Monthly Archives: July 2012

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on Reflections:
By Noel Ihebuzor From their anthills and lairs, nests, cages and hovels, out of these inhuman holes, out of the dark damp cramped cages they call home They crawl out with subdued rage and hovering hope…

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why the ocean has an intimacy to it

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we know water and salt breathed weightless within turns & tidal rushes jealous of mermaids we long for what was laid down in blood memory that never knew words dream of flight as a casual push off of feet before we … Continue reading →

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buttercup of death

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

My kids were squabbling in the back of the car.  Normal, right?  Well, normal on the surface until Aryn looks at his sister, and shouts with all of his breath, “You buttercup of death!” Remember, this is the child who … Continue reading →

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complex in simplicity

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

complex in simplicity this flesh knows its workings & I move thankfully unaware of it, unknowing the small daily living and dying off of what makes me those cellular selves echoing the deep fingerprint of the hands that shaped not … Continue reading →

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insomnia

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

my eyes are open windows uncurtained painting naked beams across the ceiling shot from unshaded bulbs impossible to dream inside that brilliance & if I close my lids the heat thrown off by this spontaneous internal combustion will fuse them closed … Continue reading →

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Shinwari

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

She squats, entombed already inside that burka, gray linen worn as the stones and soil beneath her flat sandals stares into the treeline, past it her end playing out away from that greenness and silent, meeting it but she is not … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 9, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on the poet's billow:
Joy Harjo’s ‘Crazy Brave’ Path To Finding Her Voice In Crazy Brave, Joy Harjo recounts how her early years — an abusive stepfather, the hardships of teen motherhood — suppressed her artistic gifts…

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