Wendell Berry: What We Need Is Here

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What We Need Is Here

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by Wendell Berry
(1934 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English

Secular or Eclectic

Contemporary

Geese appear high over us,
pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their way, clear
in the ancient faith: what we need
is here. And we pray, not
for new earth or heaven, but to be
quiet in heart, and in eye,
clear. What we need is here.

Themes

Heart

Lover and Beloved

Silence

Sky

Recommended Books

	The Collected Poems of Wendell Berry, 1957-1982, by Wendell Berry
	Entries, by Wendell Berry
	Given: Poems, by Wendell Berry
	Selected Poems of Wendell Berry, by Wendell Berry

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