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?

nothing in common

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you ask why I love you & I answer, because of how you love the way you bring it to me with such tenderness & singularity a word I once used to describe my own offering of self to you; … Continue reading →

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Creek walk haiku: 2 haiku

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

dragonfly stalks, skims & hovers over water– delicate hunter *** if light shaped music the sun would chime reflections dancing on water

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prism

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you have steered my light off its path & separated it into broken, shining ribbons the colors are beautiful but if I follow this bent beam I will be lost forever to your prismatic vision that does not see the … Continue reading →

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unguarded

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

because I did not think my heart needed shielding you just walked inside, one kiss key to all my locks

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waiting for the storm

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

everything I am stretches towards & yearns to burn electric my skin rippling pure energy barely time to say yes & again that same yes a strike that cannot be cooled by just rain after thunder rattles my bones with … Continue reading →

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Parachute

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

With all my writing about free falling lately, I was delightfully surprised to hear this song on the radio, by Ingrid Michaelson.  Love it!  Hope you like it too.

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the rainbow girl

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

she is named for the breath of God that animated Adam but she is more than breath she is breath within a body her beauty a fusion of 3 continents: African eyes, Native American cheekbones, European lips wrapped in skin … Continue reading →

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