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?

rewind

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

life moves faster in rewind– the extraneous peeled off the essential things but perhaps it cannot erase how your kisses tasted like wild strawberries, sweet with a little sting

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the monkey & the eaters of weak poetry

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

they are hungry for cliches & weak meter these eight-legged beasts skittering behind us patient, deft as spiders waiting & salivating for crumpled paper wadded in the recycle bin, siphoning blood from every tap of backspace & delete keys & longing for larger meat … Continue reading →

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We Two Fly (a duet)

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

by Noel A. Ihebuzor and Susan L. Daniels i have flown too pushing off with one foot and coasting thermals with hawks but after i am above trees, dispersing clouds skipping over jet trails– never in dreams have i found a way … Continue reading →

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connectedness

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we live inside openness & call it selves, world, trees all driven by pulse of blood or water there is no distinction between my bare feet and the earth meeting & melding atoms while i walk with her turns, both … Continue reading →

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to live under a rock is to disconnect from made things & live knowing

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

to live under a rock is to disconnect from made things & live knowing we are married forever to stone that holds us.  yes, to stone & mud that parent us & mark our passing in prints– trace them, if you can … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Jeremy. My new favorite.

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cutting (for E)

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

there is need bright & shining in blades we know better than to touch but we do, press against those edges, our boundaries & then step back surprised by new blood filling scars already there the love i want the … Continue reading →

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