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?

juarez (some then but mostly now)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

my parents pose in black & white in a styleline convertible their saturday drive to juarez for tequila & cheap newports the place is the same just 60 years older. peeled paint & american factories blight what was spoiled already … Continue reading →

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my armistice

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i can give 2 minutes at 11 o’clock– the first minute silent to remember 20 million dead the second minute quiet to respect the pain of the living that mourned them my sacrifice small in comparison one wreath for so … Continue reading →

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Silence: The conversation continues

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

By Susan L. Daniels and Noel A. Ihebuzor S: it echoes– this pause before words weighted breath N: It speaks loud the empty spaces between words S: those moments minds falter before sharing truth N: truth haltered for so long, … Continue reading →

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Arms and voices for peace: A duet

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

by Noel Ihebuzor and Susan Daniels there are arms we lay down & others we hold open there are tongues we must still and others we loose; the barbed tongue that howls like a howitzer we have to leash and … Continue reading →

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what’s coming

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Maybe our talk should be shaped of small things, nothing as large as hope, but perhaps small as love that starts within a seed. Before growth, there is potential– color & scent folded into code only roses know & tell … Continue reading →

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tarot (let me tell your story backward)

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i can tell this you in pictures– here,  flashed & thrown in the movements of wands the hope of cups the sing & sting of swords & the shine of coins where the empress embraces the fool at the foot of … Continue reading →

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silence–haiku triptych

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

a haiku chain by Susan Daniels & Noel Ihebuzor it echoes– this pause before words weighted breath It speaks loud the empty spaces between words those moments minds falter before sharing truth ***My friend Noel and I had a haiku conversation in the comments … Continue reading →

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