{"id":3404,"date":"2020-03-18T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T04:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2020-03-18T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T15:11:00","slug":"march-18-anonymous-a-shy-love-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2020\/03\/18\/march-18-anonymous-a-shy-love-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"March 18 – anonymous, a shy love poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Anxieties, anxieties, anxieties \u00a0\u2014> \u00a0a fair sample of COVID-19 denials; \u00a0often pretty noisy denials at that.\u00a0 They remind me of a joke my dad used to tell from his early days growing up in a Kansas farm town. \u00a0The story goes that the preacher had written out his sermon so he could read it from the pulpit with notes that occurred to him as he got closer to the service. \u00a0 \u00a0My Dad\u2019s joke: \u00a0the preacher had written on one place in the margin \u2014 \u201cWeak Argument; \u00a0SHOUT LIKE HELL.\u201d \u00a0 I loved this bit of prairie humor as a boy who worshiped his dad; \u00a0I still love it.<\/p>\n

Best to read\u00a0this, to me anonymous, Haiku out loud. \u00a0Then breathe a little, then read it out loud again,\u00a0then breathe a little, then read it a third time. \u00a0These frightening days invite some serious slow breathing.<\/p>\n

No matter how busy you are, I hope there\u2019s time to stand still and read these few, spare words. \u00a0Perhaps as a mind rinse.<\/p>\n

Have a blest day,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post \u2013 Anonymous<\/strong><\/p>\n

By way of pretext, I said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI will go to consider the condition of the bamboo fence\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

but\u00a0it was really to see you.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

Rocky Mountain National Park \u00a0during Ignatian Colleagues Silent Retreat – July 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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