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This day Sabbath poems collected and new, 1979-2013

For nearly thirty-five years, Wendell Berry has been at work on a series of poems occasioned by his solitary Sunday walks around his farm in Kentucky. From riverfront and meadows, to grass fields and woodlots, every inch of this hillside farm lives in these poems, as do the poets constant companions...

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Main Author: Berry, Wendell, 1934-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2013. .
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Sabbath > Poetry.
American poetry > 20th century.
American poetry > 21st century.
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Excerpt from This Day After the long weeks when the heat curled the leaves and the air thirsted, comes a morning after rain, cool and bright. The leaves uncurl, the pastures begin again to grow, the animals and the birds rejoice. If tonight the world ends, we'll have had this day. Excerpted from This Day by Wendell Berry, Abby Geni All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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