William Stafford

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William Stafford: Being a Person

Posted by Carmen Lobo✔ ⋅ April 15, 2022 ⋅ Leave a comment

Be a person here. Stand by the river, invokethe owls. Invoke winter, then spring.Let any season that wants to come here make its owncall. After that sound goes away, wait. A slow bubble rises through the earthand begins to include sky, stars, all space,even the outracing, expanding thought.Come back and hear the little sound again. … Continue reading →

Ask Me by William Stafford

Posted by Carmen Lobo✔ ⋅ October 21, 2018 ⋅ Leave a comment

Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. Others have come in their slow way into my thought, and some have tried to help or to hurt: ask me what difference their strongest love or hate has made. I will … Continue reading →