Monthly Archives: February 2017

Monday, February 27   “The haunting voices of the starved and mutilated broke fences. . . ” Last week, the national office of Jesuits of the U.S. published a statement calling the recent Dakota Pipeline decision of the Trump Administration … Continue reading →

Friday,  February  24 “To hear another’s voice, follow your own voice” For a few weeks David Whyte has been on my mind, wanting my attention.  I am pretty sure I bought one of his books of poems and scrambled around … Continue reading →

Wednesday, February 22  “There’s just no accounting for happiness”   I’d not met Jane Kenyon until David Grubin caught my attention with her “Happiness” in an email this morning.   Kenyon gets it about understated and playful joy emerging from tough … Continue reading →

Monday, February 20, I was gone most of last week to Long Island where we buried Connie di Biase in the heart of her Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, NY.    This morning as the university celebrates … Continue reading →

Today I share love poems written by Broadside Press authors Gwendolyn Brooks and S. Carolyn Reese. Brooks is likely familiar to some list readers but Reese, a Detroit-based poet, may be a new voice. She was to me. I discovered … Continue reading →

This week, in celebration of Valentine’s Day, I am very pleased to share with A Work Day in Hard Times readers some of the love poems written by Broadside Press authors. Dudley Randall, founder and editor of Broadside Press, wrote often … Continue reading →

Friday, February 10  “the well of grief” —  “the mineshaft of passion” Anger does best when I can bring it to stillness, when an anger’s source in grief becomes accessible to me.   There’s lots of anger in the land … Continue reading →

Wednesday, February 8  “Now it is time to site quiet, face to face with thee . . .” Lots of noisy news these days, clatter of strategies and counter strategies  —  such times want, I find myself saying  —  breathing … Continue reading →

Monday, February 6, 2017 “If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech” . . . Isaiah 58 Pre-note: today’s post is longer than ordinary, and quotes 3 authors, the prophet Isaiah, Pope Francis, and the poet … Continue reading →

Friday, February 3   “i stay alive for her.” Today begins a weekend and some soft time for home places — Detroit, my university, the neighborhood,  my house, and neighbors.  No packing for a while either. 😊  Looking for a Friday poem, I … Continue reading →