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Poetry 2012

apocalypse poem #6–the prophet

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

stained sneakers scuffing sidewalks hands stuffed in the pocket of a torn pea-coat Daniel in bluejeans screams sermons into frozen air. red-bearded, handknit cap hiding long curls, he’s a latter-day prophet promising damnation, God-ridden to rags & sticks, eyes lit by … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on World Music – the Music Journey:
This guy is improvising on an israeli battle tank. “No more war. No more bloodshed.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amluH3yVzCA

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thoughts while winding the grandfather clock

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the motion of a pendulum is regular and periodic so much so do I move thought to thought minute to minute never fixed & ticking down days wound & occasionally striking the sound of time being kept but never held

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Apocalypse poem #5–the apocalypse survivor kit

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Lu Zenghai is building an ark to float his family safe through what he thinks is another flood coming & we laugh, the way they laughed at Noah because he is millenia out of fashion in survival techniques in the ’50s, 60s & ’70s … Continue reading →

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RIP–another Suli Breaks Spoken Word

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

This is really clever.

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apocalypse poem #4 (it’s temporary)

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

asteroids, floods, & eruptions might sweep this face clean of what crawls or walks on it occasionally, a few seconds in hours of geologic time erasing almost everything but she’s not telling the how of it or the when except … Continue reading →

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