Tag Archives: poetry

Laurie’s Fur Elise

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

some music we make our own through hours of learning.  i was there for those first missed notes on the baby grand & then later by 12 years on the recycled upright saved from the curb that needed tuning & … Continue reading →

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don’t ask

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

september brings word problems to a boy who counts on fingers & I make up some just to hear him laugh: if we have 12 beans and 3 carrots are they equal to an ear of corn he says carrots … Continue reading →

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magic

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

magic is simply wanting & letting yourself have one small thing the trick of it is learning exactly when to open your hands to catch it before it falls & breaks

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hypnotism

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the small snake i have named uncoils from stone slow and wingless warm enough now to slide across lawn & spell motionless a sparrow dazzled in the net of that gaze foolish enough to meet his eyes for one heartbeat; … Continue reading →

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thoughts on 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

today is a day for remembering, putting back together something broken; a day of service, but these hands can only make, not undo.   we remember how accepting death can be sacrifice, but murder is the last blasphemy. we remember lives taken and … Continue reading →

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caught holding one end of a love

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

I have gotten caught holding one end of a love; that connection looping in air swung loose and empty. they say spirit does not die, or love; both simply twist together freed finally from body like a snake leaves spent skin or an empty chrysalis … Continue reading →

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stripping

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we only notice what lies beneath soil when we take off layers– less like peeling an onion & more like skinning an animal caught in a trap for hide or meat, flesh still shuddering & warm, ready for butchering

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