Monthly Archives: September 2012

in case you have forgotten our smallness remember this scale

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

in case you have forgotten our smallness remember this scale if the sun were as big as a football the earth would be a peppercorn mercury the head of a pin & venus just another peppercorn with our turning blue … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

she says she loves him, still with her heart broken because that space in her chest shattered & open has room for so much more than pain

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sonnet #2

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the unfolding sweetness your kisses bring deeply hidden, past where lips together join and learn a language of sighs, feather soft promises of pleasure murmured, rising in heartbeats faster than the frantic wings of a hummingbird rushing to nectar before … Continue reading →

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Laurie’s Fur Elise

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

some music we make our own through hours of learning.  i was there for those first missed notes on the baby grand & then later by 12 years on the recycled upright saved from the curb that needed tuning & … Continue reading →

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September heights: Revelation

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

my revelation shows everything hidden in this tentative heart  

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don’t ask

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

september brings word problems to a boy who counts on fingers & I make up some just to hear him laugh: if we have 12 beans and 3 carrots are they equal to an ear of corn he says carrots … Continue reading →

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magic

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

magic is simply wanting & letting yourself have one small thing the trick of it is learning exactly when to open your hands to catch it before it falls & breaks

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