Author Archives: Susan L Daniels

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About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?

hemispheres

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

water doesn’t know division into ocean names the equator, tropics & meridian are just red lines we draw on that spinning blueness with islands/continents all one thing until we named it & us otherwise but it’s still just that: home

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going carrie nation

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

some days i want to be so sure of rightness, carried strong by riptide conscience & not drowning hatchet swinging must be freeing: a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus turning tables at the temple calling wrong things wrong … Continue reading →

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International Day of the Girl–calling all my writing buds…

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Morning, guys.  As you noticed, Zoe, myself, and Noel have started writing poetry about child marriage (in particular, child brides).  I am hoping that there are others of you who have something to say poetically on this issue that you … Continue reading →

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a lesson about mehndi (laundromat poem)

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

henna flowers cover her fingers to the tips; brown & red climbing cinnamon skin as she sorts clothes; darks in the machine next to mine; lights one machine over i gasp at the patterns on her hands & she tells me … Continue reading →

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A 12-year-old girl’s reaction to child marriage: A Collage

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

  Zoe L. Daniels

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Posted on October 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on Reflections:
By Noel A. Ihebuzor the child as mother smothers childhood the murdered mind weeps when torture is garbed as culture, a deadening deaf culture deaf to pleas and protests pleas of despair the despair of the innocent,…

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bride price

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

when she was 7 my daughter started second grade her bedroom purple & pink with Barbies & plush. she kept a dollhouse & not very well how is a girl as young as 7 a wife, except to play house with … Continue reading →

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