{"id":2483,"date":"2017-12-13T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:47","slug":"dec-13-two-starlings-improbably-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/12\/13\/dec-13-two-starlings-improbably-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 13 &#8212; two starlings improbably dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday December 13<br \/>\n\u201cthat\u2019s what got me to face into the wind\u2019s teeth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I woke this morning with a taste of joy on my tongue; \u00a0 that turned me toward William \u00a0Carlos Williams bringing two starlings into my imagination, alive and dancing. \u00a0You too, maybe? \u00a0 Short poem and it works best when read slowly and with pauses .<\/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 mid-day in final exam week on McNichols and a day when W C W says my mood.<\/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>&nbsp;<\/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>Wednesday December 13 \u201cthat\u2019s what got me to face into the wind\u2019s teeth\u201d I woke this morning with a taste of joy on my tongue; \u00a0 that turned me toward William \u00a0Carlos Williams bringing two starlings into my imagination, alive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/12\/13\/dec-13-two-starlings-improbably-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\/2483"}],"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=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions\/2485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}