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?

six declarative sentences on cold warming

The blame for this cool spring points to the apices of the globe. It is the fault of unchained jetstreams, tied to polar ice each year. Freed by melting, they loop lower than arctic air in winter, allowing this continent to skip … Continue reading

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yellow crocuses

a month later than expected if they were planned this squirrel-planted surprise threads beneath my window in a thin, military row– small defiant suns shouting through frost  

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On the Bluebird to Rochester

The man next to me bummed a cigarette outside, and right after, smoke still strung between us, says he can see my breasts under my blouse.  I smile, say that’s what bras are for and that’s all he’ll get out of … Continue reading

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spamimals

Animals think they’re pretty smart shit on the ground, see in the dark but they do see to not step in their own shit so they are smarter than us.   ***A found poem (the first part), from my spam queue

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If you think I will be nothing without you

What was I before you (?) A halfbaked dream cupcake woman needing icing and your tastebuds to fully become only while being eaten alive?

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eggshells

bright cracked confetti of Easter hunts, now emptied and deviled for lunch

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April: A cinquain

Snow lies: spring is here, coiled in curled fiddlehead ferns unfolding under snow, a thaw I taste

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