James Berry

James Berry, born September 28, 1924, was one of six children, the son of farmers who lived in Jamaica. He was reading books and stories early on in his life; before the age of four, Berry was reading the Bible. While he

Benediction

by James Berry (1924–2017)

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Thanks to the ear

that someone may hear

Thanks to seeing

that someone may see

Thanks to feeling

that someone may feel

Thanks to touch

that one may be touched

Thanks to flowering of white moon

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June 20

James Berry died, 2017

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What poet's death by disease, aboard a troopship in 1915, prompted Winston Churchill to write, "The thoughts to which he gave expression . . . will be shared by many thousands of young men moving resolutely and blithely forward into this, the hardest, the cruelest, and the least-rewarded of all the wars that men have fought"?

Answer

Rupert Brooke

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