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| william stafford poems: The Way It Is William Stafford, 1998-02 A collection of poems by twentieth-century American poet William Stafford, featuring unpublished works from his last year of life, including the poem he wrote the day he died, and providing selections drawn from throughout his career, from the 1960s through the 1990s. |
| william stafford poems: Early Morning Kim Stafford, 2014-01-10 A prolific writer, famous pacifist, respected teacher, and literary mentor to many, William Stafford is one of the great American poets of the 20th century. His first major collection--Traveling through the Dark--won the National Book Award. William Stafford published more than sixty-five volumes of poetry and prose and was Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress--a position now know as the Poet Laureate. Before William Stafford's death in 1993, he gave his son Kim the greatest gift and challenge: to be his literary executor. In Early Morning, Kim creates an intimate portrait of a father and son who shared many passions: archery, photography, carpentry, and finally, writing itself. But Kim also confronts the great paradox at the center of William Stafford's life. The public man, the poet who was always communicating with warmth and feeling--even with strangers--was capable of profound, and often painful silence within the family. By piecing together a collage of his personal and family memories, and sifting through thousands of pages, of his father's daily writing and poems, Kim illuminates a fascinating and richly lived life. |
| william stafford poems: Ask Me William Stafford, 2014-01-07 In our time there has been no poet who revived human hearts and spirits more convincingly than William Stafford. —Naomi Shihab Nye Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. —from Ask Me In celebration of the poet's centennial, Ask Me collects one hundred of William Stafford's essential poems. As a conscientious objector during World War II, while assigned to Civilian Public Service camps Stafford began his daily writing practice, a lifelong early-morning ritual of witness. His poetry reveals the consequences of violence, the daily necessity of moral decisions, and the bounty of art. Selected and with a note by Kim Stafford, Ask Me presents the best from a profound and original American voice. |
| william stafford poems: Even in Quiet Places William Stafford, 1996 Ninety poems gathered from four privately printed limited editions are now available to the general public. Stafford's poems demonstrate his profound understanding of freedom and social justice while showing us ways to establish harmony in our own lives. |
| william stafford poems: Traveling Through the Dark William Stafford, 1962 |
| william stafford poems: Another World Instead William Stafford, 2008-04 A collection of the poet's early works, mostly unpublished, includes poems written while he was assigned to the Civilian Public Service camps during World War II for his opposition to the war. |
| william stafford poems: You Must Revise Your Life William Stafford, 1986 Included in the book are a selection of Stafford's poetry on the subject of writing, and an essay on the origins and influences of his art.--Page 4 of cover. |
| william stafford poems: Learning to Live in the World William Stafford, 1994 A collection of fifty poems which reflect the ways in which we relate to the world around us. |
| william stafford poems: Every War Has Two Losers William Stafford, 2003 Born the year World War I began, acclaimed poet William Stafford (1914-1993) spent World War II in a camp for conscientious objectors. Throughout a century of conflict he remained convinced that wars simply don't work. In his writings, Stafford showed it is possible--and crucial--to think independently when fanatics act, and to speak for reconciliation when nations take sides. He believed it was a failure of imagination to only see two options: to fight or to run away. This book gathers the evidence of a lifetime's commitment to nonviolence, including an account of Stafford's near-hanging at the hands of American patriots. In excerpts from his daily journal from 1951-1991, Stafford uses questions, alternative views of history, lyric invitations, and direct assessments of our political habits to suggest another way than war. Many of these statements are published here for the first time, together with a generous selection of Stafford's pacifist poems and interviews from elusive sources. Stafford provides an alternative approach to a nation's military habit, our current administration's aggressive instincts, and our legacy of armed ventures in Europe, the Pacific, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and beyond. |
| william stafford poems: Stories that Could be True William Stafford, 1977 |
| william stafford poems: Allegiances William Stafford, 1970 |
| william stafford poems: Segues William Stafford, Marvin Bell, 1983 Two respected American poets have created a sequence of verse letters to each other, each one suggesting the material for the next. Stafford and Bell decided on the idea for this sequence at The Midnight Sun Writers' Conference in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1979, and the poems were written over the next two years. |
| william stafford poems: The Bell and the Blackbird David Whyte, 2018 Poetry, including a chapter of blessings and prayers, a section of small, haiku-inspired poems, and an homage to Pulitzer Prize-winner poet Mary Oliver. The sound / of a bell / still reverberating. Or a blackbird / calling / from a corner / of a / field. Asking you / to wake / into this life / or inviting you / deeper / to one that waits. Either way / takes courage, / either way wants you / to be nothing / but that self that / is no self at all. |
| william stafford poems: On William Stafford Tom Andrews, 1995-03 Contemporary writers and critics trace the achievement of William Stafford and his influence on contemporary poetry. |
| william stafford poems: Crossing Unmarked Snow William Stafford, 1998 Essays, interviews, and poetry by revered poet and teacher William Stafford |
| william stafford poems: The Osage Orange Tree William Stafford, 2014-01-20 The Osage Orange Tree, a never-before-published story by beloved poet William Stafford, is about young love complicated by misunderstanding and the insecurity of adolescence, set against the backdrop of poverty brought on by the Great Depression. The narrator recalls a girl he once knew. He and Evangeline, both shy, never find the courage to speak to each other in high school. Every evening, however, Evangeline meets him at the Osage orange tree on the edge of her property. He delivers a newspaper to her, and they talk—and as the year progresses a secret friendship blossoms. This magical coming-of-age tale is brought to life through linocut illustrations by Oregon artist Dennis Cunningham, with an afterword by poet Naomi Shihab Nye, a personal friend of Stafford’s. In the tradition of the work of great fiction writers like Steinbeck, O’Connor, and Welty, The Osage Orange Tree stands the test of time, not just as an ode to a place and a generation but as a testament to the resilience of a nation and the strength of the human heart. |
| william stafford poems: The Mark to Turn Jonathan Holden, 1976 |
| william stafford poems: Sound of the Ax Vincent Wixon, Paul Merchant, 2014-02-10 Sound of the Ax brings together for the first time over four hundred aphorisms and twenty-six aphoristic poems by one of America's most essential poets of the twentieth century. Many readers are familiar with the trenchant nature of William Stafford's poems, with lines such as Justice will take us millions of intricate moves and Your job is to find what the world is trying to be, but have never had the opportunity to read a sustained selection from the thousands of wise, witty, and penetrating statements he created in over forty years of daily writing in his journal. In keeping with Stafford's varied interests, the aphorisms in Sound of the Ax explore many topics—war and peace, involvement, aging, appearances, fear, egotism, writing, nature, animals, suffering, faith, living an ethical life, and so on—with his incisive view. The poems are either made up entirely or primarily aphorisms, and range from the well-known Things I Learned Last Week to some never before collected. Readers will find much to enjoy and to think about here, and will return over and over to Sound of the Ax for inspiration, pleasure, and wisdom from an author noted for his integrity and mindful living. |
| william stafford poems: Even in Quiet Places William Stafford, 1996 Ninety poems gathered from four privately printed limited editions are now available to the general public. Stafford's poems demonstrate his profound understanding of freedom and social justice while showing us ways to establish harmony in our own lives. |
| william stafford poems: Down in My Heart Kim Stafford, 2006 From 1942 to 1945, William Stafford was interned in camps for conscientious objectors for his refusal to be inducted into the U.S. Army. Stafford's memoir of these years offers a rich glimpse into a little-known aspect of World War II and a fascinating look at the formative years of a major American poet. |
| william stafford poems: A Thousand Friends of Rain Kim Robert Stafford, Kim Stafford, 2005 A collection of new and selected poems by Kim Stafford. |
| william stafford poems: Someday, Maybe William Stafford, 1973 |
| william stafford poems: The Darkness Around Us is Deep William Stafford, 1993 Poems deal with parents, Western landscapes, Native Americans, peace, childhood, nature, and the past. |
| william stafford poems: On the Brink of Everything Parker J. Palmer, 2018-06-26 From beloved bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak) comes a beautiful book of meditations and reflections on eight decades of life, the process of aging, his own spiritual journey (which has never been confined to a creed), and his vocation as a writer and thinker. On the Brink of Everything is an exploration of Parker Palmer's experience of living and aging, written in hopes of encouraging readers of every age to explore their life course. It is not a guide to or handbook for getting old--something all of us are doing all the time. Instead it's a set of meditations in prose and poetry that turn the prism on the meaning(s) of one's life--and on the importance of staying meaningfully engaged with life until the end. From beginning to end the book is packed with both humor and gravitas. |
| william stafford poems: Having Everything Right Kim Stafford, 2016-10-01 A collection of essays first published in 1986, Having Everything Right revolves around the history, folklore, and physical beauty of the Pacific Northwest. In terms of genre the book comes closest to books like Wallace Stegner's Wolf Willow or the essay collections of Edward Abbey and Wendell Berry, books that blend personal vision and regional evocation. Stafford's essays in this tradition range from the direct exploration of A Walk in Early May to the abstract meditation of Out of This World with Chaucer and the Astronauts, to the familial and social reflections of The Great Depression as Heroic Age. Animating them all is the sense that there is joy in knowing the world–and the belief that true knowing brings, as Stafford says, a change of heart. Stafford writes poetic and evocative prose as he reflects on such subjects as Indian place names, bears, and local eccentrics. |
| william stafford poems: Dancing with Joy Roger Housden, 2009-01-21 In his collection Risking Everything, Housden addressed love’s many aspects. Now, in Dancing with Joy, he assembles 99 poems from 69 poets that celebrate the many colors of joy. Anything can be a catalyst for joy, these poems reveal. For Wislawa Szymborska, the catalyst is a dream; for Robert Bly, being in the company of his ten-year-old son; for Gerald Stern, it is a grapefruit at breakfast; for Billy Collins, a cigarette. Dancing with Joy includes English and Italian classical and romantic works; early Chinese and Persian verse; and poets from Chile, France, Sweden, Poland, Russia, Turkey, and India, plus a range of contemporary American and English poets. Whether inspiration is what you need, or an affirmation of what is already joyful in life, Dancing with Joy is a welcome treat for Housden’s numerous fans, as well as anyone looking for sheer happiness, marvelously expressed. |
| william stafford poems: The Methow River Poems William Stafford, 1995 A collection of seven poems originally intended for use in an interpretive sign project at the Winthrop Ranger District, along the Methow River in Washington State. |
| william stafford poems: The Answers are Inside the Mountains William Stafford, 2003 Contains a collection of interviews, poems, and commentaries on the writings of author William Stafford. |
| william stafford poems: Selected poems of William Stafford , 2014 |
| william stafford poems: Singer Come from Afar Kim Stafford, 2021-04-06 Singer Come from Afar, by Kim Stafford, offers poems that challenge, sustain, and forgive. |
| william stafford poems: We Belong in History Ooligan Press, 2013-12 We Belong in History celebrates William Stafford’s life as a writer, teacher, and Poet Laureate of Oregon. This collection presents excellent student writing inspired by his work, a selection of Stafford’s work, and three sets of lesson plans written by teachers. This allows teachers everywhere to inspire their own students to write in response to Stafford’s work. With an introduction by current poet laureate of Oregon, Paulann Petersen, teachers, student writers, Stafford-admirers, and poetry readers will enjoy We Belong in History’s celebration of the joy of writing. |
| william stafford poems: De/Compositions W. D. Snodgrass, 2001-06 Illustrating how the poems we love could have been written differently, or even badly, the author rewrites poems by authors ranging from Elizabeth Bishop to Shakespeare, and displays the reworked version side-by-side with the original, so one can gain a better understanding of the original work's merits. |
| william stafford poems: Getting the Knack Stephen Dunning, William Stafford, 1992 Introduces different kinds of poems, including headline, letter, recipe, list, and monologue, and provides exercises in writing poems based on both memory and imagination. |
| william stafford poems: A Glass Face in the Rain William Stafford, 1982 |
| william stafford poems: Kansas Poems of William Stafford William Stafford, 1990 |
| william stafford poems: Don't Read Poetry Stephanie Burt, 2019-05-21 An award-winning poet offers a brilliant introduction to the joys--and challenges--of the genre In Don't Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another--and how they can speak to our lives. She shows readers how to find more poems once they have some poems they like, and how to connect the poetry of the past to the poetry of the present. Burt moves seamlessly from Shakespeare and other classics to the contemporary poetry circulated on Tumblr and Twitter. She challenges the assumptions that many of us make about poetry, whether we think we like it or think we don't, in order to help us cherish--and distinguish among--individual poems. A masterful guide to a sometimes confounding genre, Don't Read Poetry will instruct and delight ingénues and cognoscenti alike. |
| william stafford poems: Wild Honey, Tough Salt Kim Stafford, 2019 Wild Honey, Tough Salt gathers citizen poems for tough times--with testaments for world community, spells for peace, earth blessings, and family consolations. |
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