Tag Archives: poetry

my armistice

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i can give 2 minutes at 11 o’clock– the first minute silent to remember 20 million dead the second minute quiet to respect the pain of the living that mourned them my sacrifice small in comparison one wreath for so … Continue reading →

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what’s coming

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Maybe our talk should be shaped of small things, nothing as large as hope, but perhaps small as love that starts within a seed. Before growth, there is potential– color & scent folded into code only roses know & tell … Continue reading →

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tarot (let me tell your story backward)

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i can tell this you in pictures– here,  flashed & thrown in the movements of wands the hope of cups the sing & sting of swords & the shine of coins where the empress embraces the fool at the foot of … Continue reading →

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silence–haiku triptych

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

a haiku chain by Susan Daniels & Noel Ihebuzor it echoes– this pause before words weighted breath It speaks loud the empty spaces between words those moments minds falter before sharing truth ***My friend Noel and I had a haiku conversation in the comments … Continue reading →

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silence

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

it echoes– this pause before words weighted breath

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burst

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

accept this prayer inked on the page or expressed by fingers tapping faith but knuckle under what spans the storm’s eye prismed– there are rainbows here & promise

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11 types of pain

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

there are 11 types of pain classified by tissue, type & frequency but I find nowhere written 1 that equals the knife twist of your absence

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