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?

apocalypse poem #1

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

sorry I have no lengthy to-do list to complete days before the apocalypse & plan to do nothing apart from the usual business of living though I  might make love to you with more urgency than usual, straining to imprint some hint … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 1, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on createdavidt:
The melt is on Great swathes of glacial freeze coming unstuck Flowing downhill to destiny Many drops For even all the seven oceans to swallow Making the deep blue sea deeper still Mixing up global chemistry…

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phantoms

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i can’t listen to Andrew Lloyd Weber without remembering her passion for that dark music she played over & over on vinyl until like those ripples on the soundtrack the needle smoothed over, a stone skipped across dark water in … Continue reading →

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OK, I love my internet search results, but really?

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I believe the answer is they GROW them.  Hope you liked my Christmas tree farm poem, but I am not sure you (whoever you are) were  intelligent enough to read.

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Haiku Heights: Storm

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

radar-swirled colors are blameless, tell the story of wind moving sea

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new world magic

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

new world magic is different. the Cherokee say when the earth was mud risen from water, grandfather buzzard sank valleys & lifted mountains with his careless wings & they told of a world under this one whose people knew summers in our … Continue reading →

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Force (erasure)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Text from “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau.  Erasure by Susan Daniels…   not born to be forced I breathe my own not responsible for working of the machine– when an acorn and chestnut fall both obey their laws we slept … Continue reading →

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