Do not think me gentle
because I speak in praise
of gentleness, or elegant
because I honor the grace
that keeps this world. I am
a man crude as any,
gross of speech, intolerant,
stubborn, angry, full
of fits and furies. That I
may have spoken well
at times, is not natural.
A wonder is what it is.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Wendell Berry's poem A Warning To My Readers

1 Comment

  1. james bowers says:
    December 6, 2013 at 5:42 pm

    honest,his style clean certainly relevant,brings to mind Donald Hall,truly this has become The waste land.

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