{"id":2813,"date":"2018-11-26T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:12","slug":"nov-26-missed-the-first-time-but-noticed-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2018\/11\/26\/nov-26-missed-the-first-time-but-noticed-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 26 &#8211; &#8220;missed the first time but noticed later&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, November 26<br \/>\n\u201cand yet there are chances that come back\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A friend introduced me to the poet, W. S. Merwin late in 2014; \u00a0all sorts of recognition for his poetry. \u00a0It me wonder how I\u2019d \u00a0missed him for so long. \u00a0Wikipedia\u2019s short bio concludes: \u00a0\u201cIn June 2010, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Library_of_Congress\">Library of Congress<\/a>\u00a0named Merwin the seventeenth\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Poet_Laureate\">United States Poet Laureate<\/a>\u00a0to replace the outgoing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kay_Ryan\">Kay Ryan<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0He is the subject of the 2014 documentary,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Even_Though_the_Whole_World_Is_Burning\">Even Though the Whole World Is Burning<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How many times have I noticed \u2014- remembering something that I had missed the first time around \u00a0\u2014 something, hindsight now tells me, that was already important, and then becomes important again in a later remembering? \u00a0 Remembering, teaches St. Ignatius, can reweave the fabric of a life. \u00a0\u201cAttention should be paid to some more important places in which I have experienced understanding, consolation, or desolation.\u201d (Spiritual Exercises \u00a0Par. 118) \u00a0 Noticing matters. \u00a0 \u00a0Best to read the poet out loud, with pauses.<\/p>\n<p>This last Monday of November features light snow dancing on the wind; \u00a0astonishing play.\u00a0 Have a blest day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>john st sj<\/p>\n<p>p.s. The University\u2019s blog management system reports that today is poetry post # 625.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>W. S. Merwin\u00a0&#8211;\u201cTurning\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going too fast for myself I missed<br \/>\nmore than I think I can remember<br \/>\nalmost everything it seems sometimes<br \/>\nand yet there are chances that come back<br \/>\nthat I did not notice when they stood<br \/>\nwhere I could have reached out and touched them<br \/>\nthis morning the black shepherd dog<br \/>\nstill young looking up and saying<br \/>\nAre you ready this time<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2018\/11\/W.S.-Merwin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2814\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2018\/11\/W.S.-Merwin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>W.S. Merwin<br \/>\n(1927 \u2013 )<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W._S._Merwin\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W._S._Merwin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, November 26 \u201cand yet there are chances that come back\u201d A friend introduced me to the poet, W. S. Merwin late in 2014; \u00a0all sorts of recognition for his poetry. \u00a0It me wonder how I\u2019d \u00a0missed him for so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2018\/11\/26\/nov-26-missed-the-first-time-but-noticed-later\/\">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\/2813"}],"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=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2817,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions\/2817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}