Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Wendell Berry: Shall We Do Without Hope?

 In loving memory of Wendell Berry.
💜Molly

Photo by Molly

Shall we do without hope? Some days
there will be none. But now
to the dry and dead woods floor
they come again, the first
flowers of the year, the assembly
of the faithful, the beautiful,
wholly given to being.
And in this long season
of machines and mechanical will
there have been small human acts
of compassion, acts of care, work
flowerlike in selfless loveliness.
Leaving hope to the dark
and to a better day,
receive these beauties freely
given, and give thanks

— Wendell Berry
From the book Leavings

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