tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21586250.post6878208454120006053..comments2023-10-25T06:25:34.185-05:00Comments on speccy perspectives: ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21586250.post-26589556656676056372007-04-08T01:45:00.000-05:002007-04-08T01:45:00.000-05:00There is a wealth of great poetry out there, Laura...There is a wealth of great poetry out there, Laura. I love discovering new verse(s)... Thanks for sharing the one you did her. Lovely.KleoPatrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15870163086087701279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21586250.post-44412229139503773752007-04-05T19:06:00.000-05:002007-04-05T19:06:00.000-05:00Kleo, thanks for sharing that lovely poem, which I...Kleo, thanks for sharing that lovely poem, which I had not read before. I have come to really love Wendell Berry's poetry--it's so beautiful and seems to come so naturally. And I love his environmental themes. My favorite is still probably "The Peace of Wild Things"...laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17124236356802448254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21586250.post-84779272282536446932007-04-05T17:07:00.000-05:002007-04-05T17:07:00.000-05:00Kentucky River Junction Clumsy at first, fitting...Kentucky River Junction <BR/><BR/>Clumsy at first, fitting together the years we have been apart, and the ways.<BR/><BR/>But as the night<BR/>passed and the day came, the first fine morning of April,<BR/><BR/>it came clear:<BR/>the world that has tried us<BR/>and showed us its joy<BR/><BR/>was our bond<BR/>when we said nothing.<BR/>And we allowed it to be<BR/><BR/>with us, the new green<BR/>shining.<BR/><BR/>Our lives, half gone,<BR/>stay full of laughter.<BR/><BR/>Free-hearted men<BR/>have the world for words.<BR/><BR/>Though we have been<BR/>apart, we have been together.<BR/><BR/>Trying to sleep, I cannot<BR/>take my mind away.<BR/>The bright day<BR/><BR/>shines in my head<BR/>like a coin<BR/>on the bed of a stream.<BR/><BR/>You left<BR/>your welcome.<BR/><BR/>~Wendell BerryKleoPatrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15870163086087701279noreply@blogger.com