Tag Archives: poetry

in response to…..

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you are a little boy toying with women instead of matches careful! telling me you know how my pleasure works I could show you & should how to titillate & inflame you would awake in ashes after we have together … Continue reading →

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the birth of the moon

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I love the creation story, God calling all into being with a shout that lasted 6 days but tonight as heat lightning flows from cloud to cloud as if painted by a restless hand in constant motion backlit by moonlight, … Continue reading →

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thoughts on dinner

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Everything here is so removed from the source; My son was shocked today to learn beef came from cows. If it wasn’t so easy; if food still had its original shock value: Hooves, scales, feathers & all, How many of … Continue reading →

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hidden places

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you find this one walking in the creek itself & turn hard right where the temperature of the water around your ankles drops from warm tadpole soup to chilled lemonade the animals know it & come here to drink; I … Continue reading →

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Paleontology: weighing down/lifting up

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Grief is cumulative; each new loss stacked on the old ones; like sedimentary rock the weight will crush you by layers, given time & enough pressure. To survive dig up those ancient bones & get to know them well. They … Continue reading →

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the night routine (or, I’ve seen this movie and know how it ends)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I know your day ended sometime around 6, & you’re still out there, running circles for your habit. It is exhausting to watch from the sidelines & there is a 12-step program that tells me not to so I don’t, for my own sanity. It’s probably … Continue reading →

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Insanity

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Like a rat barreling towards nothing on an exercise wheel you are running in the same place you started to run, still expecting to end up somewhere else & surprised when you fall off exhausted, exactly where you started as if … Continue reading →

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