A Wonder Is What It Is: Nick Offerman Reads 'The Wild Rose' by Wendell Berry

For National Poetry Month, actor, author, and woodworker Nick Offerman hosts "A Wonder Is What It Is," an audio series from All Of It with Alison Stewart dedicated to poet, activist, author, and Nick's personal hero: Wendell Berry. In four short installments, released every Friday throughout April, Nick reads a poem by Berry – poet, farmer, and environmental activist – and share his reflections.

In this second episode of four, Nick reads the poem “The Wild Rose.”

Sometimes hidden from me

in daily custom and in trust,

so that I live by you unaware

as by the beating of my heart,

suddenly you flare in my sight,

a wild rose blooming at the edge

of thicket, grace and light

where yesterday was only shade,

and once more I am blessed, choosing

again what I chose before

Produced by Simon Close
Mixing by Amber D Bruce
Music composed by Mark Greenberg at The Mayfair Workshop
Art by Greg Ruth