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Our hair turns white with our ripening as though to fly away in some coming wind… — Wendell Berry

Poem

Our hair turns white with our ripening as though to fly away in some coming wind, bearing the seed of what we know.

Wendell Berry
1980
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Topic
AgingWisdom
Medium
Poem
Time
1980
Person
Wendell Berry
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Berry, Wendell. "Ripening." A Part. North Point Press, 1980.

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