{"id":2572,"date":"2018-02-19T09:10:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T14:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:39","slug":"2572","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2018\/02\/19\/2572\/","title":{"rendered":"feb 19 &#8211;  &#8220;When you listen, you reach  . . . &#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>last posted on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/02\/29\/feb-29-when-you-listen\/\">February 29, 2016<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Monday, \u00a0February 19, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can be your brain, your<br \/>\nfingers, your toes,<br \/>\nYou can listen anywhere\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poems appear sometimes like this \u2014 a friend sends me a poem; \u00a0it sits on the edge of awareness for 2 months; \u00a0I finally notice the poem, read it, am moved by it, look around internet places to learn a little about the poet, and write a post to contextualize it. \u00a0 Paying attention to one poem this time introduced me to a poetry list titled \u201c<u>Poetry \u2014 for better or worse: \u00a0My favorite poems, one by one\u201d<\/u>\u00a0 at a cheeky website \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tiltingourheadsup.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/tiltingourheadsup.blogspot.com<\/a>. \u00a0So far I have not found the editor\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>For a mid-day Monday in February, how do you like this poem, written by a fifth grader? \u00a0 This young poet reminds me to thank February, 2018 \u00a0for its blessings.<\/p>\n<p>This past weekend, too, 4 junior faculty members, \u00a0all women who live &amp; work within STEM disciplines (biology, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, \u00a0physicians assistant) drove \u00a0down I-75 to Xavier Univeristy for this year\u2019s Faculty Conversations Weekend, conversations about gender and justice. \u00a0Talking with them the past few days before they headed south fills me with joy and respect.<\/p>\n<p>Best to read the poem out loud, w. pauses.<\/p>\n<p>Have a blest Monday.<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post: \u00a0\u201cWaiting in Line\u201d:<br \/>\n<\/strong>[Curator\u2019s note: Nick Penna was in fifth grade when he wrote this poem.]<\/p>\n<p>When you listen you reach<br \/>\ninto dark corners and<br \/>\npull out your wonders.<br \/>\nWhen you listen your<br \/>\nideas come in and out<br \/>\nlike they were waiting in line.<\/p>\n<p>Your ears don\u2019t always listen.<br \/>\nIt can be your brain, your<br \/>\nfingers, your toes.<br \/>\nYou can listen anywhere.<br \/>\nYour mind might not want to go.<br \/>\nIf you can listen you can find<br \/>\nanswers to questions you didn\u2019t know.<br \/>\nIf you have listened, truly<br \/>\nlistened, you don\u2019t find your<br \/>\nself alone.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting in Line, Nick Penna from\u00a0<u>Poetic Medicine, the Healing Art of Poem Making\u201d<\/u>, John Fox @ Jeremy P Tarcher, \u00a0Putnam 1997<br \/>\nPosted in \u201cA Year of Being Here\u201d \u00a0Phyllis Cole-Dai \u00a0January 29, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>last posted on\u00a0February 29, 2016 Monday, \u00a0February 19, 2018 \u201cIt can be your brain, your fingers, your toes, You can listen anywhere\u201d Poems appear sometimes like this \u2014 a friend sends me a poem; \u00a0it sits on the edge of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2018\/02\/19\/2572\/\">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\/2572"}],"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=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3131,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions\/3131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}