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?

I overdosed on miracle berries

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

you were honey strong enough to melt my smile– shame that our joy was temporary rising from a distorted sense of being

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I Read Job to Be Reminded

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

It is not God I should accuse but us: We were not there when You laid the foundation when You set the cornerstone. We are flawed with our cracked clay feet, unfit for keeping. Fallen. I read Job to understand awe: We … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 4, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on this fragile tent:
I would really appreciate your help in getting the message out there about this project- if you are a blogger/facebooker/twitterer would you mind reposting? For a while now, I have been chewing on an…

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Posted on April 4, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

This is a rewrite of a poem Polly wrote that I fell in love with over the summer. Have to share it with all of you.

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washing what’s dead

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

for mothers Mothers are beginnings, certain as life is movement, that first felt spin in the pit of the pelvis more directed than bowel gas, a twist with purpose to it; an introduction more real than EPT, sore breasts, or missed periods. We … Continue reading →

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14 lines on Tuesday

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

We always argue on Tuesdays, an incidence regular and ticking as the timer set to a frayed fuse for a man who has made art of anger, slow, gradual– a daisy killer pulling petals from a yellow center of what used to … Continue reading →

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Foolery

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

Yesterday’s robin is nowhere cheering Spring, so it must be a fool’s day, not dingus, and all of it downside up because pussy willows are nowhere near furring and there is no man I want to chase but a few that … Continue reading →

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