Tag Archives: poetry

Clay (take 2)

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

for T If  I could, I would make this A measurable thing; I would breathe into it My spirit, animate this vessel While it is unwedged potential Balanced in my palms, Before that slap and press So similar to a … Continue reading →

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Nkemkama

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

purpleeyed lemur long-limbing it up curtains instead of vines, she slides sinuous into cat-shaped corners. Nkemkama means “mine is the best” in Igbo.

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Cultural Graffiti

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

This is an old, old poem I am revising, as I believe it still has relevance today.  This does have ***FOUL LANGUAGE***  in it (I use a word in here I have never said–ever, and I don’t read this one … Continue reading →

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anniversaries

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

Some days we celebrate meetings, marrying, birthing but others days without gifts, cakes, and kisses resonate loss we call healed that still stirs, deep and quiet under the sternum, waking for a moment when eyes meet the calendar and we pause, … Continue reading →

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Clay

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

for T If I could, I would make this a palpable thing, weigh and shape yearning like clay wheeled into fantastic forms, hollowed by hands and glazed with promises only you hear. Something this big resists firing but withstands heat. Try … Continue reading →

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first-world problem

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

you pay a company to tell you what to eat to lose yourself in fractions adding up to the mass of an 8-year-old, because other companies sell food in boxes easy to cook, but hard on arteries, but few sell discrimination … Continue reading →

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snowfall

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

Atrazine and estrogen pink the ground water, shifting boy to girl– bull alligators growing ovaries and double-bull frogs croaking less and dreaming tadpoles instead of sperm it’s all fem- i- niz- ation, penis lengths shrink because femi- Nazi witch doctors work below the belt, … Continue reading →

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