Daily Archives: July 3, 2012

in our place

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I guess we feminist woman-loving/man-hating child devouring witches of women (which I have been told I am, just for having a voice and a mind, and not hiding either) no longer know our place and we need to be schooled on who … Continue reading →

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Tom Waits

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

The Piano Has Been Drinking

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so you like jazz

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

not really much of an opening in a club where that’s all they play so what on the piano backed by bass is how I feel tonight and the answer is no I live it sometimes and sometimes its just … Continue reading →

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the brass

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

no aloneness today but for this interposed brass in these ears my wailing wall of jazz anesthesia I pilgrim to praying a be bop blown before I was born but still with that vinyl turned digital bounce and if my life had … Continue reading →

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Knocking Heads With the Mennonites

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

My “plain people” poem brought back a favorite family story I have not heard since I was 10 years old. My grandparents were out driving one Sunday morning somewhere in Canada, near Owen Sound, Ontario.  It was early enough for … Continue reading →

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faith, embodied

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I should breathe worship like old-order Amish every conscious second every action a prayer of movement and letting be

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Wild Leaves

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

One of my favorite Patti Smith tunes.

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