Tag Archives: poetry

new moon

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we know this, this shadow sucking light until edges dissolve– hard white candy sickled to nothing we learn in cycles how night is a mouth always open forever swallowing how is this new

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batman vs. catwoman (for Jeff)

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

opposites always we squared off in the side yard called the game batman vs catwoman not so much a match as an excuse to fight and call it playing until the afternoon your role siphoned what was left of common … Continue reading →

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if you pay attention to small things

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

if you pay attention to small things you don’t have to prove anything with a grand gesture like stopping airplanes or even traffic just answer my words written in sand before waves claim them that’s what i want. the small impossible … Continue reading →

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insecta

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

what happens quietly in front of us cockroaches led by wasps silent crickets mayflies born without mouths how do we sleep in the middle of mindless need?

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please move the deer crossing

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

that sign with the buck leaping over an xing is not a warning for drivers to slow down but an official wildlife-approved crossing zone in our treaty with the deer along with hunting season it should be honored only there … Continue reading →

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reflections–octpowrimo day 14

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the beauty we know simply this dance of light and matter their rainbow game echoing you to me in diffuse spectral reflection spinning colors you are not to dazzle eyes inside snapped angles in all directions unneeded sun you give back unknowing and … Continue reading →

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if the dead do anything underground while they dream they do not learn, but remember

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i do not worship bones or light candles on graves like i saw on all soul’s day after sunset when i was a child. living across the street from the oldest cemetery in town, riding bikes on those quiet drives … Continue reading →

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