Inasocietyuprootedbytwoworldwars,industrialization,anddehumanizingtechnology,arevolutionaryfarmerturnstopoetrytoreconnecthispeopletothelandandoneanother.Afarmer,poet,activist,pastor,andmystic,Britts(1917-1949)hasbeencalledaBritishWendellBerry.Hisstoryisnoromanticagrarianelegy,butalifelivedinthethickofhistory.AshiscountryplungedheadlongintoWorldWarII,hejoinedaninternationalpacifistcommunity,theBruderhof,andwassoonforcedtoleaveEuropeforSouthAmerica.Amidstthesegreatupheavals,hisresponse-toroothimselfinfaith,todedicatehimselftobuildingcommunity,torestorethelandhefarmed,andtousehisgiftwithwordstoturnpeoplefromtheirmadness-speaksforcefullyintoourtime.Inanagestillwrackedbyracism,nationalism,materialism,andecologicaldevastation,thelifehechoseandthepoetryhecomposedremainapropheticchallenge.
