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?

who gets me versus who got me

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

For Thom the men who understand me are the peace marchers the world walkers the men who show up at my door travel-stained wearing recycled-tire sandals from Africa & who preach the gospel of pure veganism; the men that get … Continue reading →

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Lois (Alzheimer poem #4): Church

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

She loved going to service with me Sunday mornings, until the rustling of 150 bibles turning to the right passage became a fluttering distraction how could she listen, get comfort when she was still frantically looking for the exact verse … Continue reading →

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Lois (Alzheimer poem #3): Faces, or the unstrung kite

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

What are faces to my mother who no longer feels the tug of relationship, that nagging sensation that used to say when a face belonged to a friend, a husband, a daughter. Faces lost their meaning & history for her, … Continue reading →

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Zoe’s haiku

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Remember the other day, when I wrote about Zoe and I trying out some haiku together?  She wants to share some with you 🙂 *** its state math test time our pencils tap the answer fingers drumming desks *** bright blue … Continue reading →

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Clarity (Haiku Heights Prompt 4/28)

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

waking, I comb out snarled colors/tangled dreaming groomed to clarity *** pure clarity of one drop of rainwater, poised on a blade of grass *** birdsong, like bright bells such rough, joyous clarity ringing in the day

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poetry swarm

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

words buzz circles in my consciousness, so loud the swarming wakes me at 3 a.m. faster than any alarm clock could so they can spiral desperately to breed & nest formed thought on paper I can’t write them fast enough– catch them, or they … Continue reading →

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Lois (Alzheimer poem #2)

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

she held my son in her lap when he knew 2 words & she had forgotten all hers but they were smiling together love needs no spoken language

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