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?

Alzheimer’s poem # 8: Why I call my mother Lois

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

in 77 years, she had so many different names her husband and friends called her Lo, & we 3 called her Mom & when she forgot she was a mother & that she had a nickname once when she started calling … Continue reading →

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Weeding

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

The lesson is simple: Wear gloves, because this is muddy effort that works its way beneath fingernails the unplanned roots grab hard, unwilling to leave soil this well-tended & welcoming some are beautiful but leaving them will choke & stunt … Continue reading →

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my mother’s home

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Lois went to a place full of old, sick, inconvenient people sitting in chairs lining the hallway denied my impulse to care for her myself by her husband; because, as he put it, I had a life  & a family of … Continue reading →

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Poetry reading 4/22

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Morning everyone–here is my little snippet of Buffalo’s Urban Epiphany, performed 4/22/12.A total of 65 poets read that day, and we had 2 minutes each to read.  If you get a chance, check our Marek Phillip Parker and Jimmie Gilliam–Marek … Continue reading →

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Dancing with Michael

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we took a free dance class from a coupon you found in the Yellow Pages learned to tango together your green eyes laughing into mine; it was almost love between us, but simpler, sweeter a memory with no pain & … Continue reading →

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my dead

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I call them my dead, not that they don’t still belong to themselves or to the universe now, but they are mine because when they lived we walked together & now I carry memories from each of them like small … Continue reading →

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May Day Haiku–just for fun

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Spring will blush bright red & cover our nakedness with apple blossoms I’ll bring the blanket & taste your kisses gladly beneath the  fresh sky without shame the laughing sunlight as witness ***The idea for this haiku chain was stolen from a … Continue reading →

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