{"id":1711,"date":"2016-01-25T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:48:00","slug":"jan-25-ask-me-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/01\/25\/jan-25-ask-me-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 25 – “Ask me Anything”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday,\u00a0January 25 \u00a0 – a new work day\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I looked out of our 2nd floor living room window, over the still-in-progress McNichols entrance, onto pre-dawn Parking Lot F. \u00a0I saw two cars near the lot entrance. \u00a0 When this post is finished more early arrivers will have selected their places and turned off their engines; \u00a0 it\u2019s mostly employees now. \u00a0Students will come later and pack the big lot. \u00a0\u00a0Weather.com<\/a>\u00a0says the 8:00 am sky will fill with winter sunlight that will ease back to “partly cloudy.\u201d \u00a0 Fresh sun to light a working day.<\/p>\n

One of this list\u2019s readers sent me a poem on November 22: \u00a0“A friend of mine sent me this poem today and I thought I’d share it with you.\u00a0 I think it’s especially great.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0She\u2019s right by me. \u00a0Best to read the poem out loud, with pauses.<\/p>\n

Have a blest day.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post – \u00a0“I Am Not Old\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am not old\u2026she said
\nI am rare.
\nI am the standing ovation
\nAt the end of the play.
\nI am the retrospective
\nOf my life as art
\nI am the hours
\nConnected like dots
\nInto good sense
\nI am the fullness
\nOf existing.
\nYou think I am waiting to die\u2026
\nBut I am waiting to be found
\nI am a treasure.
\nI am a map.
\nAnd these wrinkles are
\nImprints of my journey
\nAsk me anything.<\/p>\n

– Samantha Reynolds<\/p>\n

p.s.<\/p>\n

I searched for Samantha Reynolds and found many people; \u00a0can\u2019t figure out which of these women wrote this poem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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