{"id":2291,"date":"2017-04-24T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:02","slug":"easter-day-8-william-carlos-williams-two-starlings-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/04\/24\/easter-day-8-william-carlos-williams-two-starlings-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"easter day 8 &#8211; William Carlos Williams&#8217; two starlings dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, April 24 \u00a0\u201cthat\u2019s what got me to face into the wind\u2019s teeth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes joy after grief awakens slowly, filled with stillness and soft footsteps. \u00a0Sometimes joy after grief runs so hard it messes your hair and makes you giddy. \u00a0Today\u2019s poem is that 2nd kind of joy. \u00a0Whenever I hear what William Carlos Williams pulled out of his magic poet\u2019s bag, I cannot help repeating it. \u00a0Try it for this Monday of Easter\u2019s 2nd week, as final exams at the university peek over the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Have a blest week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The Manoeuvre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I saw the two starlings<br \/>\ncoming in toward the wires<br \/>\nBut at the last,<br \/>\njust before alighting, they<\/p>\n<p>turned in the air together<br \/>\nand landed backwards!<br \/>\nthat\u2019s what got me \u2014<br \/>\nto face into the wind\u2019s teeth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2014\/04\/William-Carlos-Williams.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-453\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2014\/04\/William-Carlos-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>William Carlos Williams<\/p>\n<p>September 17, 1883 \u2013 March 4, 1963<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Carlos_Williams\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Carlos_Williams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, April 24 \u00a0\u201cthat\u2019s what got me to face into the wind\u2019s teeth\u201d Sometimes joy after grief awakens slowly, filled with stillness and soft footsteps. \u00a0Sometimes joy after grief runs so hard it messes your hair and makes you giddy. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/04\/24\/easter-day-8-william-carlos-williams-two-starlings-dancing\/\">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\/2291"}],"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=2291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}