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the tank drummer

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Guitarists strum chords on guitars & singers sing.  A pianist floats fingered scales on her keyboard, but what will we call this soldier coaxing steel drum tones from a tank? Guitarists strum chords on guitars but this man is a … Continue reading →

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mirror the equinox

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

equinox– the wheel balances and turns, from birth to fading; there is evenness between light and dark today, birth of autumn autumn of birth, today dark and light between; evenness is there fading to birth from turns and balances, wheel the equinox … Continue reading →

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finding that space

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

when poetry shouts & drips from fingertips when images push into position frantically that room of one’s own becomes any space with paper & ink or keyboard & screen voice flowing from brain to page faster than bleeding written standing up … Continue reading →

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another lesson

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Kurt Vonnegut: “Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” the first rule if we are making rules which … Continue reading →

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Mask (HH 05/12–3 haiku)

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

perfect little thief wears his bandit mask always– rascally raccoon. *** don’t look too closely her smooth features disguise pain brittle, pretty mask *** free from my true face the mask I wore blows away lighter  now, and free which … Continue reading →

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