{"id":1848,"date":"2016-04-27T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:44","slug":"april-27-roaring-with-laughter-full-of-earth-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/04\/27\/april-27-roaring-with-laughter-full-of-earth-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"April 27 ” . . . roaring with laughter, full of earth-praise . . . “"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, April 27 \u00a0– \u00a0Mary Oliver and Pine Ridge, SD<\/strong><\/p>\n

A friend sent me a Mary Oliver writing, new to me. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t quite read like a poem. \u00a0More like two small essays connected. \u00a0They remind me of a saying-set I wrote ten years ago or so imagining Lakota (Sioux) wisdom opening places in my imagination. \u00a0Living on Pine Ridge for much of my twenties and now for about a week late in May each year, I spend time with Lakota friends and visit 5 or 6 sacred places there: \u00a0meadowlarks, prairie grass and badlands, the profile of the Black Hills 60-70 miles to the west, thunder and lightning storms, \u00a0horses running free. \u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019ll head out there this May 25 for 7 days. \u00a0A restorative time.<\/p>\n

Mary Oliver\u2019s two paragraphs began today\u2019s post. Thanks to a soul friend who introduced me to this new piece of her writing.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the day.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post: \u00a0\u201cFoolishness? \u00a0No, it\u2019s not.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Mary Oliver<\/p>\n

Sometimes I spend all day trying to count
\nthe leaves on a single tree. To do this I
\nhave to climb branch by branch and
\nwrite down the numbers in a little book.
\nSo I suppose, from their point of view,
\nit\u00b9s reasonable that my friends say: what
\nfoolishness! She\u00b9s got her head in the clouds
\nagain.<\/p>\n

But it\u00b9s not. Of course I have to give up,
\nbut by then I’m half crazy with the wonder
\nof it – the abundance of the leaves, the
\nquietness of the branches, the hopelessness
\nof my effort. And I am in that delicious
\nand important place, roaring with laughter,
\nfull of earth-praise.<\/p>\n

a wisdom-saying born on the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation<\/u><\/p>\n

“Time spent baking bread follows the\u00a0pace\u00a0of yeast”
\n“Motorcycling alone; I move as\u00a0a\u00a0 tiny person in a vast world”<\/p>\n

“If I pause long enough, I \u00a0hear the sound of grass growing, \u00a0and trees, each\u00a0at its own pace.”<\/p>\n

\"SD1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"SD2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"SD3\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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