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?

in case you have forgotten our smallness remember this scale

in case you have forgotten our smallness remember this scale if the sun were as big as a football the earth would be a peppercorn mercury the head of a pin & venus just another peppercorn with our turning blue … Continue reading

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she says she loves him, still with her heart broken because that space in her chest shattered & open has room for so much more than pain

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sonnet #2

the unfolding sweetness your kisses bring deeply hidden, past where lips together join and learn a language of sighs, feather soft promises of pleasure murmured, rising in heartbeats faster than the frantic wings of a hummingbird rushing to nectar before … Continue reading

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Laurie’s Fur Elise

some music we make our own through hours of learning.  i was there for those first missed notes on the baby grand & then later by 12 years on the recycled upright saved from the curb that needed tuning & … Continue reading

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September heights: Revelation

my revelation shows everything hidden in this tentative heart  

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don’t ask

september brings word problems to a boy who counts on fingers & I make up some just to hear him laugh: if we have 12 beans and 3 carrots are they equal to an ear of corn he says carrots … Continue reading

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magic

magic is simply wanting & letting yourself have one small thing the trick of it is learning exactly when to open your hands to catch it before it falls & breaks

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