{"id":2001,"date":"2016-09-23T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T04:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:34","slug":"sept-23-a-friday-change-of-pace-denise-levertov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/09\/23\/sept-23-a-friday-change-of-pace-denise-levertov\/","title":{"rendered":"Sept 23 &#8211; a Friday change of pace &#8211; Denise Levertov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, September 23<br \/>\n&#8220;the mystery<br \/>\nthat there is anything, anything at all,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weather.com\">Weather.com<\/a>\u00a0predicts a Friday and Saturday of mixed clouds and sun plus a sunny Sunday. \u00a0 \u00a0This Friday, \u00a0the last work day of this week, opens into its weekend. \u00a0Lots of people \u00a0\u2014 not just at the University, not just in this pulsing-groaning city, in this pulsing-groaning country, in this pulsing-groaning world \u2014 \u00a0feel fatigue. \u00a0 Denise Levertov\u2019s poem \u00a0speaks of refreshing mystery waiting to be noticed.<\/p>\n<p>The Work Day blog hosts poets of many faiths and some who refrain from religious faith. \u00a0Denise Levertov celebrates a creator God whose attention is not easily distracted. \u00a0In this mode, she reminds me of Tagore.\u00a0\u00a0Best read the poem out loud, with pauses.<\/p>\n<p>Have a blest weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post \u00a0\u201cPrimary Wonder\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Days pass when I forget the mystery.<br \/>\nProblems insoluble and problems offering<br \/>\ntheir own ignored solutions<br \/>\njostle for my attention, they crowd its antechamber<br \/>\nalong with a host of diversions, my courtiers, wearing<br \/>\ntheir colored clothes; caps and bells.<br \/>\nAnd then<br \/>\nonce more the quiet mystery<br \/>\nis present to me, the throng\u2019s clamor<br \/>\nrecedes:\u00a0 the mystery<br \/>\nthat there is anything, anything at all,<br \/>\nlet alone cosmos, joy, memory, everything,<br \/>\nrather than void: and that, 0 Lord,<br \/>\nCreator, Hallowed one, You still,<br \/>\nhour by hour sustain it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2016\/09\/Denise-Levertov.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2002\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2016\/09\/Denise-Levertov.jpg\" alt=\"denise-levertov\" width=\"186\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2016\/09\/Denise-Levertov.jpg 186w, https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2016\/09\/Denise-Levertov-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denise Levertov<br \/>\nb. October 1923 \u00a0d. December 1997<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, September 23 &#8220;the mystery that there is anything, anything at all,\u201d Weather.com\u00a0predicts a Friday and Saturday of mixed clouds and sun plus a sunny Sunday. \u00a0 \u00a0This Friday, \u00a0the last work day of this week, opens into its weekend. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/09\/23\/sept-23-a-friday-change-of-pace-denise-levertov\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11641],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2003,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions\/2003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}