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?

the pause before fall

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the air has that ripening apple smell & nights are cooler. still, summer threads sun to my skin in the afternoon to blend coconut lotion heated to a gentle simmer with my vanilla & honey soap to draw out bees … Continue reading →

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which heartbeat

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

let the world know that Rosa is dead this child holding in her body a life 10 weeks in the forming both doomed at her diagnosis the right to life is inviolable 16 years/13 weeks which pulse, whose movement do … Continue reading →

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covering my ears

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

doublespeak: how words twist from opposite corners of one man’s mouth to braid different versions of the same lie I was taught to speak singly & simply learned early truth talking does not demand a good memory those lessons obsolete … Continue reading →

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Haiku Heights Prompt: Green

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

mint mingles with sage my fingers rubbing green scent from leaves I harvest

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the physical properties of desire

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

  the sigh that drives everything desire is simply desire & here we reach for each other, welcoming our bridge of words and silence mirroring the draw between atoms echoing the loneliness of God for Adam the want of earth to hold … Continue reading →

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stone dreaming

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the woman with pebble eyes and river blood sings inside water her dragonfly wing whisper brushes my ears she needs rain the drought of her bones is dry twigs snapping her mud skin dries in lines tracing alphabets I don’t read the hurricane stripped … Continue reading →

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how 12-year-olds flirt

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

how do you like them apples she asks bellyflopping cannonballing moving as much water as 99 pounds can splash into his face he likes them, I can tell as he shakes pond water from his eyes splashing back but those … Continue reading →

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