Category Archives: New Free Verse

Poetry 2012

perseids

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

clouds swaddle the sky and hide that streaking this mind knows to be mundane comet dust while the soul yearns for magic, past logic to net & jar celestial fireflies for a moment flashing codes for wishes woven between stars … Continue reading →

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Midway II

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

  the boy who will not climb ladders or go down slides taller than his mother opens his eyes, finally at the top of the Ferris wheel says hello, clouds & points to the crowd snaking lines for other rides … Continue reading →

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the avenue of the flags

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

sitting in the only shaded spot away from foot traffic my daughter writes boys’ names on her sneakers in rainbow ink while the avenue of the flags sets Miles Davis in motion straight up to loudly snap those flags in … Continue reading →

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if I could speak words

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

if I could speak words into being on a small  scale I would whisper you here

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look past the obvious

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

look past the obvious sometimes that smooth surface is a false calm wrapping a rip that long tidal swallow the initiated know to float with because fighting means tiring & drowning do not resist an element this hungry let it carry you … Continue reading →

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the american weigh

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

it’s another form of yankee isolationism how we carry our cups, ounces, gallons, pounds, feet inches, degrees Fahrenheit, miles so deeply in our DNA we teach children complex conversions to that other system so they can talk scale with the rest of the world … Continue reading →

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eagles, fishing

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you never hear much about how well eagles fish– it is all about hunting the dramatics of fast dives from high up the shaping of those shadow throwing wings into taloned spears downthrust like lightning you never hear of how … Continue reading →

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