Tag Archives: inspiration

muse-ridden

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

Forgetting to tie my shoes or cook breakfast, like an idiot savant crunching numbers between his teeth, savoring their sweet-saltiness and solving problems faster than calculator memory, or the five-year-old that bows deep, bowing and plucking violin strings with more skill than the … Continue reading →

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muses

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

those 9 muses the Greeks drew in precise divisions of practice never moved me, coy & lolling at Apollo’s feet in those pictures, too busy flirting to grant a whisper in my ear no, if art is breathed, in spired like cathedrals pointing to sun … Continue reading →

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process (again) inspiration

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

baptists don’t speak in tongues (too impolite, that unexpected interruption of the spirit into Sunday routines) so imagine my surprise the day I breathed in image and spoke it out, my fingers shouting poetry

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haiku: process

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

formed before I write the poem in all things finds me breathless and waiting

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muse-ridden

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Like an idiot savant crunching numbers between her teeth, savoring the sweet saltiness and solving problems faster than calculator memory, or bowing and plucking violin strings with more skill than the first chair at the symphony; but forgetting to tie her shoes, or … Continue reading →

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