Tuesday night, March 21
\nA\u00a0couple days ago one of our readers wrote asking about a specific poem:<\/p>\n
“please remind me who was author of the poem of Kindness, I saved it as a word document failed to acknowledge\u00a0author.
\nIt has touched me and its part of my journey,\u201d<\/p>\n
Her\/his request reminds me to remind all 2283 of you that \u00a0you can find any poet, poem, or word on our permanent archive blog. \u00a0 All 458 posts since the first one are available at\u00a0https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0in chronological order (most recent one on top, first one ever, Sept 25, 2013, on the bottom). \u00a0So to answer this reader\u2019s query about \u201cthe author of the poem of Kindness\u201d I went to the archive, wrote \u201ckindness\u201d in the search box, found c. 20 poems that use the word. \u00a0But, since this was a recent poem, I found it 2nd from the top, \u00a0easy.<\/p>\n You can do this too.<\/p>\n Here is Naomi Shihab Nye\u2019s compelling poem, \u201cKindness\u201d \u00a0again.<\/a> \u00a0I\u2019ll use it for today\u2019s post. \u00a0(n.b., I wrote this about 11:15 Tuesday night. \u00a0Tomorrow morning I\u2019ll be making coffee for 12 people coming for the Half-day Mission Retreat. \u00a0Responding to our reader\u2019s question can serve as a reminder of the list\u2019s \u00a0search tool and at the same time, re-up a wonderful poem only 2.5 weeks since it first appeared. \u00a0I am reading it as my last thing before saying goodnight to the city. \u00a0It will be in your mailbox tomorrow morning. 😊)<\/p>\n Sure, \u00a0it helps to read a strong poem \u201cout loud . \u00a0. \u00a0. \u00a0with pauses\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n john sj<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tuesday night, March 21 A\u00a0couple days ago one of our readers wrote asking about a specific poem: “please remind me who was author of the poem of Kindness, I saved it as a word document failed to acknowledge\u00a0author. It has … Continue reading