{"id":1492,"date":"2015-09-14T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:49:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:49:18","slug":"sept-14-what-is-the-knocking-at-the-door-inthe-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2015\/09\/14\/sept-14-what-is-the-knocking-at-the-door-inthe-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Sept 14 “What is the knocking at the door in\tthe night?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, \u00a0September 14 \u00a0\u00a0—\u00a0 \u201cThe three strange angels”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, still early in this academic term, future-oriented Monday, home for as yet unknown challenges. \u00a0 September is like that when your university begins classes late in August as we do here.<\/p>\n

D. H. Lawrence ends his short poem, \u201cSong for the Man Who Has Come Through\u201d with five lines that speak to uncertainty and to the courage that goes with it; a September blessing song for students and the women and men who work with them.<\/p>\n

It shouldn\u2019t take long to read these five lines out loud twice or thrice.<\/p>\n

Blessings on the week.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post \u00a0– \u00a0D H Lawrence\u2019s poetry and Carl Milles sculpture<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the knocking?
\nWhat is the knocking at the door in the night?
\nIt is somebody wants to do us harm.<\/p>\n

No, no, it is the three strange angels.
\nAdmit them, admit them<\/p>\n

D. H. Lawrence \u00a0September 1885 to March 1930<\/p>\n

The playing angels of Philadelphia<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"angel3\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"angel2\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"angel1\"<\/p>\n

Swedish sculptor Car\u00a0\u00a0l Milles created many angels over his creative life time, including these 3 playing angels now permanently displayed in Fairmount Park, along Philadelphia’s\u00a0Kelly Drive. \u00a0When I studied in Philly during the 1970s, I would sometimes walk to the three angels and lie on my back looking up to watch them dance against the sky. \u00a0They were my favorite place in a city I came to love. \u00a0Still are.<\/p>\n

For an explanation of the Philadelphia angels with multiple perspectives see \u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_yCAQ-WuhMc<\/a><\/p>\n

Carl Milles \u00a0June 1875 to September 1955<\/p>\n

\"Carl-Milles\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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