{"product_id":"small-porch-sabbath-poems-2014-and-2015","title":"Small Porch: Sabbath Poems 2014 and 2015","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis collection of Wendell Berry poems and essays--written outdoors on the Sabbath--\"[shines] with the gentle wisdom of a craftsman who has thought deeply about the paradoxical strangeness and wonder of life\" (\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than 35 years ago, Wendell Berry began spending his sabbaths outdoors, when the weather allowed, walking and wandering around familiar territory, seeking a deep intimacy only time could provide. These walks sometimes yielded poems. Each year since, he has completed a series of these poems dated by the year of its composition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new sequence provides a virtual syllabus for all of Berry's cultural and agricultural work in concentrated form. Many of these poems were written on a small porch in the woods, a place of stillness and reflection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently Berry has been reflecting on more than a half century of reading, to discover and to delight in the poetical, spiritual, and cultural roots of his work. In \u003ci\u003eThe Presence of Nature in the Natural World\u003c\/i\u003e, Berry's survey begins with Alan of Lille's 12th-century work, \u003ci\u003eThe Plaint of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e. From the Bible through Chaucer, from Milton to Pope, from Wordsworth to the moderns, Berry's close reading is exhilarating. Moving from the canon of poetry to the sayings and texts found in agriculture and science, we gain new appreciation for the complexity of the issues faced in the 21st century by the struggling community of humans on earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this long essay appended to these new Sabbath Poems, the result is an unusual book of depth and engagement. A new collection of Wendell Berry poems is always an occasion for celebration, and this eccentric gathering is especially so.","brand":"Wendell Berry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53289845588332,"sku":"9781619029422","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/7985\/1884\/files\/9781619029422-us.jpg?v=1773241183","url":"https:\/\/commercestreetbooks.com\/products\/small-porch-sabbath-poems-2014-and-2015","provider":"Commerce Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}