Poem of the Day 6/16/11

"Wendell Berry was born in Kentucky in 1934...he has made his living as a writer and farmer in Port Royal, Kentucky."--taken from his bio in "The Made Thing"

To Know the Dark
By Wendell Berry

To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.