{"id":581,"date":"2014-05-13T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=581"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:50:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:50:23","slug":"may-13-from-here-i-an-go-anywhere-i-choose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2014\/05\/13\/may-13-from-here-i-an-go-anywhere-i-choose\/","title":{"rendered":"May 13 &#8211; &#8220;From here I can go anywhere I choose&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, May 13, 2014 street music at Eastern Market<\/p>\n<p>A couple Saturdays ago on the corner of Winder and Russell, kitty corner from Shed 2, by Rockies, the drummer wasn\u2019t there. Pretty astonishing since he has become a fixture for quite a while. Agile and slender, instantly recognizable, he filled the street with breath-taking cadences. He was fun too, noticing you notice him, without missing a beat. He\u2019ll be back I am sure. Well, pretty sure anyway. Since I don\u2019t even know his name, certainty would be presumptious for a passerby like myself. Street music is like that, it shapes lives, puts a lift in a walker\u2019s step, but you don\u2019t own it.<\/p>\n<p>The other day I came across a poetry website \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">This week\u2019s poems from \u201cA Year of Being Here&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/us5.campaign-archive1.com\/?u=457a3577c6b36ca98077cfe6b&amp;id=4c951f5105&amp;e=0b70d2e1dc#mctoc4\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/us5.campaign-archive1.com\/?u=457a3577c6b36ca98077cfe6b&amp;id=4c951f5105&amp;e=0b70d2e1dc#mctoc4<\/a>). You can sign up on a daily or a weekly basis. I decided on weekly. This is my first browsing venture. Wendy Cope rewarded me with her contemplation of a young man on the street playing his flute.<\/p>\n<p>Have a blest day.<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p>p.s. I hope the cherry trees pop their blossom today but even without them, over by Briggs, campus looks fine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No coats today. Buds bulge on chestnut trees,<br \/>\nand on the doorstep of a big, old house<br \/>\na young man stands and plays his flute.<\/p>\n<p>I watch the silver notes fly up<br \/>\nand circle in blue sky above the traffic,<br \/>\ntravelling where they will.<\/p>\n<p>And suddenly this paving stone<br \/>\nmidway between my front door and the bus stop<br \/>\nis a starting point.<\/p>\n<p>From here I can go anywhere I choose.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Cope in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Serious Concerns<\/span> (1992)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2014\/05\/Flute.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-582\" alt=\"Flute\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2014\/05\/Flute.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2014\/05\/Flute.jpg 320w, https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2014\/05\/Flute-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, May 13, 2014 street music at Eastern Market A couple Saturdays ago on the corner of Winder and Russell, kitty corner from Shed 2, by Rockies, the drummer wasn\u2019t there. 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