{"id":1714,"date":"2016-01-28T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:48:00","slug":"jan-28-for-holy-beings-poems-joyharjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/01\/28\/jan-28-for-holy-beings-poems-joyharjo\/","title":{"rendered":"jan 28 “. . . for Holy Beings” Poems — Joy\tHarjo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday January 28 – \u201cYes, that was me you saw shaking with bravery . . . \u201c pg. 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

This has been a busy week: back-to-back board meetings \u2014 Denver, Santa Clara and Detroit, followed by a conference in Washington. After that my life looks to be easing into a more graceful rhythm. In the midst of all the hustling, Joy Harjo sent me her new book of poems: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings<\/span>, (New York: W H Norton, 2015). In the airplane last night I began reading from page 1.<\/p>\n

No Wednesday or Friday posts this week, and probably none next Monday. So, I decided to introduce three pieces from Conflict Resolution<\/span>. Taut, clean words that opened my soul last night while flying north toward Seattle to catch the Detroit red eye.
\nJoy, thank you.<\/p>\n

Try reading each out loud, with some slow breathing in between.<\/p>\n

Back Wednesday; have a blest weekend.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humans were created by mistake. Someone laughed
\nand we came crawling out. That was the beginning
\nof the story; we were hooked then. What a wild
\ndilemma, how to make it to the stars, on a highway
\nslick with fear \u2014
\npage 13<\/p>\n

Listened to an alto sax player jamming on the street.
\nHe played a few jazz standards, mostly popular tunes
\nthe people would know who changed buses there. Nice
\ntone. I walked from the hotel into the dusk of the city to
\nlisten closer, to speak with him. l We shared names, gear
\ninfo, and other stories of the saxophone road. He told
\nme, \u201cI\u2019m making a living out of small hopes . . . \u201c There\u2019s
\nsometing about a lone horn player blowing ballads at
\nthe corners of our lives.\u201d
\npage 10<\/p>\n

Joy-Harjo<\/p>\n

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