The Peace of Wild Things (Wendell Berry) — Original

“When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”

– WENDELL BERRY

This is a listing for the original painting. Dimensions are 11×14 inches.

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Each original piece will ship with a backing board and sleeve in a sturdy, hard mailer. Extra insurance is included.