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?

pharisees (hands)

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

what do your hands do besides point? yes they pray but do they sow seed? do they sew bandages? do they break bread for mouths not your own? do your hands teach do your hands heal? keep your fingers busy … Continue reading →

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testimony

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

  she spins and balances on something so slim as if it is air and not substance lifting her up under the weight of all those eyes those eyes not seeing practiced strength powering her rehearsed flights over and on that … Continue reading →

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for beauty’s sake–original and pantoum

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

So–this is a poem I wrote back in 1985 originally: A flowershop rosebud opened too soon your petals crumble to ash in my palm traces of gray I carelessly brush from my fingertips ***and here it is reworked into pantoum … Continue reading →

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waking up in the middle of a poem

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I do not dream poetry my bones speak it while I sleep pipe sound like a fugued whisper murmuring through veins quiet as blood but more metered, carried to where words are shaped awake before dreams snap closed completely and … Continue reading →

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Pantoum (before)

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I do not remember innocence. I was never in any first garden, This life sprung from dust and breath blended Before I knew death was hungry. Our bonding was never ideal. I was never in any first garden, Tasting temptation and finding … Continue reading →

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dust

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

rain is a tease when dirt rises to spin in vision like small dervishes dancing prayers or hides between roots never enough water to fill wells to feed these sticks I planted & there I can see it the great … Continue reading →

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when you smile my name

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

this feeling opens from the toes up hums joy deeper than sweet more gentle than any hands & belongs to you

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