first published in the May, 1970 issue of Poetry magazine "Having worked/I...

Here's a short, perfect (and perfectly-timed) autumn poem by Wendell Berry. Serendipitous.  (Did you know Berry has  a new novel out?  M...

Last week I mentioned Wendell Berry's poetic tribute to Hayden Carruth, so this week I'm sharing some Carruth poetics. This one'...

This poem by Wendell Berry perfectly describes the way I feel when I read Wendell Berry, which is apparently the same way Wendell Berry feel...

This ("Sabbaths, 2005, VII") is a beautiful one from Wendell Berry.  It begins like this: I know I am getting old and I say so, bu...

I don't have much to add to this one, other than: 1. It's Wendell Berry . Win/win.  2. It's lovely imagery.  3. It's We...

    It's a Wendell Berry kind of week. I'm reading Jayber Crow , which I'm liking and expect to love, as I adored Hannah Coulter...

I haven't shared this one for a while, but it's definitely time to share it again. Wishing you peace, friends. The Peace of Wil...

How to Be a Poet Wendell Berry (to remind myself) i   Make a place to sit down.   Sit down. Be quiet.   You must depend upon   ...

This lovely, short Berry poem is speaking to my heart today.  Be Still in Haste  by Wendell Berry  How quietly I begin agai...

I dropped this beautiful book and marred the cover with a pronounced crease.  Somehow, though, that seems more than okay.  I finished...

And because history, culture, and tradition are small and personal.  (With thanks to Arthur Powers ,* who, on a Catholic writers'...

Wendell Berry. Do I need to say anything else to make you click through? I doubt it. But just in case I do, here are the final lines ...

I've run this poem before, but it's been more than two years, and, after all, one can never have too much Wendell Berry. I feel...

The man knows whereof he speaks.  The Peace of Wild Things  by Wendell Berry   When despair for the world grows in me and I wa...

... and this one is perfectly lovely. To My Mother by Wendell Berry I was your rebellious son, do you remember? Sometimes I wonder...

I feel a wee bit bad posting this poem on a screen (you'll see why when you read it.) But I'm going to do it anyway because sometim...

A lovely, perfect, thoughtful poem for this spring morning: The Thought of Something Else by Wendell Berry A spring wind blowing   ...

This is a sweetly captivating poem by Wendell Berry, a man who clearly knows what true marital love is. Have a lovely Friday! The Blue ...

Wendell Berry's Whitefoot: A Story from the Center of the World is a little bit of profundity disguised as a picture book. It appears t...