Wendell Berry has been writing and publishing poetry and prose for more than 60 years.

He has featured in this podcast before in Episode 70 ("The Peace of Wild Things").

It's interesting that the core idea of that earlier poem, peace, returns here.

What is it to be "at peace and in place"?

What is it for a man to be "at peace and in place"?

What is it for a man to give his hands and voice and mind to other men, especially those who are "thing-ridden" and bent on extraction and destruction?

If you're interested in more on the theme of men and the male experience, do check out Episode 145, three poems on masculinity and the male experience from Pat Boran, Seamus Heaney and Norman MacCaig.

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