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second person imperative-interrogative woven with the third

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you did not fly into or burn us– those men are ashes now, so they can justify only an enhanced interrogation, so much softer than torture– the pain comes from your own muscles set & biologic as wrong thinking encoded in DNA, locked; resisting your … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse poem #12-acorns

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you can’t second guess when that apocalyptic clock is set to shrill all of us out of sleep it might be winding down but the ticking is too soft & not for our ears & so many have been wrong … Continue reading →

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that stretch

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we all do this: start small & build up it could be Jenga or Babel we stack, weak & teetering or maybe we just get taller but we are always climbing, building extending touch just past the stretch of fingertips to … Continue reading →

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the false face

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

because of wholeness I will rattle the corners of your house chasing tears with tobacco paint this wood face red & smiling big, feed its pain ashes & corn like everything else this loses power in translation the face I … Continue reading →

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sparrow composition

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

three sparrows arrange themselves like thirded half notes– feathered tones resting stacatto on a clefless staff of taut power lines music for a snowy morning  

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apocalypse poem #11–signs of the times

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

there are hints– things to watch for listed in scripture war & whispers of it, temples to build you can read them in old & new testaments but I say decipher the earth & cast sticks like runes listen to … Continue reading →

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I dreamed your voice

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I dreamed your voice, waking with always that leap forward this heart takes when it hears you if want can span this stretch, lift spirit free from strings & fly I know, precisely where mine would go unheeding & careless … Continue reading →

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