{"id":2630,"date":"2018-04-02T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:32","slug":"april-2-a-new-poet-the-second-day-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2018\/04\/02\/april-2-a-new-poet-the-second-day-of-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2 — a new poet the second day of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, April 2 \u00a0–\u00a0\u201cCall yourself alive?\u201d<\/p>\n

Easter, like Lent in the Christian tradition, unfolds over 40 days; \u00a0its stories are alive with hope emerging from grim times.\u00a0 A poet friend of 40 years lives in and around the wide world, turning what might appear as a blur of hustle and fatigue into depth and wonder. \u00a0She notices. \u00a0When she writes what has caught her attention, I expect surprises.<\/p>\n

When I read her subject line yesterday, \u201can Easter poem for John,\u201d I let myself slow down and breathe a little.\u00a0 Then I read Nina Cassian, a new poet for me.\u00a0 \u201cTemptation\u201d helps me awake into this year\u2019s 40 days of Easter.<\/p>\n

Best to read aloud, with pauses and breathing. \u00a0Have a blest day this second day of April.<\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Temptation
\nfrom:\u00a0\u201cStaying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times,” page 48<\/p>\n

Call yourself alive?\u00a0 Look, I promise you
\nthat for the first time you’ll feel your pores opening
\nlike fish mouths, and you’ll actually be able to hear
\nyour blood surging through all those lanes,
\nand you’ll feel light gliding across the cornea
\nlike the train of a dress. For the first time
\nyou’ll be aware of gravity
\nlike a thorn in your heel,
\nand your shoulder blades will ache for want of wings.
\nCall yourself alive?\u00a0 I promise you
\nyou’ll be deafened by dust falling on the furniture,
\nyou’ll feel your eyebrows turning to two gashes,
\nand every memory you have — will begin
\nat Genesis.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

By Nina Cassian
\n27 November 1924 \u2013 d. 14 April 2014
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nina_Cassian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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