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The Daily Poem

Wendell Berry's "An Anniversary"

The Daily Poem

Goldberry Studios

Education For Kids, Arts, Kids & Family

4.6729 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Today's poem is Wendell Berry's "An Anniversary" -- from his 1971 collection, The Country of Marriage.





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0:00.0

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0:33.8

Poem here in the Close Reeds Podcast Network. I'm David Kern. Today is Monday,

0:38.3

April 13th, 2020. The poem that I'm going to read today is by Wembleberry. It is from a collection

0:46.1

that was originally published in the early 70s, I believe in 1971. It's called The Country of Marriage.

0:51.3

It's a series of poems that was published in a number of different magazines and journals,

0:56.0

but was dedicated to Mr. Berry's wife. Mr. Berry is, of course, an American poet who was born in 1934,

1:05.0

in August of 1934. So in August of this year, he will be 86 years old.

1:14.3

But the poem that I wanted to read to you is called an anniversary,

1:19.0

and it is the last poem in this book, The Country of Marriage.

1:20.0

This is how it goes.

1:25.7

What we have been becomes the country where we are.

1:29.7

Spring goes, summer comes,

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