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?

Shamhat

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

Two miles away from you may your lover tremble with excitement, one mile away may he bite his lip in anticipation I would have journeyed to him unbidden, my path from the temple fated and traced by sandaled feet, dusty but eager … Continue reading →

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Bibliomancy Oracle Prompt #1 (prey)

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

I know silence.  I know standing apart and waiting the approach of a fox, the shadow of a hawk sharper than any cloud floated across mud. I know that dark, implied, The bite of it, the promise, the prayer a pulse can speak staccatoed, without … Continue reading →

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weeds

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

No matter how often we are trimmed, pulled, sprayed into submission with tear gas or roundup we riot we grow, we grow tangled beautiful in spite of ourselves and in spite we call living we seed and go where air … Continue reading →

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perception

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

If you saw me and not my colors peacocked on a page if you saw the thin mouth the flat feet you would say this woman knows more about bread baking and when to plant seeds than that precise moment … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 27, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

caught up in the spell of moments sunrise is an incantation of morning a ritual turning of earth we forget the swell of time that perfect or imperfect wave we have no choice but to catch or roll under

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for the families

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

Our widow’s walks are empty. Nobody is ever lost at sea anymore, not forever. We want debris to sift through, the black box tracking mechanical last moments. We need to number the bones in their sleep, and hope through all … Continue reading →

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box canyon

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Susan L Daniels

You shoutafter the after brings silence but nothing answersexcept this echo

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