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?

somewhere

somewhere between us i feel seconds stretch more than miles; have fingers I count on, sufficient to span distance in hours, never expecting joy to wing so far, recklessly travelled, across so many borders gladly i would leap days to … Continue reading

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Guys–this is–perfect.

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Wow–this is a nice, even round number!

This is a great number of readers to have–it is so nice and round… Thanks, Whimsy Mimsy, for rounding that number up!

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paint those toenails green

for Nancy for so long living in the third person so many masks all of them polished & too smooth to match the raw in your eyes take them off & greet your true face in your mirror reflected there … Continue reading

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an earthy spirituality

we call this mud that springs us vulgar common as if we can unchain self from flesh with a shrug or shudder flex that divine breath to break through substance like a chrysalis & wing into air weightless no, this … Continue reading

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thoughts in a field

you cannot get closer to soil than this unless you are mining or buried at work in a field like this one ignoring bees intent on searching out sweet drawn by perfumed soap and blue t-shirts buzz disappointment when they … Continue reading

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