Fr. Daniel Berrigan's Poem: Some

During Kathy Kelly's talk on Sunday, she shared a poem by the beloved Fr. Daniel Berrigan. Here is the beautiful poem called 'Some'.


Some stood up once, and sat down.

Some walked a mile, and walked away.


Some stood up twice, then sat down.

“It’s too much,” they cried.

Some walked two miles, then walked away.

“I’ve had it,” they cried,


Some stood and stood and stood.

They were taken for fools,

they were taken for being taken in.


Some walked and walked and walked –

they walked the earth,

they walked the waters,

they walked the air.


“Why do you stand?” they were asked, and

“Why do you walk?”


“Because of the children,” they said, and

“Because of the heart, and

“Because of the bread,”


“Because the cause is

the heart’s beat, and

the children born, and

the risen bread.”


Some, by Daniel Berrigan

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