A Warning To My Readers – Wendell Berry

Do not think me gentle
because I speak in praise
of gentleness, or elegant
because I honor the grace
that keeps this world. I am
a man crude as any,
gross of speech, intolerant,
stubborn, angry, full
of fits and furies. That I
may have spoken well
at times, is not natural.
A wonder is what it is.

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One response to “A Warning To My Readers – Wendell Berry”

1. John Zahl says:

   07/17/2012 at 9:05 am

   “That I
   may have spoken well
   at times, is not natural.
   A wonder is what it is.”

   Great stuff!

   Reply