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The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

October 20, 2015

For some reason, once fall peaks out its beautiful head, I tend pick up the poetry books that have been sitting on my shelves gathering dust. One of my favorite poets is Wendell Berry. I am a big fan of his poetry and prose, mostly because he can describe a scene in nature like no one else. This poem is definitely a favorite. There’s just something to be said for nature’s calming effects in the midst of all the chaos. I plan to sit outside for a while today and take in the beauty. I hope you will too.

The Peace of Wild Things

by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

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