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 the right light

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

in the right light eyes can shift to a perfect depth for scrying I want to see where spirit pools, not translate what is written inside the palm of your hand past guessing I want to divine certainty from uncertain … Continue reading →

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in losing this us

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you finally free your tongue from insults & blame use it for one last song I am long past humming with you the music you write for us in desperate sharps & flats twists rickety scale staircases I will not climb another step … Continue reading →

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the escarpment (my Sarawak)

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the escarpment wrapped my great-aunt’s house in Owen Sound curled around that small city like a gentle rock arm in a loose, casual embrace– nothing too tight or showing much emotion in the north we climbed that rock every summer … Continue reading →

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Sunshine Award

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Hi all!  Mimi over at Waiting for the Karma Truck has nominated me for the … Which is so very pretty, and so very thoughtful! In return, I am nominating all of you, because you are great, wonderful, sunshiny people. … Continue reading →

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in the south pacific

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

his war stories were never about shooting that army air corps cook talked more about trading cans for fruit, or fishing for giant turtles when the supply ships sank stretching tea into thin tinted water to drink with powdered egg … Continue reading →

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perspective (underfoot)

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I am growing things my mud feet my root fingers my sunflower stem spine are common but not as fragile as you think I am quiet but not voiceless beneath your feet under your machines silent does not mean weak … Continue reading →

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Haiku Heights Prompt: Stars

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

sky mirrors water tonight, I will shatter stars with just one small stone

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