Image of William Stafford is not available
star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Born in January 17, 1914 / Died in August 28, 1993 / United States / English

Poems by William Stafford

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

American Gothic

... We love it. We travel our kind of ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Notice What This Poem Is Not Doing

... white, then coasting the ground for stones to nominate ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Traveling Through The Dark

... I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Ask Me

... and there are comings and goings from miles away ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

A Ritual To Read To Each Other

... lest the parade of our mutual life get lost in the dark ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Just Thinking

... Let the bucket of memory down into the well, ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Returned To Say

... darkens the steel his become setAnd start a new vision: the rest of his life ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

This Life

... " "As far as was needed," I said, ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

The Light By The Barn

... and the chickens at work till the sun goes down--Then the light by the barn again ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid

... What you fear will not go away: it will take you into ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Waking at 3 a.m.

... you become a secret storehouse that saves the country, ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

When I Met My Muse

... They buzzed like a locust on the coffee table and then ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Security

... But you have to know they are there before they exist ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Across Kansas

... We stopped at Sharon Springs and ate--My state still dark, my dream too long to tell ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Remembering Mountain Men

... When I dream at night, they save a place for me, ...