Monthly Archives: January 2019

Jan 4 – “Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things,” – Naomi Shihab Nye

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Friday,  January 4, 2019 “Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.” Last year in early March, a friend emailed me some lines from Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Kindness.”  She  connects … Continue reading →

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Jan 2 Tagore # 2 “When thou commandest me to sing . . . “

Posted on January 2, 2019 by poetry

Wednesday, January 2 —   “Drunk with the joy of singing” On this dawn of Term 2, out my window Livernois and McNichols morning traffic reminds me that this is a work day, the first of 2019;  administrators, staff,  faculty, … Continue reading →

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