• E39 Open Windows by Sara Teasdale

  • Jul 2 2024
  • Length: 13 mins
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E39 Open Windows by Sara Teasdale

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    Description:
    An immersive reading of Open Windows by Sara Teasdale with reflection on mobility, pain, trees and wonder.

    Website:
    https://anauscultation.wordpress.com/

    Work:
    Open Windows
    by Sara Teasdale

    Out of the window a sea of green trees
    Lift their soft boughs like the arms of a dancer,
    They beckon and call me, "Come out in the sun!"
    But I cannot answer.
    I am alone with Weakness and Pain,
    Sick abed and June is going,
    I cannot keep her, she hurries by
    With the silver-green of her garments blowing.
    Men and women pass in the street
    Glad of the shining sapphire weather,
    But we know more of it than they,
    Pain and I together.
    They are the runners in the sun,
    Breathless and blinded by the race,
    But we are watchers in the shade
    Who speak with Wonder face to face.

    References:

    Sara Teasdale: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sara-teasdale

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    Mihandoust S, Joseph A, Kennedy S, MacNaughton P, Woo M. Exploring the Relationship between Window View Quantity, Quality, and Ratings of Care in the Hospital. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 12;18(20):10677.
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