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?

mother wisdom

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

Don’t look at the sun she said; something that holy, stretched from the star that feeds us is hungry for vision, so starved for eyes the sheer memory of that light will be a shadow that burns forever   ***the NaPoWriMo … Continue reading →

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daisy my eyes

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

daisy my eyes so they bloom summer the way plants know it unseeing mirrors of petal and stigma reflecting sun

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NaPoWriMo Day 5: A Tribute to Buffalo Bill

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

There are lots of poets from Buffalo but unlike the Bills we are not defunct We who make over words used to sing to dance to joy to make a red unicycle ride out of form to take a ? … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo Day 4: Spring Haiku

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

No blooms yet but the air softens into spring

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a charm against anger

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

Willow shavings steeped in spring water, drained The feather of a bluejay The kiss of a cat Lemon balm One moth’s wing Grind to a fine paste (mortar and pestle optional. works just as well pummeled with fists). Place on … Continue reading →

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Dear Ex-Boyfriend

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

I brought you  me, translated but you don’t like poetry, words arranged in bouquets. You prefer the subtlety of phloem reject the dizzy of breathing the bloom

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A thousand-thousand butterflies

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on Kvenna ráð:
© Marie Marshall

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