Poetry Friday: Wendell Berry
June 27, 2008
It's not often that Mother Earth News gets mentioned on Poetry Friday, so I'm jumping at the chance to point to its interview with Wendell Berry, Kentucky's best-known farmer/poet/essayist/novelist.
You can read Berry's "How to Be a Poet" at the Poetry Foundation. I like these lines:
and desecrated places.
The Poetry Friday roundup takes place at Biblio File today. You'll find links to many other blog posts on poetry.
I was thinking of Wendell Barry today. He was my backup if I couldn't get a version of my poem to work decently. I love his work.
Posted by: cloudscome | June 27, 2008 at 04:02 PM
What a fabulous poem! Thanks for sharing it.
Posted by: Ruth | June 27, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Those are lines that I will remember forever. Thank you.
Posted by: Jennie | June 28, 2008 at 12:28 PM
I'm glad y'all liked this one. I keep meaning to read more Wendell Berry, and this serves as a reminder to myself. I know he is a big hero to Barbara Kingsolver.
Posted by: Susan T. | June 28, 2008 at 08:16 PM
Thank you for mentioning Mother Earth News on your Web site.
We appreciate the attention.
Laura Evers
Mother Earth News
Posted by: Laura Evers | July 02, 2008 at 04:56 PM
My pleasure. It's an interesting interview!
Posted by: Susan T. | July 04, 2008 at 05:07 PM