Tag Archives: friendship

No fairy tale

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

I am no princess waiting for rescue. Any tower I am inside I own the keys to and the dragon coiled at the base is of my own making.  You might bleed the price the thorns I planted as seeds require, surrounding … Continue reading →

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timing

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

I  wrote you a poem once about salmon fighting currents, tire sandals, and Kenyan dust it was less about you and more about that pacing wild you owned the thing I never understood I wrote it after you left me without … Continue reading →

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That line

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

You take a photograph of yourself, shirtless, vulnerable to show where they split and stapled you together more intimate than mirrors tell it I see your fragility , the determination ringing tired eyes, spun with the surety of flesh reknitting

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For Marek, After Bypass

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

This should be a bouquet arranged and fragrant for your hospital room, saying something simple but true, like get well soon, or best wishes for a speedy recovery, and those will come later when we sit in your room and listen to tired … Continue reading →

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games

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

everyone wants the same thing he said to me once, desperately we want it & it’s what sells mascara & fat-free cookies not to mention aftershave & fashion but none of those answers this need no matter how wide our … Continue reading →

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in case the world goes pop (for a new friend)

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

ask me again what i think of you in a year i said forgetting the mayan calendar and its end in two months or thereabouts in the instance that the world explodes like a cherry bomb while the ash and dust … Continue reading →

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woman, we were girls together

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

woman we were girls together sitting on your bed humming the music on vinyl I still snap to being 17 together drawing college applications like tarot cards hovering our fingers over choices & hoping for the best of all possible … Continue reading →

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