Anyone who knows me well knows that I love the work of Wendell Berry. I was thrilled to see a new collection of Berry’s “mad farmer” poems published by Counterpoint Press.
I picked up two copies of The Mad Farmer Poems, one for myself and one for my favorite fellow Berryphile, my colleague Don Whitney.
This edition is a beautiful large volume with engravings by illustrator Abigail Rorer. My favorite work in the collection is Berry’s poem “Some Further Words,” which includes these lines:
Anyone who knows me well knows that I love the work of Wendell Berry. I was thrilled to see a new collection of Berry’s “mad farmer” poems published by Counterpoint Press. 
