{"id":1621,"date":"2015-11-23T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:49:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:49:06","slug":"nov-23-after-a-first-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2015\/11\/23\/nov-23-after-a-first-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 23 – After a First Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday \u00a0November 23 \u201call the stars stand up and shout\u201d<\/p>\n

A long time soul friend sent me this poem over the weekend. \u00a0Knocked me over; a strong short poem about the coming of snow and ice to our part of the world. \u00a0 \u00a0Metro Detroit is a sprawling city often with notable weather variations. \u00a0So on Saturday, some neighborhoods only 10 miles from campus would recognize that the following description could be reworded negatively (beautiful but dangerous for tree limbs and such). \u00a0Here at Six Mile and Livernois, the snow fell at a near-perfect temperature (c. 32-35\u00ba) and a wind speed slow enough for snow to cling to twigs and branches and roofs and to linger without falling off all night long. \u00a0 I took this picture when the early sun on Sunday kissed the tops of trees while our house\u2019s courtyard was still in shadows. \u00a0 I\u2019ve been using the pic as my desktop wallpaper.<\/p>\n

First snow of this year and a drop-dead beautiful landscape where I live. Weather.com<\/a>\u00a0says this goes away on Wednesday (50\u00ba and sunny) but for a winter lover, it\u2019s a promising beginning.<\/p>\n

The pic’s beneath the poem. \u00a0 Happy week of Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post-\u00a0\u201cNovember 20″<\/strong><\/p>\n

The geese have gone.
\nThe cranes have flown.
\nThe night is cold,<\/p>\n

and all the stars stand up
\nand shout out welcome.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sunday November 20, \u00a08:20 am<\/p>\n

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

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