{"id":2321,"date":"2017-05-15T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T04:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:00","slug":"may-15-a-signed-copy-of-denise-levertovs-freeing-of-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/05\/15\/may-15-a-signed-copy-of-denise-levertovs-freeing-of-the-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"May 15 &#8211; a signed copy of Denise Levertov&#8217;s Freeing of the Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Monday after Commencement, May 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remembering when I lost my copy of\u00a0<u>The Freeing of the Dust;<\/u>\u00a0 remembering when a close friend restored the book with a signed copy. \u00a0 Why am I thinking of this long loved love poem today?\u00a0\u2014 Spring sun dancing all over the city? \u00a0The new \u00a0Q-Line rail just opened on Woodward? \u00a0 Memories of our McNicols \u00a0graduates and their kin dancing all over campus on Saturday\u2019s Commencement, and their fellow graduates from the Law School and the Dental School? \u00a0Showers of joy and live affection, of pride and relief, \u00a0days for dancing. \u00a0 Sure the world\u2019s wounds remain. \u00a0Today, though, remembering beauty and play wants attention.<\/p>\n<p>Have a blest day, \u00a0as this work week in the middle of May begins.<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s introduction I wrote for\u00a0\u201cRevolutionary Love&#8221; two years ago in April.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2015\/04\/20\/april-20-i-lost-the-freeing-of-the-dust\/\">Today\u2019s Post \u00a0&#8211; \u201cPrayer for Revolutionary Love\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2017\/05\/tulips2006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2322\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2017\/05\/tulips2006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1037\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2017\/05\/tulips2006.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2017\/05\/tulips2006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2017\/05\/tulips2006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2017\/05\/tulips2006-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McNichols Campus April 27, 2006<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday after Commencement, May 15 Remembering when I lost my copy of\u00a0The Freeing of the Dust;\u00a0 remembering when a close friend restored the book with a signed copy. \u00a0 Why am I thinking of this long loved love poem today?\u00a0\u2014 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/05\/15\/may-15-a-signed-copy-of-denise-levertovs-freeing-of-the-dust\/\">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\/2321"}],"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=2321"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3170,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions\/3170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}