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Poetry Month: Old Dog (Stafford)
Old Dog Toward the last in the morning she could not get up, even when I rattled her pan. I helped her into the yard, but she stumbled and fell. I knew it was time. The last night a mist … Continue reading
Poetry Month: The Epitaph Ending in And (Stafford)
The Epitaph Ending in And In the last storm, when hawks blast upward and a dove is driven into the grass, its broken wings a delicate design, the air between wracked thin where it stretched before, a clear spring bent … Continue reading
Poetry Month: Our Story (William Stafford)
It seems fitting to end National Poetry Month with another from William Stafford. Our Story Remind me again – together we trace our strange journey, find each other, come on laughing. Some time we’ll cross where life ends. We’ll both … Continue reading
Today brings the second of three Stafford poems making their appearance on the blog during National Poetry Month. “Ask Me” is one of his more well known poems. For me, it’s a poem that resonates. Oftentimes, I’ve found myself hiking … Continue reading
Poetry Month: Ask Me (Stafford)
Ask Me 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 … Continue reading
