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?

knowledge: Cinquain

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

knowledge what raises us graded soft,  on a curve since the renaissance, just short of vision

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perspectives

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

just before sunset a woman walking her dog tells me she was admiring my roses, mostly over but red in that final frantic blooming past the first hard freeze i nod agreement, smile i don’t tell her those are not my roses. … Continue reading →

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what lights us

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

brighter than poured concrete cracking into gravel underfoot, this door shows there is light moved toward & light that finds today the EXIT frames the obvious only path through dark the way out At Dverse today, we are seeking inspiration from … Continue reading →

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the price

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I have seen them, gravid & walking with the honey heaviness of mothers round as plums, ripe & stretched over fullness & eager to meet what kicks beneath their hands they have felt fluttering in the domes of their bellies, laughed with those … Continue reading →

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haiku heights prompt: tree

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

one starting maple slender and bending in wind how twigs become trees  

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a series of micro-poems

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I.  Growth each  artist needs media. i pull mine, invented & birthed in this organic stretch toward speech & yes, God II. we are still animals with reptile minds & pure in drive if not intent– the harm is not … Continue reading →

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i read job to be reminded

Posted on November 15, 2012 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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