Monthly Archives: September 2012

(im)permanence: what i learned in elementary school

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

there was always sun & the rhythm of seasons in shortening & lengthening light falling & rising temperature patterns set as days, the stubborn optimism of each sunrise; the slow showy fade into twilight at its setting.  the insistence of spring … Continue reading →

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haiku heights: birth

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

equinox, mabon the wheel balances & turns from birth to fading there is evenness between light and dark today, the birth of autumn

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Urban Jungle Blues

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

By Noel A. Ihebuzor and Susan L. Daniels Another wandering day finds worn out minds worrying on a wavering road wound tightly around anxious feet lost and soles tired, tiring, endless stomping, souls emptying, core eroding trapped penniless in hard … Continue reading →

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for the Iranian woman who kicked the cleric who told her to cover up

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

  in a place where it is easier to force women to hide their bodies than it is to expect men to avert their eyes, what did she show on the street to make him ask her to cover herself? … Continue reading →

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haiku heights: glory

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

fall starts in glory– summer dies & burns quiet in layers i rake

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a series of moments

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

mint should never be driven to grow taller than corn stalks.  still, here it is, flowering higher than my forehead and wide-leaved, still tasting of mint though my neighbors call it yerba buena & tell me to make tea, or … Continue reading →

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she says she thinks too loudly

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

she says she thinks too loudly & I know what she means.  my blood shouts until the words come formed deep & rising in wheals through skin not all words are mine. not all love poems have our names written in … Continue reading →

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