{"id":1556,"date":"2015-10-12T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:49:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:49:13","slug":"oct-12-breathing-and-hot-air-balloons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2015\/10\/12\/oct-12-breathing-and-hot-air-balloons\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct 12 – breathing and hot air balloons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday \u00a0October 12, \u00a0\u201cBreathing is the most ancient language\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I missed posting on Friday, the pace of interaction at the annual meeting of The Society for the History of Technology, this year in Albuquerque, old historians like myself, and lots of young scholars from around the world. Worth it for sure even if I didn\u2019t see a single hot air balloon. \u00a0 The mountains that cup the oasis of a city with the Rio Grande running through it, are as lovely as I remembered them. \u00a0\u00a0\"balloons\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never met the poet Hannah Stephenson before. \u00a0She wrote this crisp, trim poem, reminding the reader to pause and breathe a little. \u00a0Perhaps today?<\/p>\n

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john st sj<\/p>\n

p.s.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a035 years ago today my father died in our arms. \u00a0 Yesterday Bill Shaffer died, the father of a UDM grad and soul friend, Sarah. \u00a0Both Sarah and her dad are Vets.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post \u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/u>Hannah Stephenson: “Ancient Language”<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\"ForestEdge\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you stand at the edge of the forest
\nand stare into it
\nevery tree at the edge will blow a little extra
\noxygen toward you<\/p>\n

It has been proven
\nLeaves have admitted it<\/p>\n

The pines I have known
\nhave been especially candid<\/p>\n

One said
\nthat all breath in this world
\nis roped together<\/p>\n

that breathing is
\nthe most ancient language<\/p>\n

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\"Hannah-Stephenson\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“Ancient Language” by\u00a0\u00a0Hannah Stephenson.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Text as\u00a0posted<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on the poet’s blog (12\/31\/2013). \u00a9 Hannah Stephenson. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
\nArt credit:\u00a0<\/em>“Pine Forest, Landes, Frances,”\u00a0image<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by unknown photographer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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