Daily Archives: May 23, 2012

I am not having fun today!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Just for kicks, and because I need to start a new folder of rejection letters, as the old file is dusty and over 17 years old, I decided to put a manuscript together and send it here. Why not start … Continue reading →

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Borders (Walking with Jon)

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Not lovers yet, we passed long nights walking together, our summer sandals marking minutes on cracked sidewalks as we continued a conversation we swore we would never tire of or finish. Once, we walked into another country starting from my front … Continue reading →

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No borrowing jackets, please

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

At the end of a workday where I have squeezed plump, juicy, unruly words into shoes two sizes too small, and made those shoes so shiny, combed out tangled subject-verb agreements and trimmed those dangling participles, I want my poetry … Continue reading →

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cycles

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

All animal life moves from hatch or birth to breed; then on to its own hatch or birth, then dying to repeat again, infinitely and intimately chained in love or indifference to the earth whose body feeds us, and who will … Continue reading →

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the most basic math

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I only enjoy math gnawed down to its bones when it moves into sets of apple, apple, apple tossed upside down & bruised by paradox where, suddenly mathematics becomes poetry, throws logic in the air & concludes: this formula is … Continue reading →

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appeal

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

there are times I want to flaunt femaleness, slide sex over my head like a red dress & wear it all day smiling, that strut in high heels tapping codes to ears biologically tuned to their meaning it’s not exactly … Continue reading →

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