{"id":2656,"date":"2018-04-25T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:31","slug":"april-25-david-hinton-a-poet-new-to-me-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2018\/04\/25\/april-25-david-hinton-a-poet-new-to-me-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"April 25 – David Hinton, a poet new to me — “Desert”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday April 25\u00a0 “gazing out, the old
\nmasters say. It
\nseems easy
\nenough. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But . . . ”<\/p>\n

This habit of beginning three work days a week with a poem often stretches my imagination; David Hinton\u2019s few words in today\u2019s poem also stretch me. \u00a0 Reading \u201cDesert\u201d outloud, strong because of its flint-hard word choices, provides a stop during the work day.\u00a0 Perhaps it can offer a break in the crowded pace of the day\u2019s agenda. \u00a0But that\u2019s what poems do. \u00a0Some of our c. 2500 readers tease me about the mantra \u201cread outloud . . . with pauses\u201d \u00a0but in a world where so many messages pulse with anger and fear and over-statement, that\u2019s what poems are for.<\/p>\n

Have a blest day this mid-week of final exams on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

john st sj<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

“To celebrate Poetry Month, we are sharing a poem from our forthcoming collection of original poetry, Desert<\/em><\/a> by David Hinton<\/a>.” ~Shambhala Publications<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post: \u00a0\u201cDesert\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 David Hinton<\/p>\n

Empty mind
\nis a mirror
\ngazing out, the old
\nmasters say. It
\nseems easy<\/p>\n

enough. But all
\nnight long, stars shimmer
\nlight-years
\ndeep in my gaze. Who<\/p>\n

could be that<\/p>\n

vast? And at dawn
\nI\u2019m sure
\nit\u2019s not me<\/p>\n

mirroring
\ndesert, but wide-
\nopen desert
\nmirroring whatever<\/p>\n

it is
\nI am.<\/p>\n

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

1954-
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Hinton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday April 25\u00a0 “gazing out, the old masters say. It seems easy enough. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But . . . ” This habit of beginning three work days a week with a poem often stretches my imagination; David Hinton\u2019s few words in … Continue reading →<\/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\/2656"}],"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=2656"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2660,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656\/revisions\/2660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}