Tag Archives: violence

V is for Violence and Violation

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

By Noel Ihebuzor and Susan Daniels You return always to your ritual Of force, foaming like fits of fury Heart of steel, to stages of stone, long assumed gone, Dormant but dominant Clenched fists of metal rusting Behind its lustre of … Continue reading →

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days i walk though dazed, dazzled, drunk on blueness over my head

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

these are days i walk though dazed, dazzled, drunk on blueness over my head echoing light like returned kisses, when color forms a fist and punches daylight so hard it brings up bruises in flaming leaves Fall color is not … Continue reading →

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tantrumming (broken man)

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

your fists shatter mirrors punch holes in walls & you with bleeding knuckles slam your own face into a door to prove what (?) that what breaks you inside to sharpness is your heart breaking & you must keep milling it … Continue reading →

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firecrackers

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

around midnight someone heard 2 pops loud but innocent like firecrackers but today 1 young woman is dead and another struggles through heartbeat and breath to not join her lover there my thoughts float to hate crimes and labeling but … Continue reading →

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