William Stafford
Bio
A Story That Could Be True
Ask Me
The Way It Is
You Reading This, Be Ready
Why I Am Happy
A Ritual to Read to Each Other
The Little Ways That Encourage Good Fortune
The Concealment: Ishi, the Last Wild Indian*
Bess
Learning
For the Unknown Enemy
Distractions
Poetry
A Gesture toward and Unfound Renaissance
Saint Matthew and All
The Star in the Hills
For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid
Assurance
Our Story
Traveling through the Dark
Shall we have that singing
In the Night Desert
American Gothic
Listening
Aunt Mabel
A Memorial: Son Bret
Passing Remark
Once in the 40’s
One Home
A Catechism
Circle of Breath
Prairie Town
Ceremony
The Farm on the Great Plains
Across Kansas
Mr. Conscience
The Well Rising
Roll Call
Things I Learned Last Week
Vocation
At the Bomb Testing Site
A Dedication
When I Met My Muse
At The Klamath Berry Festival
Any Morning
Thinking for Berky
Serving with Gideon
Easter Morning
Objector
Watching the Jet Planes Dive
Earth Dweller
An Archival Print
Report to Crazy Horse
Looking for Gold
Keeping a Journal
Run Before Dawn
A Message from the Wanderer
Security
Clash
Climbing along the River
Just Thinking
Started with Little Things
Reading with Little Sister: A Recollection
Vocalist - Leon Branton, Robin Gabrielli*
Poem Source: Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford - Graywolf Press - 2014
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