Wendell Berry: "I Dream of a Quiet Man"

I dream of a quiet man

who explains nothing and defends

nothing, but only knows
where the rarest wildflowers
are blooming, and who goes,
and finds that he is smiling
not by his own will.

"I Dream of a Quiet Man" by Wendell Berry, from Given. © HarperCollins Publishers, 1995.

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