Wendell Berry (1934-2026)
I’ve so many posts unposted, and a million distractions…but it seems important to share a Wendell Berry poem this morning.
To Know the Dark
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.–Wendell Berry, from The Selected Poems
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/wendell-berry-dead.html
Also see Poetry Foundation, and this page at Grateful Living for a poem I’ve read dozens of times these past few years, Berry’s “Our Real Work.”
Well, damn. Thank you for sharing these words, Bethany. It is important.
Thank you Bethany for this post . I was just reflecting on a line from
His poem-The wish for Generosity,, “ Let the world bring on me the sleep of darkness without stars, “