Poetry Friday: “An Anniversary”
I was flipping through my “Courage To Teach” notebook for inspiration today and found this great Wendell Berry poem, ” An Anniversary”.
It was used for a “Walk and Talk” exercise that first meeting with the CTT group, we met right after 9/11. As you can see many lines, underlined and the opening: “What we have been becomes the country where we are…” after nine years since 9/11 it still grabs at my heart (as stated in my notes).
For the last two weeks, I have obsessed over the political goings on of our country and I read this poem again, and find new meaning for today’s country.
Will we see the light emerge from the darkness? What are the lessons we have learned from that awful day nine years ago? I found another poem by Wendell Berry here.
Must go to the library and check out his books to re-read again.
Elaine at Wild Rose Reader is graciously hosting Poetry Friday today.
Happy Reading,
MsMac
September 5th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Happy new school year! What a poem with which to go forward!
September 6th, 2008 at 5:58 am
Thank you for The Peace of Wild Things. I’ll calm my mind and soul by going fly fishing this morning.