Monthly Archives: July 2012

rain sambas

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Rain sambas drip cloud rhythms I dance in brass drops

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drought breaking

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

thunder is the sound of sky tearing to let down water dust tamed to mud the earth drinks

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If you laugh from deep

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

If your laughter rises from a belly overflowing with sweetness, all your mouth covered in teeth, do you sigh with a heart covered in love, or laugh that smile in your chest or does that joy embody a scale we … Continue reading →

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issues (for Ann)

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the polite word some friends say someone has, almost like fleas instead of he’s nuts or they make medication for that whatever the reason for that particular that I prefer to balance on this spiderwebbed filament of creativity teetering the … Continue reading →

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drought

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

this creek cannot flow heat and sun drink it to a series of shallow ponds dammed by rocks & today this body is like that chain of dying & drying water ovaries frantically blooming eggs their children before they die … Continue reading →

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the shoelace game

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

first, my small fingers untie his laces–he smiles ties them up again this was our first game he made tight bows to stop me and I freed them all each new knot a complex duel of digits ***thought I would … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on Boomie Bol:
Strum me like a guitar Play me softly up and down Like a Spanish melody Soothing to the soul Pleasing to the ears Only your ears Play me like a guitar Hard and raw Like…

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