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Author Archives: poetry
Nov 18 — In Memory of Dan Berrigan, s.j. + April 30, 2016
Monday, November 18, 2020 — Dan Berrigan sj – a prophet for his moment in time It’s safe to say that no US Jesuit of my generation or the next ignored Dan Berrigan, sj. He died on Saturday, April 30, … Continue reading
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November 16, 1989 El Salvador Martyrs (6 jesuit faculty, a cook and her teenage daughter)
Friday, November 14, 2014 I’ve never posted after work on Friday before. But, just before heading over to our Faculty Achievement Annual Dinner, I read this account from Mary Jo McConahay, a reporter who came very early to the Jesuit … Continue reading
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November 7 – Detroit Free press – John Monaghan – – Naomi Long Madgett, educator and Detroit poet laureate, dies at 97
November 9, 2020 One of Detroit’s great African American poets has passed. Naomi Long Madgett stands with Dudley Randall as a founding spirit for this city and a host of companions. I am honored to include her in the “Work Day, … Continue reading
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Nov 4 “The Poetry List’s 2013 Mission Statement”
Many members of the Work Day/Hard Times Poetry List have emailed this morning; they remind me, as do the 4 poems we’ve prepared for tonight’s class session (on the teachings of Catherine McAuley and St. Ignatius on prayer) – – … Continue reading
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Nov 3 – for angry moments in nervous times — David Whyte and Denise Levertov
November 3, Election Day 2020 – – for angry moments in nervous times About midnight last night, I opened my window to say goodnight to 6 Mile and Livernois, and the city. Astonishing. After some days of damp and pretty … Continue reading
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Monday, November 3 – “The Guest House” – Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (جلالالدین محمد رومی)
“The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.” One of my soul friends of many years emailed Rumi’s “Guest House” yesterday. When readers send poems, they create a place of … Continue reading
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Oct 30 – “a subtle and recondite thought” Gerard Manley Hopkins sj 1887
Friday, October 30 “a billion times told lovelier” Autumn’s gusty winds; Covid weariness across our land calling for courage and hope in the teeth of fear and anger as our national elections loom. A good morning for story-telling and … Continue reading
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Oct 26 – An ancient prayer and a prayer written 3 or 4 days ago
The prayer below appears on the first day of January each year. If I am not mistaken, it is the oldest prayer I ever recite, several thousand years deep in the liturgy that helps open the first day of each … Continue reading
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October 23 – a new poet for the Work Day/Hard Time list – Jennifer Elise Foerster – “Leaving Tulsa”
Friday, October 23 “She was covered in a quilt, the Creek way. But I don’t know this kind of burial:” Poet Laureate Joy Harjo calls Tulsa her home, lives there and, in subtle ways, lives from there also. As with … Continue reading
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Oct 21 – Three stone cairns and One bird – Andy Goldsworth and Emily Dickenson
Wednesday, October 21 — Three Cairns – sculpture “Cairns [are] stone structures [or markers] that identify a place of great importance.” This little boy exploring a large stone egg got me wondering the way art does. Two artists here, the … Continue reading
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