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The Peace of Wild Things

The Peace of Wild Things

A celebrated poem about finding peace in nature by Wendell Berry.

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    “how truly beautiful nature helps you realize the smallness of you, and the vastness of peace in creation.”

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    “Reading this poem instantly relaxes me. My shoulders un-hunch, my brow un-furrows.”

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