A Timbered Choir

A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems, 1979-1997 | Wendell Berry

VIII
What do the tall trees say
To the late havocs in the sky?
They sigh.
The air moves, and they sway.
When the breeze on the hill
Is still, then they stand still
They wait.
They have no fear. Their fate
Is faith. Birdsong
is all they‘ve wanted, all along .

——-Wendell Berry, A Timbered Choir

I love the title of this poetry collection. It‘s like the trees are singing!
#naturalitsy

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AnnCrystal 💕🌳🍃🌲🎶🌴💝. 12h

TheBookHippie 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 10h

BarbaraJean “Birdsong is all they've wanted, all along.“ 💜 💜 This collection is my current in-the-background poetry book! 8h

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AllDebooks That is beautiful 😍 7h

Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1h

kspenmoll @BarbaraJean It‘s a wonderful collection to just pick up & read a poem or two! We finally have rain after weeks of drought- the rivers & trees are happy today!!! 1h

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A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems, 1979-1997 | Wendell Berry

#5JoysFriday!
1. An encouraging meeting with my spiritual director
2. Reading A Timbered Choir by Wendell Berry—pictured is the first stanza of “I Go Among Trees,” and here‘s the full poem: https://www.saltproject.org/progressive-christian-blog/2022/9/20/i-go-among-tree...
3. A delicious Greek dinner and a walk in the park with a good friend (and when walking by the aquatic center, discovering our city offers artistic swimming!)⤵️

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BarbaraJean 4. Our current heat wave is NOT bringing me joy, but yesterday what did bring joy was escaping to the library (we have no A/C at home 🥵)
5. This little banjo video from Yasmin Williams that a friend shared on FB: https://www.facebook.com/reel/859522222756832 2mo

kspenmoll Thanks for the poem! ❤️ 2mo

TheBookHippie It‘s all so zen. 🧘🏻‍♀️ 2mo

mabell How fun to have artistic swimming! 2mo

DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys! 💛💛💛 Thanks for the link to the poem & the banjo video—both are very joyful! Thanks for joining in & helping spread the joy! 🤗 2mo

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