The Farm by Wendell Berry

Book length poem by Wendell Berry about tending your farm (and your life).

“…or old coyote may

Become your supper guest,

Unasked and without thanks;

He’ll just excerpt a lamb

And dine before you know it.

But don’t, because of that,

Make war against the world

And it’s wild appetites.

A guard dog or a jenny

Would be the proper answer;

Our use electric fence.

For you must learn to live

With the neighbors never chosen

As with the ones you chose.”