Monthly Archives: July 2012

Elizabeth (15 minutes)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

held in mother arms too soon rocked by a body she should be joined to still by that rope of blood now cut pushed from weightless swimming into light before eyes are ready for it to air before lungs can … Continue reading →

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raspberries

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we must be careful fruit so easily broken & bruised is guarded jealously circled by live barbwire claws that scratch deep self-protection how we learn from brambles to defend our own sweetness

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squeez bacon

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Wow.  Check out more here How on earth did we get a pig in there?

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this poem has no name

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we do not name ourselves borrowing first our fathers’ and then our husbands’ names adding them behind the first name like a string of  shiny beads telling the world who we belong to because we must belong to someone because … Continue reading →

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white noise

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

jazz beats with razor edge icicle-tooth sound should not be white noise erasing cartoon & movie soundtracks played too loud in the background while I write because that jazz threads its way easy and teasing into my words & I … Continue reading →

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tile flower

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels
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oil pastels and charcoal

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

her doodled marker and crayon people hopscotch on empty notebook pages what will she do with these grownup tools I bring her?

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