Daily Archives: June 20, 2012

silencing

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

when I think of silencing I think of guns, a shot muffled, muted disguised into something else murder execution-style but with cowardice but this too is cowardice 2 women gaveled silent elected women stopped from speaking because 1 word echoed … Continue reading →

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Dreamcatcher

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Can I write my love, formed in a sonnet force my mouth to shape tone sweeter than this magic I weave, a silver free verse net I throw soft across air to catch a kiss is this the path my … Continue reading →

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ecosystem than talks

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

today I learn there are more microbes inside this body than my cells stamped with personal DNA that I am more biome than body, that together we are a fused, walking ecosystem each one unique to each body a fingerprint … Continue reading →

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solstice

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

for us the sun will stay longer today, stand still for a moment, and linger like a lover unwilling to leave, but with a schedule to keep he stays long past children’s bedtimes where we will send them, protesting the … Continue reading →

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