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?

so you like jazz

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

not really much of an opening in a club where that’s all they play so what on the piano backed by bass is how I feel tonight and the answer is no I live it sometimes and sometimes its just … Continue reading →

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the brass

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

no aloneness today but for this interposed brass in these ears my wailing wall of jazz anesthesia I pilgrim to praying a be bop blown before I was born but still with that vinyl turned digital bounce and if my life had … Continue reading →

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Knocking Heads With the Mennonites

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

My “plain people” poem brought back a favorite family story I have not heard since I was 10 years old. My grandparents were out driving one Sunday morning somewhere in Canada, near Owen Sound, Ontario.  It was early enough for … Continue reading →

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faith, embodied

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I should breathe worship like old-order Amish every conscious second every action a prayer of movement and letting be

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Wild Leaves

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

One of my favorite Patti Smith tunes.

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living now open as I do

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

living now open as I do unfurled and belling parachute or compound sunflower wide and waiting to ripen hard to mistake flaming silk or framing petals billowing or nodding with wind for something other than readiness rooted or sailing, I will … Continue reading →

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looking for god in particles (theology of physics)

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

did they find it/him/her the organizing energy behind the universe that particle bringing matter form and spirit weight no, they discover the fingerprint of something greater inside everything but that organizing energy is too clever to be captured by our crude tools … Continue reading →

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