{"id":1486,"date":"2008-11-07T00:33:15","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T06:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2008-11-07T00:34:51","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T06:34:51","slug":"poetry-friday-ive-got-a-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1486","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Friday: I’ve got a feeling…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday night, while history was being made, my husband was at work – Ithaca College was in final rehearsals for a show. Around the time he got out, he heard a lot of commotion and screaming from somewhere on campus. The next day a student told him what had happened: when Barack Obama was declared our President-elect, hundreds of students rushed outside and launched into a spontaneous rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” You can watch it here:<\/p>\n

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Call me a sap, but I just think that’s incredibly moving. So today’s poetry choice seems like an obvious one to me. Here’s another celebratory song, “I Hear America Singing,”<\/strong><\/a> from that rascally old patriot Walt Whitman. <\/p>\n

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
\nThose of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
\nThe carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
\nThe mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
\nThe boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
\nThe shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
\nThe wood-cutter\u2019s song, the ploughboy\u2019s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
\nThe delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
\nEach singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
\nThe day what belongs to the day\u2014at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
\nSinging with open mouths their strong melodious songs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is my celebratory song. I’ve had it in my head for going on three days now. What’s yours?<\/p>\n

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Happy Poetry Friday, America. Our dear friend Jone, a.k.a. Ms. Mac, is hosting over at Check it Out.<\/strong><\/a> Godspeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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