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Absolute stillness
Absolute stillness Absolute calmness That´s the way I like it Noise stops brain from thinking And God is my witness, majority seeks noise...

David Skala
Aug 26, 20251 min read


Advice given to aspirating artists
You ask for advice How should you start How should you create How should you adapt the environment for creating But you should have...

David Skala
Aug 26, 20251 min read


The skinny man, the fat woman, and the old bent woman
They walk together The skinny man and the fat woman in front The bent old woman behind them The skinny man is very slim Has jeans and a...

David Skala
Aug 26, 20251 min read


Microthoughts
These microthoughts They come when they please Two neurons have been reaching for each other Like two blind beggars They´ve made it ...

David Skala
Aug 26, 20251 min read


Privilege
I move towards future Falcon flying over my head Little mouse scurrying across the road Early morning runner running by the road, a shawl...

David Skala
Aug 26, 20251 min read


You´ve had time enough
You´ve had time enough But you´ve wasted it Now you grumble and mumble Basically, you´ve been throwing guilt at whoever occurred to be...

David Skala
Aug 26, 20251 min read


Yoo finkin too mach
Yoo finkin too mach Yoo neely got lost in daj fóts Yoo got intengld mezmrajzd Don traj t deecajfr O change Wots been hija f tauzndz of...

David Skala
Aug 4, 20251 min read


Making progress
Coming across the poems I wrote last year I can´t help but subtract I´m erasing a word here I´m erasing a line there I´m erasing the...

David Skala
Jul 6, 20251 min read


Time for a poem
Thousand tiny tasks bombarding the brain Each shouting like a stockbroker But me? I´ll sit by the table Sweep all the papers away It´s...

David Skala
Jun 30, 20251 min read


These words
These words These lines They don´t matter, really Nobody cares It´s the law of nature Nobody´s truly interested in anybody else But maybe...

David Skala
Jun 23, 20251 min read


A conversation
´My friend would like to buy some of your pictures. ´ ´What would she like? ´ ´She doesn’t know. ´ ´Look here. ´ ´But you haven´t any...

David Skala
Jun 17, 20251 min read


The luckiest man in the world
His mom died when he was born He was brought up in a monastery in Greece Where he´d been living until his death He was 82 He´d never seen...

David Skala
Jun 11, 20251 min read


Decades can do more than the artist
The creator is dead now He tried hard But in vain Now it´s the time´s due Decades can do more with a work than the creator could when alive

David Skala
May 28, 20251 min read


Waiting for a miracle
This morning I saw a middle-aged woman going to work Haggard already Hoping for a miracle No prince has saved her from the cruel reality...

David Skala
May 21, 20251 min read


Philosophical moment
I´m sitting here In my office Writing poems Behind the door I can hear clacking of high heels Someone´s very active Going there and back...

David Skala
May 12, 20251 min read


Who will cry for the one who cried for you?
Who will cry for the one who cried for you? The third generation won´t even know you existed You´ve been meant to live here and now...

David Skala
Apr 28, 20251 min read


Life
It´s there It grows It evolves Then it goes away Like some movie It finishes with crescendo Or it slowly fades away Or it ends suddenly

David Skala
Apr 22, 20251 min read


Across the borderline
You must do it for some time You must do it longer You must do it longer to cross that borderline Far, far from the obvious Far, far from...

David Skala
Apr 14, 20251 min read


Good morning, Sun
Good morning, Sun I love you You are beautiful Good morning, Sun we rise we set together Good morning, Sun You burning, bursting,...

David Skala
Mar 31, 20251 min read


The fact that you can write
The fact that you can write Think Create Putting a line on paper A word in your comp The fact that you are not too young Nor too old...

David Skala
Mar 24, 20251 min read
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