Category Archives: New Free Verse

Poetry 2012

the veil is thinner in october

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the veil is thinner she said. with dia de los muertos & samhain, our ancestors felt that thinning too, & drove shadows deeper with bonfires to celebrate the dead that love us, they say, but more to chase the dead that don’t deeper … Continue reading →

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borrowing from Arthur and Rainer

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Drinking would be too powerful, too clear; I shall let the wind bathe my bare head And being swept along is not enough. The vast heaven is open! the mysteries lie dead Let loose the wind in the fields And … Continue reading →

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i do this

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i don’t listen to mangione much any more just in early fall or sometimes spring since the night i met him & forgot your name for a second time, difficult to hear over all that brass just in early fall or sometimes spring … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Wow, this is strong.

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Haiku heights: footprints

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

these hoof prints cloven evidence hunters seek

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canon (the important thing)

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

there is a gospel of mary on a fifth-century papyrus that is not canon & an infancy gospel of thomas where the child Jesus rolled 12 sparrows from clay & spit. they flew away, singing.  not everything old is true, & … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on Kvenna ráð:
© Marie Marshall.

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