Tag Archives: magic

metaphysical geometry and other foolery

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Susan L Daniels

if I count magic in the space between your breaths & not what is measured in the numbering of them I will know that life happens past proof of where it has been quietly & in spite of it

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spelling

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

When I first loved you, maybe I wrote your name on a piece of paper and floated it in honey, or maybe I chanted it at midnight, on a night cold as this one, where speech is visible as breath, … Continue reading →

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Crone: Thoughts on seeing my roots for the first time in 20 years

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

It starts innocent:  What color is the hair I hid for 20 years, first for fashion and then as a shaytel of dark in a box I leave on a shelf, unused for 2 months. I have gone from maiden to … Continue reading →

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magic

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

magic is simply wanting & letting yourself have one small thing the trick of it is learning exactly when to open your hands to catch it before it falls & breaks

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the stake

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I will bet this life Jeanne d’Arc heard voices and so do I:  Not angels or other spirits, but voices of women called witches or even saints after their ashes cool. But she, and they were silenced, and the murmurs I … Continue reading →

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