Monthly Archives: November 2012

the price

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I have seen them, gravid & walking with the honey heaviness of mothers round as plums, ripe & stretched over fullness & eager to meet what kicks beneath their hands they have felt fluttering in the domes of their bellies, laughed with those … Continue reading →

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haiku heights prompt: tree

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

one starting maple slender and bending in wind how twigs become trees  

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a series of micro-poems

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I.  Growth each  artist needs media. i pull mine, invented & birthed in this organic stretch toward speech & yes, God II. we are still animals with reptile minds & pure in drive if not intent– the harm is not … Continue reading →

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i read job to be reminded

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

it is not God i should accuse but us we were not there when You laid the foundation when You set the cornerstone we are flawed with our cracked clay feet unfit for keeping. fallen. i read Job to understand awe we … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

for our young.

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plates

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we are starving for health in a land of plenty feeding us french fries and big macs gorged to the point of sickness on too much of the wrong thing how do you rationalize 9-year-olds already shopping plus sizes and how … Continue reading →

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foretelling

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

my mother spoke dream symbols & told me water carries pain i did not see it when i was there, dreaming stepping through water with my sister but something swam with us just out of reach of my knowing

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