{"id":1946,"date":"2016-08-24T11:05:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:39","slug":"aug-24-same-poem-as-same-day-in-2015-william-carlos-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/08\/24\/aug-24-same-poem-as-same-day-in-2015-william-carlos-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Aug 24 – same poem as same day in 2015 –\tWilliam Carlos Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday \u00a0August 24 \u2013 \u00a0\u201cto face in the wind\u2019s teeth\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday,\u00a0new freshmen arrived in the residence halls; lots of parents came, too, to help haul the stuff of residence hall life \u2014 refrigerators, sound systems, soap and toothpaste — setting up a space that will, all these family people hope, \u00a0become a home for the daunting place of teaching, research and learning that is a university. \u00a0 \u00a0Classes begin next Monday for undergraduates. \u00a0This week, employees work at once-a-term tasks aimed at setting the table for the more stable rhythm of regular classes — college and campus-wide meetings all over the place. \u00a0Staff & faculty helping students learn the landscape and helping new faculty and staff learn the same things.\u00a0 Faculty putting finishing touches on course syllabi, early athletic practices, and strength conditioning.\u00a0 All three campuses change when students bring their energy and hope and fears to a yearlong encounter with ways of thinking that will stretch them. \u00a0 All of the rest of us who work here, faculty, staff and administrators, probably take a few deep breaths and square our shoulders. \u00a0\u201cHere we go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The poet\u00a0William Carlos Williams understood life-weariness and beauty\u2019s restorative powers.\u00a0 \u201cThe Maneuver\u201d is very brief; just the thing for a hammer-slammer day packed with hustling.\u00a0 Try reading it aloud once or twice, with pauses. \u00a0Breathe a little.<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The Manoeuvre<\/strong><\/p>\n

I saw the two starlings
\ncoming in toward the wires
\nBut at the last,
\njust before alighting, they<\/p>\n

turned in the air together
\nand landed backwards!
\nthat\u2019s what got me \u2014
\nto face into the wind\u2019s teeth.<\/p>\n

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

William Carlos Williams
\n(September 17, 1883 \u2013 March 4, 1963)
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Carlos_Williams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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