Category Archives: New Free Verse

Poetry 2012

state of emergency

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

this morning i read of a hurricane cyclonic & siphoning strength from the atlantic, spinning a trajectory so wide, 600 miles from the core we buy batteries & bottled water what were the odds forces that rarely cross would meld … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 28 Comments

if i say i am sorry

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

if i say i am sorry for cutting me out of your chest without anesthesia it does not matter how cleanly i did it or if it was sterile & bloodlessly done i killed something & there is no gentle way … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged , , | 24 Comments

Political poetry 2012

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Just for fun, I thought I would provide a list of electoral/political poetry on this blog since we are  12 days away from ending this circus electing a  president.  Enjoy! for my neighbor with the nobama sign https://susandanielseden.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/zoo-nation-do-not-feed-the-animals/ https://susandanielseden.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/pharisees-hands/ https://susandanielseden.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/trapped-in-leviticus/ … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged , | 10 Comments

things not to do when trying to repair a relationship (#1 of infinite possibilities)

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

don’t call & ask me to find a phone number for you in a notebook that documents, precisely with dates & examples why i am a bitch pages i flip through, each sentence justification for the murder of hope

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged , | 26 Comments

i am not full of you anymore (a vilanelle)

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i am not so full of you anymore though you spill stories into bitterness flowing fast, deep; spinning lies into lore i can no longer give what you ask for love, i will not be your deliverance, i am not … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged , | 49 Comments

it is not spring or summer here

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

it is not spring or summer here so the words i bring cannot be butterflies or hummingbirds & i must tell my love in leaves read not from the bottom of a cup but raked up, crackling unpredictable patterns hoarded … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged , | 16 Comments

that story of us

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

that geography between us spanning this want can disappear in days with one word the theme hums its own clichéd music, fate rolls hexagonal dice in a karmic dare– will these two small things find a way to each other? i … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged , , | 26 Comments