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?

not every poem I write is about you

Not every poem I write is about you just the ones that when I read them out loud stretch breath tight like a bowstring that fires an arrow at a fleeing target and falls short so I have to swallow … Continue reading

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Dormancy (a triolet)

What waits to stir beneath snow is more than old leaves and mud; life folded, patient and slow (is) what waits to stir beneath snow shifts in its sleep, hungry to grow the dreams seeds own, impatient to bud what waits … Continue reading

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Haiku: New

inside this acorn old, cracked, dormant under snow something stirs that’s new ***for Audra and the Panda, as well as HH!

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Originally posted on Stephen Kellogg's Blog:
This is a response poem inspired by the poem “if this were a love poem” written by Susan L Daniels and found on her wonderful blog here. If this were a response to…

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if this were a love poem

I might say once you sprinkled constellations in my eyes and scales went crazy because my smallness could not hold all of what was blooming if this were a love poem which it isn’t so I won’t I could mention … Continue reading

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steampunk spambabble

you should ought to must really should/should really need to should certainly have to want to should preferably be looking through browsing we think believe feel you may uncover awesome a several in the pretty perfect available ***oh, I love spammers.

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25 versions of 1 snowfall

the plural of snow is snow, how flakes join and fall into one wholeness * winter is less snow and more cold to keep it * snow does not know us and happens where it wills whether we welcome it … Continue reading

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