Category Archives: New Free Verse

Poetry 2012

Laurie’s Fur Elise

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

some music we make our own through hours of learning.  i was there for those first missed notes on the baby grand & then later by 12 years on the recycled upright saved from the curb that needed tuning & … Continue reading →

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September heights: Revelation

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

my revelation shows everything hidden in this tentative heart  

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don’t ask

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

september brings word problems to a boy who counts on fingers & I make up some just to hear him laugh: if we have 12 beans and 3 carrots are they equal to an ear of corn he says carrots … Continue reading →

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magic

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

magic is simply wanting & letting yourself have one small thing the trick of it is learning exactly when to open your hands to catch it before it falls & breaks

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hypnotism

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the small snake i have named uncoils from stone slow and wingless warm enough now to slide across lawn & spell motionless a sparrow dazzled in the net of that gaze foolish enough to meet his eyes for one heartbeat; … Continue reading →

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Haiku Heights: Symphony

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

illuminating child voices float through the hall purer than sunlight my daughter’s alto a honey-dark thread woven through the sopranos the risers placed where Stravinsky and Bernstein stood crafting symphonies

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Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on hovercraftdoggy:
Fruits Wall Lamp and Fruits Table Lamp from S&O Design2 Fruits Wall Lamp and Fruits Table Lamp from Hisakazu Shimizu

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