Everyone is born a poet - a person discovering the way words sound and work, caring and delighting in words. I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is: Why did other people stop?
You and I can turn and look at the silent river and wait. We know the current is there, hidden; and there are comings and goings from miles away that… - William Stafford
You and I can turn and look at the silent river and wait. We know the current is there, hidden; and there are comings and goings from miles away that…
- William Stafford
Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world. Hold out your hands to it. When morning and evenings roll along, watch how they open and … - William Stafford
Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world. Hold out your hands to it. When morning and evenings roll along, watch how they open and …
I have woven a parachute out of everything broken. - William Stafford
I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.
The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You ha… - William Stafford
The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You ha…
You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about - William Stafford
You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about
Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music. - William Stafford
Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.
Writing itself is one of the great, free human activities. There is scope for individuality, and elation, and discovery. In writing, for the person w… - William Stafford
Writing itself is one of the great, free human activities. There is scope for individuality, and elation, and discovery. In writing, for the person w…
If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and followi… - William Stafford
If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and followi…
I embrace emerging experience, I participate in discovery. I am a butterfly. I am not a butterfly collector. I want the experience of the butterfly. - William Stafford
I embrace emerging experience, I participate in discovery. I am a butterfly. I am not a butterfly collector. I want the experience of the butterfly.
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