wendell-berry
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I had never heard of Wendell Berry (1934–), the American farmer poet, until recently, but now he’s one of my favourite poets. You can see him enjoying himself in this poem. We all have a contrarian tendency (or at least I do), and I’m not sure whether Berry is exploring his tendency or saying that…
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For poets it’s easy to write to the dead. It seems natural. I haven’t written anything to the dead, although I did the other day spend hours writing memories of my dead mother and father; but I didn’t write to them as I did every week for eight years when at medical school and in…
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This is the third poem I’ve posted by Wendell Berry (1934–), an American poet whom I discovered only this year. I love the directness and earthiness of his poetry. As well as being a poet he is a farmer and an environmental campaigner. He entered my life again when a doctor from Hawaii sent me…
A Cairn of Poems 