Daily Archives: March 23, 2013

four words to break winter

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

These trees greet Spring skeletal and  plural, branches barred in a twill weave, just green at the budding tips as the roots release sap that coalesces to sugar feeding the season or boiled down in kitchens to its dark promise, staining … Continue reading →

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Ashes and the Lie Box

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

If I ask about childhood which story will you pull from that enormous purse? Will you tell it in English, en espanol, or en francais? I’ll understand, the way I know  it is easier to invent and reinvent self, a … Continue reading →

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Haiku Heights: Fortitude

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

holding together stone keeps itself stone through our long winter

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ichor

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

untethered, cells run renegade, pathologic lines laying down armor en cuirasse;  which is what kills in the end, the immortal simply something that refuses to die when prompted and waits, bloodless like the old gods, hungry for ichor unsustainable, we forget how to … Continue reading →

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