain
and warped in the afternoon heat.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/11/25/untethered/
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
#poet
Untethered
“Despite the nails I pierced through my feet, I only want to soar, untethered.”
poetkatrinakaye.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I am not the stone set to sculpt;
the moment you hoped to freeze.
I soured, mildewed, rotted in the rain
and warped in the afternoon heat.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/11/25/untethered/
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
#poet
“I am not the stone set to sculpt;
the moment you hoped to freeze.
I soured, mildewed, rotted in the rain
and warped in the afternoon heat.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/11/25/untethered/
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
#poet
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“This shield can’t be dropped
for fear of an exposed vein.
My bow ever present
for fear of an empty hand.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/05/05/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“This shield can’t be dropped
for fear of an exposed vein.
My bow ever present
for fear of an empty hand.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/05/05/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
Warrior
“It has been years since the perfection of childhood, yet I still curl like innocence into the corners of my bed, lying still so as not to be found.”
poetkatrinakaye.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“This shield can’t be dropped
for fear of an exposed vein.
My bow ever present
for fear of an empty hand.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/05/05/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“This shield can’t be dropped
for fear of an exposed vein.
My bow ever present
for fear of an empty hand.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/05/05/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
Happy Poetry Month!
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I remember how we hurried.
Skirted over rocks and rivers,
caught butterflies in our teeth
and squeezed grasshoppers in our toes.”
Read the full poem: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/23/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I remember how we hurried.
Skirted over rocks and rivers,
caught butterflies in our teeth
and squeezed grasshoppers in our toes.”
Read the full poem: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/23/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
what we brought
Katrina Kaye The moon’s calm broke, spilling elusive shades over the sky’s backdrop. I remember how we hurried. Skirted over rocks and rivers, caught butterflies in our teeth and squeezed grasshopp…
poetkatrinakaye.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy Poetry Month!
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I remember how we hurried.
Skirted over rocks and rivers,
caught butterflies in our teeth
and squeezed grasshoppers in our toes.”
Read the full poem: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/23/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I remember how we hurried.
Skirted over rocks and rivers,
caught butterflies in our teeth
and squeezed grasshoppers in our toes.”
Read the full poem: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/23/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I’m thinking of how it might feel
to have you next to me in this downpour.
Your hands on my body
displayed in the night’s electricity.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/16/r...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
“I’m thinking of how it might feel
to have you next to me in this downpour.
Your hands on my body
displayed in the night’s electricity.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/16/r...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
Rain
Katrina Kaye I wake at 2:37am Tuesday morning, all knees and elbows reveling in the sound of your late summer storm. I feel that clap of thunder in my hipbones, inhale the flash of light in the cag…
poetkatrinakaye.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I’m thinking of how it might feel
to have you next to me in this downpour.
Your hands on my body
displayed in the night’s electricity.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/16/r...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
“I’m thinking of how it might feel
to have you next to me in this downpour.
Your hands on my body
displayed in the night’s electricity.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/16/r...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I hold
air in lungs
and try to
stop this
involuntary reflex.
A compulsion
to fight or flight.
An urge to
lose myself
in stale memories..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/09/08/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“I hold
air in lungs
and try to
stop this
involuntary reflex.
A compulsion
to fight or flight.
An urge to
lose myself
in stale memories..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/09/08/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
When I See You
Katrina Kaye I count backwards from sixty; I hold air in lungs and try to stop this involuntary reflex. A compulsion to fight or flight. An urge to lose myself in stale memories. I take turns breat…
poetkatrinakaye.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I hold
air in lungs
and try to
stop this
involuntary reflex.
A compulsion
to fight or flight.
An urge to
lose myself
in stale memories..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/09/08/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“I hold
air in lungs
and try to
stop this
involuntary reflex.
A compulsion
to fight or flight.
An urge to
lose myself
in stale memories..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/09/08/w...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
This poem is from my mythological ode collection.
“There is still a pulse fluttering in neck
that wishes his return.
A chip of bone in inner ear
listening for his knock on the door.”
Read the full poem here:
poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/27/h...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“There is still a pulse fluttering in neck
that wishes his return.
A chip of bone in inner ear
listening for his knock on the door.”
Read the full poem here:
poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/27/h...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
Hestia
“He has taken all of summer with him and despite suggestions she trims her hair instead of allowing him to weave inside and drag her off.”
poetkatrinakaye.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This poem is from my mythological ode collection.
“There is still a pulse fluttering in neck
that wishes his return.
A chip of bone in inner ear
listening for his knock on the door.”
Read the full poem here:
poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/27/h...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“There is still a pulse fluttering in neck
that wishes his return.
A chip of bone in inner ear
listening for his knock on the door.”
Read the full poem here:
poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/27/h...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I pray for enough
waning light to once again
stretch to tree branch,
gather strength in formative muscles
and pull skyward.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/09/c...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
“I pray for enough
waning light to once again
stretch to tree branch,
gather strength in formative muscles
and pull skyward.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/09/c...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
Childhood
“I pray for enough waning light to once again stretch to tree branch, gather strength in formative muscles and pull skyward.”
poetkatrinakaye.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“I pray for enough
waning light to once again
stretch to tree branch,
gather strength in formative muscles
and pull skyward.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/09/c...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
“I pray for enough
waning light to once again
stretch to tree branch,
gather strength in formative muscles
and pull skyward.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2020/12/09/c...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#dailypoem
#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“Do we dare fight nature
in order to create our own identity?
Do we become what is expected
instead of spreading wings and creating
a current all out own?”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/08/i...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“Do we dare fight nature
in order to create our own identity?
Do we become what is expected
instead of spreading wings and creating
a current all out own?”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/08/i...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
Identity
Katrina Kaye Wings can fold around a broken body like a mother’s hold, offering calm and comfort, yet, with white feather and brittle bone, it is possible to create shadows with jagged edges agains…
poetkatrinakaye.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“Do we dare fight nature
in order to create our own identity?
Do we become what is expected
instead of spreading wings and creating
a current all out own?”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/08/i...
#poetry
#poem
#poetrycommunity
#katrinakaye
“Do we dare fight nature
in order to create our own identity?
Do we become what is expected
instead of spreading wings and creating
a current all out own?”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/08/i...
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#poem
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An excerpt from today’s poem:
“Make time for me.
Weave it thread by thread,
quilt it into blue blanket
larger than just
the cover of my body,
so there is room
for you beside me..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/03/t...
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“Make time for me.
Weave it thread by thread,
quilt it into blue blanket
larger than just
the cover of my body,
so there is room
for you beside me..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/03/t...
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Time
Katrina Kaye He says he will make time for me, as if time is a tangible thing that can be woven among baby’s breath, wrapped in shiny paper and ribbon, and gifted at front door. As if time is a sil…
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June 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“Make time for me.
Weave it thread by thread,
quilt it into blue blanket
larger than just
the cover of my body,
so there is room
for you beside me..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/03/t...
#poetry
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#katrinakaye
“Make time for me.
Weave it thread by thread,
quilt it into blue blanket
larger than just
the cover of my body,
so there is room
for you beside me..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/03/t...
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#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“We have become only each other,
like children before the war,
offering momentary reprieve,
then release..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/06/e...
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“We have become only each other,
like children before the war,
offering momentary reprieve,
then release..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/06/e...
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Ever After
Katrina Kaye A lighthouse does not shine every day, only when the fog is thick and the storm is rough; once the waves subside, it returns dormant and dark. I regret not having this knowledge the ni…
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June 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“We have become only each other,
like children before the war,
offering momentary reprieve,
then release..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/06/e...
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#katrinakaye
“We have become only each other,
like children before the war,
offering momentary reprieve,
then release..”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/10/06/e...
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#katrinakaye
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“…for the last cigarette in your pack
and the honest conversation
long after the hour of reason
when our lips say things
our minds have long hidden.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/07/07/t...
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“…for the last cigarette in your pack
and the honest conversation
long after the hour of reason
when our lips say things
our minds have long hidden.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/07/07/t...
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Thank You
Katrina Kaye Thank you for the dance in the lightning storm; the blowing wind that chilled summer skin and placed my hair in your eyes. Thank you for meeting my gaze with kindness, laughing at my r…
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June 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“…for the last cigarette in your pack
and the honest conversation
long after the hour of reason
when our lips say things
our minds have long hidden.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/07/07/t...
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#katrinakaye
“…for the last cigarette in your pack
and the honest conversation
long after the hour of reason
when our lips say things
our minds have long hidden.”
Read the full poem here: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/07/07/t...
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An excerpt from today’s poem:
“On this road two miles out of town,
a longing is conceived,
attached to every rib in cage,
to travel farther, to blister bare feet
with the miles trampled upon.”
Read the full poem: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/24/h...
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“On this road two miles out of town,
a longing is conceived,
attached to every rib in cage,
to travel farther, to blister bare feet
with the miles trampled upon.”
Read the full poem: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/24/h...
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Highway
Katrina Kaye Off the highway, two miles outside of town, the wind beckons using a name murmured by strangers. It writes letters onto the skin of left hand using an ex lover’s script and gently pre…
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June 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
An excerpt from today’s poem:
“On this road two miles out of town,
a longing is conceived,
attached to every rib in cage,
to travel farther, to blister bare feet
with the miles trampled upon.”
Read the full poem: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/24/h...
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“On this road two miles out of town,
a longing is conceived,
attached to every rib in cage,
to travel farther, to blister bare feet
with the miles trampled upon.”
Read the full poem: poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/11/24/h...
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#katrinakaye
“For years these dreams waited,
only to be unwrapped upon occasion
tried on, just to see if they still fit.
But they are not for the keeping.”
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only to be unwrapped upon occasion
tried on, just to see if they still fit.
But they are not for the keeping.”
#poem #poetry #poet #katrinakaye
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Dreams
Katrina Kaye I dismantled my dreams, boxed them, stacked my closet shelves. They grow dusty beside shoes and short skirts I don’t wear as often as I thought I would. For years these dreams waited, …
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June 25, 2026 at 12:20 PM
“For years these dreams waited,
only to be unwrapped upon occasion
tried on, just to see if they still fit.
But they are not for the keeping.”
#poem #poetry #poet #katrinakaye
poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/15/d...
only to be unwrapped upon occasion
tried on, just to see if they still fit.
But they are not for the keeping.”
#poem #poetry #poet #katrinakaye
poetkatrinakaye.com/2021/12/15/d...