Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Great Regulars: Here is a marvelous little poem

about a long marriage by the Kentucky poet, Wendell Berry. It's about a couple resigned to and comfortable with their routines. It is written in language as clear and simple as its subject. As close together as these two people have grown, as much alike as they have become, there is always the chance of the one, unpredictable, small moment of independence. Who will be the first to say goodnight?

from Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 068

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