Plagiarizing Buechner

 

This short poem by J. Pittman McGehee appears in his book Growing Down.

When a young priest, I

wrote a note to noted

author/theologian, Frederick

Buechner. I asked forgiveness

for all the plagiarizing I

had done of his good work

and thanked him for this

profound influence on my

theological world view.

By return mail on lined

paper from a legal pad he wrote:

"I was sitting by the sea, wondering

if the world wanted another word

from me, and your letter came."

Frederick Buechner's Obituary in the New York Times ~ August, 2022