The Port William Membership exists not only in the novels and short fiction of Wendell Berry but also in a number of poems that have appeared over the years. While any number of poems may be thought to contain references to the characters and situations of the fictions, this list is restricted to those poems that make explicit mention of one or more of the citizens of Port William. This is a list-in-progress.
Jack Beechum in
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
"Work Song" in Clearing (1977) and Collected Poems 1957-1982
Kate Helen Branch in
"Burley Coulter's Song for Kate Helen Branch" in Given (2005)
Andy Catlett in
"1989, V" in A Timbered Choir: The Sabath Poems 1979-1997
"In Art Rowanberry's Barn" in Given (2005)
Flora Catlett in
"What Passes, What Remains" (Sabbaths 2016, VIII) in The Art of Loading Brush (2017)
Henry Catlett in
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
Burley Coulter in
"Window Poem" (section 27) in Openings (1968), Collected Poems 1957-1982, and The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry (1998)
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
"1989, V" in A Timbered Choir: The Sabath Poems 1979-1997
"Burley Coulter's Song for Kate Helen Branch" in Given (2005)
"Sabbaths 2000, VI" in Given (2005)
Jarrat Coulter in
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
Nathan Coulter in
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
Jayber Crow in
"Sabbaths 2004, IV" in Given (2005)
"Old Man Jayber Crow" in Leavings (2010)
Hannah Feltner in
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
Little Margaret (Feltner) in
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
Margaret Feltner in
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
Mat Feltner in
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
"Work Song" in Clearing (1977) and Collected Poems 1957-1982
Virgil Feltner in
"The Bringer of Water" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)
Billy (Gibbs?), Uncle Stanley (Gibbs?), and Raymond (?) in
"The Birth (Near Port William)" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970) and Collected Poems 1957-1982
Elton Penn in
"Work Song" in Clearing (1977) and Collected Poems 1957-1982
Arthur Rowanberry in
"A Parting" in Entries (1997)
"In Art Rowanberry's Barn" in Given (2005)
"Men Untrained to Comfort: in Leavings (2010)
"Sabbaths 2006, IX" in Leavings (2010)
"Sabbaths 2008, VI" in Leavings (2010)
"What Passes, What Remains" (Sabbaths 2016, VIII) in The Art of Loading Brush (2017)
Early Rowanberry in
"What Passes, What Remains" (Sabbaths 2016, VIII) in The Art of Loading Brush (2017)
Martin Rowanberry in
"1990, I" in A Timbered Choir: The Sabath Poems 1979-1997
"1992, VIII" in A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997
"What Passes, What Remains" (Sabbaths 2016, VIII) in The Art of Loading Brush (2017)
Pascal Sowers in
"What Passes, What Remains" (Sabbaths 2016, VIII) in The Art of Loading Brush (2017)