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 problem with tarot

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the problem with tarot & other divination is simply this– why shuffle a deck of cards to get an obscure answer to the wrong question when you can simply frame your lover’s face in your palms tilt his chin up … Continue reading →

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finding that space

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

when poetry shouts & drips from fingertips when images push into position frantically that room of one’s own becomes any space with paper & ink or keyboard & screen voice flowing from brain to page faster than bleeding written standing up … Continue reading →

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perseids

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

clouds swaddle the sky and hide that streaking this mind knows to be mundane comet dust while the soul yearns for magic, past logic to net & jar celestial fireflies for a moment flashing codes for wishes woven between stars … Continue reading →

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Midway II

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

  the boy who will not climb ladders or go down slides taller than his mother opens his eyes, finally at the top of the Ferris wheel says hello, clouds & points to the crowd snaking lines for other rides … Continue reading →

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the avenue of the flags

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

sitting in the only shaded spot away from foot traffic my daughter writes boys’ names on her sneakers in rainbow ink while the avenue of the flags sets Miles Davis in motion straight up to loudly snap those flags in … Continue reading →

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if I could speak words

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

if I could speak words into being on a small  scale I would whisper you here

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look past the obvious

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

look past the obvious sometimes that smooth surface is a false calm wrapping a rip that long tidal swallow the initiated know to float with because fighting means tiring & drowning do not resist an element this hungry let it carry you … Continue reading →

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