Daily Archives: May 9, 2013

Spinning

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

slap-happy I own no mysticism even though so often I turn that other cheek set in permanent spin– darvesh one hand directed to heaven but this is no ecstasy the center dictating my direction skewed (pa)inward.

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bereavement (2 short poems)

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

1. We have a word for loss: a formal time to reel inside grief: bereavement. More civilized than burlap and ashes in the hair it never gets old though we grow used to it, spooning skeletons in the closet: feeding peanuts … Continue reading →

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Birthday Poem

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

I never sent you print birthday wishes, Preferred telephone calls or jotted notes, But today marks eighteen years, my sister; Eighteen unsent happys, full of frilled quotes And cured cursive, unabashedly winked Across a rainbowed river of milled hope Meant … Continue reading →

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