{"id":2953,"date":"2019-03-13T11:56:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T15:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:44:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:44:54","slug":"march-13-david-whyte-between-winter-and-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2019\/03\/13\/march-13-david-whyte-between-winter-and-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"March 13 – David Whyte -between winter and spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
\n\u201cTo hear
\nanother\u2019s voice,
\nfollow
\nyour own voice\u201d<\/p>\n

This post last appeared eleven month ago, April 16, 2018 to be precise. We sibs gathered at our sister Mary\u2019s home for her birthday. Here\u2019s how I began the context paragraph that day. \u201cI am writing from my sister Mary\u2019s snow-bound home where 20+ inches of snow was blown around for 2 days of blizzard winds (c. 25 mph). Lovely for sure; every few minutes a car drives by the riverfront road.\u201d What a difference eleven months makes! This first half of March 2019 has scattered hints of spring here and there around Detroit, though a Lakota soul friend, Mary Tobacco, tells me that they are digging out from a hefty blizzard today in South Dakota. March offers unpredictable weather twitches, no? A blizzard-loving person like myself may yet be pulling on my high top snow boots. I\u2019m not taking responsibility for the weather though, \u201cenjoying\u201d does not = \u201ccausing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s poem by David Whyte has blessed me several times over the Work Day\/Hard Time poetry list\u2019s six-year existence. Yes. best to read the poem out loud, with pauses, several times over the day. Have a blest day.<\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

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

April 2018 deep into a lovely storm<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post: \u201cStart Close In\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start close in,
\ndon\u2019t take the second step
\nor the third,
\nstart with the first
\nthing
\nclose in,
\nthe step
\nyou don\u2019t want to take.<\/p>\n

Start with
\nthe ground
\nyou know,
\nthe pale ground
\nbeneath your feet,
\nyour own
\nway to begin
\nthe conversation.<\/p>\n

Start with your own
\nquestion,
\ngive up on other
\npeople\u2019s questions,
\ndon\u2019t let them
\nsmother something
\nsimple.<\/p>\n

To hear
\nanother\u2019s voice,
\nfollow
\nyour own voice,
\nwait until
\nthat voice<\/p>\n

becomes an
\nintimate
\nprivate ear
\nthat can
\nreally listen
\nto another.<\/p>\n

Start right now
\ntake a small step
\nyou can call your own
\ndon\u2019t follow
\nsomeone else\u2019s
\nheroics, be humble
\nand focused,
\nstart close in,
\ndon\u2019t mistake
\nthat other
\nfor your own.<\/p>\n

Start close in,
\ndon\u2019t take
\nthe second step
\nor the third,
\nstart with the first
\nthing
\nclose in,
\nthe step
\nyou don\u2019t want to take.<\/p>\n

from River Flow: New & Selected Poems<\/span>
\nMany Rivers Press<\/p>\n

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

David Whyte b. 1955
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Whyte_(poet)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 \u201cTo hear another\u2019s voice, follow your own voice\u201d This post last appeared eleven month ago, April 16, 2018 to be precise. We sibs gathered at our sister Mary\u2019s home for her birthday. Here\u2019s how I began … 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\/2953"}],"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=2953"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2955,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions\/2955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}