Water at the Roots: Poems and Insights of a Visionary Farmer

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In a society uprooted by two world wars, industrialization, and dehumanizing technology, a revolutionary farmer turns to poetry to reconnect his other folks to the land and one any other.

A farmer, poet, activist, pastor, and mystic, Britts (1917–1949) has been referred to as a British Wendell Berry. His story is no romantic agrarian elegy, but a life lived within the thick of history. As his country plunged headlong into World War II, he joined an international pacifist community, the Bruderhof, and used to be soon forced to depart Europe for South The united states.

Amidst these great upheavals, his response – to root himself in faith, to dedicate himself to building community, to revive the land he farmed, and to make use of his gift with words to show other folks from their madness – speaks forcefully into our time. In an age still wracked by racism, nationalism, materialism, and ecological devastation, the life he chose and the poetry he composed remain a prophetic challenge.

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