I’ve melted so many candles
Long time no see
What if I stay loyal to him
What do I need so much virtue?
Leave me to my dead loves
Let me be left in my memories
But before I close the door
Let me have time to laugh…
— Anne Vanderlove,
Walking around in November
- I’m A Writer More Than I Am A TalkerFor any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless. — Wendell Berry The only time I’ve been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979. — Wendell Berry I’m a writer more than I am a talker. — Wendell Berry
- For A Time I Rest In The Grace Of The World And Am FreeThe fertility cycle is a cycle entirely of living creatures passing again and again through birth, growth, maturity, death, and decay. — Wendell Berry I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief… For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am… Read more: For A Time I Rest In The Grace Of The World And Am Free
- There’s A Good Possibility That You Won’t Get What You Pray ForThis, I thought, is what is meant by ‘thy will be done’ in the Lord’s Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God’s will may not be the same. It means there’s a good possibility that you won’t get what you pray for. It… Read more: There’s A Good Possibility That You Won’t Get What You Pray For
- I Know You Are There By How Often I Feel Your AbsenceI know You are there by how often I feel Your absence, not at all like abandonment, not wholly like loneliness, which has its share… — Derrick Austin from poem Audience
- To Love Is Not About MergingTo love is not about merging. It is a noble calling for the individual to ripen, to differentiate, to become a world in oneself in response to another. It is a great, immodest call that singles out a person and summons them beyond all boundaries. Only in this sense may we use the love that… Read more: To Love Is Not About Merging