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A Spiritual Journey

Wendell Berry, Wendell Berry poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Wendell Berry
(1934 - ) Timeline

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English
Secular or Eclectic
Contemporary

And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles,
no matter how long,
but only by a spiritual journey,
a journey of one inch,
very arduous and humbling and joyful,
by which we arrive at the ground at our feet,
and learn to be at home.

 

 

-- from The Collected Poems of Wendell Berry, 1957-1982, by Wendell Berry

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