Monthly Archives: September 2012

To Have Without Holding

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

by Marge Piercy Learning to love differently is hard, love with the hands wide open, love with the doors banging on their hinges, the cupboard unlocked, the wind roaring and whimpering in the rooms rustling the sheets and snapping the … Continue reading →

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haiku heights: waltz

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

this dance of planets is more reel than waltz, tumbling orbits spun dizzy

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Posted on September 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

…and the duets have spread to another continent…Yay Bruce & Sue!

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the veil is thinner in october

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the veil is thinner she said. with dia de los muertos & samhain, our ancestors felt that thinning too, & drove shadows deeper with bonfires to celebrate the dead that love us, they say, but more to chase the dead that don’t deeper … Continue reading →

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borrowing from Arthur and Rainer

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Drinking would be too powerful, too clear; I shall let the wind bathe my bare head And being swept along is not enough. The vast heaven is open! the mysteries lie dead Let loose the wind in the fields And … Continue reading →

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i do this

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i don’t listen to mangione much any more just in early fall or sometimes spring since the night i met him & forgot your name for a second time, difficult to hear over all that brass just in early fall or sometimes spring … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Wow, this is strong.

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