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Poetry 2012

florida primitive

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

it is not so much where we are but when tarpon springs, florida, dodecanese street where we can watch manatees swim sometimes in that dark water, across the sidewalk from our table that tips, air spiked with greek shouted from the … Continue reading →

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ze ze ze zikumi za

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

zoe sings a kenyan folk song: ze ze ze zikumi za but she doesn’t know the spelling, or what the words mean; just loves the z’s in swahili echoing her name and tells me in soccer she scored a goal for the other team … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Originally posted on BECKY SAYS THINGS:
We are the smartphoners. We are the texters the sexters. We are the emailers the web sailors. We are the tweeters the non-speakers the digi-savvy techno geek-ers. We are the twiddlers the fiddlers the bent…

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Posted on October 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

leaves carried by water we cannot be still. there is no stop to this always.

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bitter water

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

they say life begins with the first drawn breath. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, his offering,  because it is a grain offering for jealousy, his offering is seed a reminder-offering to draw attention to … Continue reading →

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new moon

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we know this, this shadow sucking light until edges dissolve– hard white candy sickled to nothing we learn in cycles how night is a mouth always open forever swallowing how is this new

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batman vs. catwoman (for Jeff)

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

opposites always we squared off in the side yard called the game batman vs catwoman not so much a match as an excuse to fight and call it playing until the afternoon your role siphoned what was left of common … Continue reading →

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