Wendell Berry (1934) author
"Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
Poems
“Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.”
"Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970).
Poems
Context: As soon as the generals and the politicos
can predict the motions of your mind,
lose it. Leave it as a sign
to mark the false trail, the way
you didn't go. Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.
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