Friday, November 19, 2010
More from Wendell Berry ...
... and this one is perfectly lovely.
To My Mother
by Wendell Berry
I was your rebellious son,
do you remember? Sometimes
I wonder if you do remember,
so complete has your forgiveness been.
So complete has your forgiveness been
I wonder sometimes if it did not
precede my wrong, and I erred,
safe found, within your love,
prepared ahead of me, the way home,
or my bed at night, so that almost
(Read the rest here, at The Poetry Foundation.)
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The Poetry Friday roundup is at Random Noodling today.
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Hi Karen, just stopping by to let you know that I pulled out my December liturgical basket last night and in it found your Panic-Free Advent which I had printed off last Advent. I read it last night and all the panic disappeared !! Thank you for all your wonderful compilation of ideas. We will benefit so much from them. Happy Blessed Advent!!
I have only one desire; to so completely mirror this love that I would be remembered this kind of mother. Thank you for posting this!
Isn't it just beautiful, Andi? I want to be that mother, too.
Gardenia, I'm so glad the posts are helpful! Hurray! A blessed Advent to you, too.
Oh lovely indeed! An icon of motherhood to strive for.
I like Berry, not only as a post, but as a essayist who has a commonsense but still pure environmentalism. I should do an essay on him on my arts blog sometime soon.
I'll look forward to that post!
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