{"id":2155,"date":"2017-01-09T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:23","slug":"jan-9-day-one-term-two-here-on-six-mile-road-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/01\/09\/jan-9-day-one-term-two-here-on-six-mile-road-in-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 9 – Day One, Term Two here on Six Mile Road in Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday January 9 -\u201cDrunk with the joy of singing”<\/strong><\/p>\n

What poem might speak to the courage and hope and anxiety that stirs a university campus at the dawn of Term 2 \u2014 \u00a0\u2014 \u00a0after the holy day intimacies, visiting, \u00a0eating and drinking that waken deeper than usual places of hearts and memories? \u00a0 Rabindranath Tagore\u2019s Poem # 2 in Gitanjali<\/u>\u00a0can remind readers that the challenges of starting a fresh season of learning are not limited to anxiety and the sticker shock of reading all the term\u2019s syllabi at once, \u00a015 weeks of work, for every class, yikes!<\/p>\n

Tagore\u2019s\u00a0Poem # 2 exults in beginnings and finding one\u2019s voice. \u00a0\u00a0Best to read the poem out loud, with pauses for breathing a little in the spaces around the words.<\/p>\n

Have a blest first week.<\/p>\n

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john st sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s post: \u00a0Rabindranath Tagore<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Thou commandest me to sing
\nit seems that my heart would break with pride
\nand I look to Thy face
\nand tears come to my eyes.<\/p>\n

All that is harsh and dissonant in my life
\nmelts into one sweet harmony
\nand my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird
\non its flight across the sea.<\/p>\n

I know Thou takest pleasure in my singing
\nI know that only as a singer I come before Thy presence
\nI touch by the edge of the far spreading wing of my song
\nThy feet which I could never aspire to reach.<\/p>\n

Drunk with the joy of singing
\nI forget myself
\nand call Thee friend
\nwho art my lord.<\/p>\n

Tagore\u00a0\u00a0Gitanjali<\/u>\u00a0 # 2<\/p>\n

mcnichols campus after snow, december 13, 2010<\/p>\n

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