Wendell Berry

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Spread the word: Peace by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist – My new mantra, less is enough, consumes my world. My poetry has become “succinct.” Restore and Goodwill’s shelves are full of my burger belongings. I give away books. (Free libraries rejoice). Less IS enough. Consider aContinue Reading

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by Wendell Berry Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will beContinue Reading

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They Paved Paradise! by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist – “There is only one question / How to love this world.” ~ Mary Oliver Mary tells us how with this three line poem, from “Sometimes:” Pay attention Be astonished Tell about it. The writers and poets whoseContinue Reading

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by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist In Silence, comes the Muse. [ silence ] Silence deserves a capital “S”. There’s so little of it. If you don’t believe me, read One Square Inch of Silence: One Man’s Quest to Preserve Quiet, by Gordon Hempton, (Simon and Schuster). RuthContinue Reading