Daily Archives: December 11, 2012

the false face

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

because of wholeness I will rattle the corners of your house chasing tears with tobacco paint this wood face red & smiling big, feed its pain ashes & corn like everything else this loses power in translation the face I … Continue reading →

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If words are the enemy of poetry

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

for Noel & Obinna my media betrays me & how will I translate that twist under the solar plexus that says speak this? Shall I fill this page with fingerprints of answers trapped in these hands you can’t see– evidence … Continue reading →

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sparrow composition

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

three sparrows arrange themselves like thirded half notes– feathered tones resting stacatto on a clefless staff of taut power lines music for a snowy morning  

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apocalypse poem #11–signs of the times

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

there are hints– things to watch for listed in scripture war & whispers of it, temples to build you can read them in old & new testaments but I say decipher the earth & cast sticks like runes listen to … Continue reading →

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