Daily Archives: January 10, 2013

Kintsugi

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

The bowl we wheeled, fired, and glazed when broken, became the metaphor for us; a shining heaviness on my lap, unfit for water or fruit fusing again, what rejoins is no longer flawed, but deeper; our story, refired to epic … Continue reading →

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Before

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

Thanks KB Did she dance or fall, steps choreographed By gods or devils, before the moon’s birth; Her hands stained by fruit already bitten? I cannot know, because I am no Eve. I do not remember innocence. I was never … Continue reading →

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small stone 1/10/2013

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

Once sun strikes that ice, it will slick to a tractionless slide tires try to grab and instead spin.  The speedometer goes to 60 in that burn to go (any)where, but you are fixed and spun; not up or down, forward or … Continue reading →

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too tired to name it

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

Defeated, broken sagged set to the shoulders I can list 100 modifiers for and never really catch what it means to walk into a lit kitchen, hours late and past the point of any be(lie)vable excuse, though you spun lots of … Continue reading →

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