Berry, Wendell

A citizen's response -- Thoughts in the presence of fear -- The failure of war -- Going to work -- In distrust of movements -- Twelve paragraphs on biotechnology -- Let the farm judge -- The total economy -- A long job, too late to quit -- Two minds -- The prejudice against country people -- The whole horse -- Stupidity in concentration -- Watershed and commonwealth -- The agrarian standard -- Still standing -- Conservationist and agrarian -- Tuscany -- Is life a miracle?.

A white-footed mouse is swept away in a flood and must carefully watch and wait until it is safe to make a home in its new surroundings.

Contains a collection of poetry that focuses on a place or a moment.

Contains nearly 200 poems which represent the poet's first twenty-five years of work.

Contains one hundred poems by award-winning American poet Wendell Berry, drawn from nine previous collections.