Friday, January 3, 2003

The Peace Of Wild Things Comments

Rating: 4.8

When despair grows in me
and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
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Wendell Berry
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Chinedu Dike 30 October 2024

A beautiful rendition of words. Insightful, compact and focused.

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Rob Lamberton 21 April 2023

Resting in the grace and beauty of nature!

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Julie Maltagliati 06 March 2022

Perfectly lovely.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 02 January 2022

A beautiful poem with a great message embellished with compelling images.

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Joe 22 November 2021

Whats up guys. I love This MAN do you not also?

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Chinedu Dike 03 August 2021

Well expressed thoughts and feelings. A work of an intricate mind....

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Andrea 09 July 2021

It is good to know the Poetry Police are in Full Force. Thank you for your service!

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Susan Powers 04 February 2021

The first line is incorrect and needs to be fixed! When despair FOR THE WORLD grows in me.The poetry should be accurate

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S schell 24 February 2021

You have the audacity to correct this beautiful poem

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Wendy 10 December 2021

A poems accuracy is only for the poet(writer) to determine not you. If you were a poet you would know this

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Nature is a soothing healer..Lovely poem.. a 5star one too.

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Hakim Archuletta 21 November 2020

It's really beyond belief that the poems are read by a machine, sort of obscene really. Who, how, did anyone imagine that to be OK? Is it some sort of bitter unconscious anger? Does that architect secretly hate poetry itself?

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Jean Wilson 05 March 2022

I cannot begin to tell you how crazy and upsetting and, yes, how violating it is to hear that staccato, inhuman "voice" spurt out those lovely words. Defilement, in my book.

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Sade’ 23 July 2020

Very beautiful poem however is it appropriate other then that I loved the poem

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Ivy L 13 July 2020

The poem starts out, “When despair for the world grows in me.“ You skipped an important part

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This is really a nice poetry

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VLAshley 21 May 2020

The imagery is beautiful, like, dude... I feel like we, as a species, can feel the pain of empathy far too strongly. A curse and a blessing.

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Elizabeth 18 May 2020

The timing, now, especially...stirs me. Oh this man gets it. A stunning reminder.

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lili zamorano 21 April 2020

I have come to this poem over and over when I am in despair. I helps me center my thoughts at how simple joy can come.

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Frances Winfield 29 March 2020

How beautiful. As a fellow conservationist, These words touched my heart.

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Sarah Shahzad 23 December 2019

Wonderful, it is an amazing piece of poetry! keep sharing..

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Chinedu Dike 07 October 2019

Beautiful rendition of words to utmost justice. A poignant work from a sober mind.

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Bhagabat Prasad Hotta 17 September 2019

Nice poem sir.so beautiful

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Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry

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