Daily Archives: August 3, 2012

Haiku Heights Prompt: Stars

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

sky mirrors water tonight, I will shatter stars with just one small stone

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pharisees (hands)

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

what do your hands do besides point? yes they pray but do they sow seed? do they sew bandages? do they break bread for mouths not your own? do your hands teach do your hands heal? keep your fingers busy … Continue reading →

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testimony

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

  she spins and balances on something so slim as if it is air and not substance lifting her up under the weight of all those eyes those eyes not seeing practiced strength powering her rehearsed flights over and on that … Continue reading →

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for beauty’s sake–original and pantoum

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

So–this is a poem I wrote back in 1985 originally: A flowershop rosebud opened too soon your petals crumble to ash in my palm traces of gray I carelessly brush from my fingertips ***and here it is reworked into pantoum … Continue reading →

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