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Inspiration for the Spirit

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Susan Dane Setin

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Susan Dane SetinSusan Dane Setin is the founder of SMART WOMEN Rising and an accomplished poet. Her first volume of poetry, Good-bye to White Knights and other moving vehicles, includes 50 poems that trace her personal journey from despair and disillusionment as a young woman to a world where spirit is art and life is the journey of the artist. Susan's poems are insightful and deeply human—full of universal truths that resonate within—and build a bridge between the sensual and spiritual. She is married and lives in Los Angeles, California.

"My original plan was to get married, live in the suburbs, have three kids, a great husband, and a big dog. And maybe give some after-school piano lessons. But things rarely turn out the way we plan." —Susan Dane

21 poems

A Woman Who Can Tell

Close

Day And Night

melting face

Going

dark, misty scene

La Haine

pregnant female

Labor Night

Native Ground

New Sea

One Hand

marsh

Parallel

Peru

female at table writing

Poem Push

egg in a bed of feathers

Shell Free

lamplight on snowy night

Snow

violets

Song Unsung

pensive ballerinas

Taffeta Torn Through

The Couple

The First Stigmata

The Secret Garden

tea party on a cupcake

The Tea Party

The Vision

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