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"the mind that is not baffled is not employed the impeded stream is the one that sings" -- Wendell Berry

• nyokodo 5y ago
  That’s a simple and lovely poem that speaks to me deeply. Thanks for teaching me it exists.
  • cheese_van 5y ago
    A snake, you see, Has no legs to flee. When frightened He does not dither, He slithers. (high school poet me, neither lovely nor deep, but I can't help myself)
  • wwweston 5y ago
    Berry's a good well for deep-speaking thought. The essay from which it comes is pretty great too -- I don't think it's online in whole form but there are pieces discussed here: https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/18/wendell-berry-poetry-marriage/ https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/18/wendell-berry-poetr...