Classic and Contemporary Poets

WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD

Poems found: 847

A RITUAL TO READ TO EACH OTHER

A STORY THAT COULD BE TRUE

AT THE BOMB TESTING SITE

FOR A LOST CHILD

REPORT TO CRAZY HORSE

THE EPITAPH ENDING IN AND

THE FARM ON THE GREAT PLAINS

TRAVELING THROUGH THE DARK

WITH KIT, AGE 7, AT THE BEACH

ARE YOU MR. WILLIAM STAFFORD?

AT NOON COMES THE LIFT...

LOOKING FOR YOU THROUGH THE GRAY RAIN

NO ONE WHO TRUSTS WORDS CAN LEARN

ON HER SLATE AT SCHOOL MY MOTHER WROTE 'WINTER'

108 EAST NINETEENTH

BABY TEN MONTHS OLD LOOKS AT THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

BIRD INSIDE A BOX

BRIDGE BEGINS IN THE TREES

CAMEO OF YOUR MOTHER

CHILD'S FACE IN A SMALL TOWN

CHURCH KEEPS ON

COURSE IN CREATIVE WRITING

DAY TO REMEMBER

DOCUMENTARY FROM AMERICA

FAREWELL IN TUMBLEWEED TIME

FAREWELL PICTURE

FAREWELL, AGE TEN

GESTURE TOWARD AN UNFOUND RENAISSANCE

GIRL DADDY USED TO KNOW

GLASS FACE IN THE RAIN

GLIMPSE BY THE PATH

GLIMPSE IN THE CROWD

HUMAN CONDITION

LECTURE ON THE ELEGY

LETTER NOT EVEN TO DELIVER

LETTER NOT TO DELIVER

MEMORIAL FOR MY MOTHER

MEMORIAL: SON BRET

MESSAGE FROM SPACE

MESSAGE FROM THE WANDERER

NOTE SLID UNDER THE DOOR

POET TO A NOVELIST

QUIET DAY AT THE BEACH

RITUAL TO READ TO EACH OTHER

ROCK PRESENTED BY A FRIEND FROM ALASKA

SCENE IN THE COUNTRY BY A TELEGRAPH LINE

SONG DEMONSTRATORS IN MEXICO SING IN TROUBLED PARTS CITY

SONG IN THE MANNER OF FLANNERY O'CONNOR

SOUND FROM THE EARTH

STAR IN THE HILLS

STORY THAT COULD BE TRUE

THANKSGIVING FOR MY FATHER

THOUGHT THAT IS REAL

TOUCH ON YOUR SLEEVE

WALK IN THE COUNTRY

WALK WITH MY FATHER WHEN I WAS EIGHT

ACROSS NEBRASKA

ACROSS THE LAKE'S EYE

AFTER ARGUING AGAINST THE CONTENTION ... FROM DISCONTENT

AFTER SPRING AND SUMMER

AFTER THAT SOUND, AFTER THAT SIGHT

ALIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS

ALONG HIGHWAY 40

AMBITIOUS TO WAKE UP

ADDRESS TO THE VACATIONERS AT CAPE LOOKOUT

AFTERNOON IN THE STACKS

EVENT AT BIG EDDY

INTRODUCTION TO SOME POEMS

OLD PICKEREL IN WALDEN POND

AND THAT PICNIC AT ZIGZAG

ANNALS OF T'AI CHI: PUSH HANDS

ANOTHER OLD GUITAR

ANOTHER TWILIGHT

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA

AQUARIUM AT SEASIDE

ARGUING AGAINST CONTENTION THAT ART COMES FROM DISCONTENT

AROUND YOU, YOUR HOUSE

ARTIST, COME HOME

AS PIPPA LILTED

AT A PIONEER CEMETERY

AT A SMALL COLLEGE

AT AN INTERVAL IN THE TALK

AT ARCHBISHOP LAMY'S CHURCH IN SANTE FE

AT COVE ON THE CROOKED RIVER

AT FOURTH AND MAIN IN LIBERAL, KANSAS 1932

AT LIBERTY SCHOOL

AT MALHEUR GAME REFUGE

AT PORT TOWNSEND

AT THE APOSTLE ISLANDS

AT THE CHAIRMAN'S HOUSEWARMING

AT THE EDGE OF TOWN

AT THE FALLS: A BIRTHDAY PICTURE

AT THE GRAVE OF MY BROTHER

AT THE GRAVE OF MY BROTHER: BOMBER PILOT

AT THE KLAMATH BERRY FESTIVAL

AT THE OLD PLACE

AT THE PLAYGROUND

AT THE SALT MARSH

AT THE UN-NATIONAL MONUMENT ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER

BEFORE ANYONE DIED

BEFORE BILL CUNNINGHAM LEFT

BEFORE THE BIG STORM

BEGINNING THE DAY

BEING AN AMERICAN

BELIEVING WHAT I KNOW

BIG WORLD, LITTLE MAN

BIO: FITTING INTO MY YEARS

BLACKBERRIES ARE BACK

BRING THE NORTH

BY A RIVER IN THE OSAGE COUNTY

BY THE BLACK SHIPS

BY THE DESCHUTES SHORE

BY THE SNAKE RIVER

CAMPING AT LOST LAKE

CAMPING WITH JACK

CAROLS BACK THEN: 1935

CHALIB DECIDES TO BE RETICENT

CHARGED BY MOONLIGHT

CHICKENS THE WEASEL KILLED

CHILD IN THE EVENING

CHILDISH THINGS

CIRCLE OF BREATH

CLIMBING ALONG THE RIVER

COMPOSED, COMPOSED

CROSSING THE DESERT

DAYS FOR THE WORLD

DEDICATIONS/PLEDGES/COMMITMENTS

DEERSLAYER'S CAMPFIRE TALK

DIFFERENT THINGS: 1

DIFFERENT THINGS: 2

DIFFERENT THINGS: 3

DIFFERENT THINGS: 4

DOUBT ON THE GREAT DIVIDE

DRIVING THE VALLEY ROAD

DUCKS DOWN IN THE MEADOW

ENTERING A WILDERNESS AREA

EPIPHANIES OF AN OLD-MODEL HOOVER

FINAL EXAM: AMERICAN RFENAISSANCE

FLAUBERT AT CROISSET

FLOWERS AT AN AIRPORT

FOR A CHILD GONE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNE

FOR A DAUGHTER GONE AWAY

FOR A LOST CHILD

FOR A PLAQUE ON THE DOOR OF AN ISOLATED HOUSE

FOR ALEXIS CHRISTA VON HARTMANN: PROVED NOT GUILTY

FOR MY YOUNG FRIENDS WHO ARE AFRAID

FOR THE GOVERNOR

FOR THE GRAVE OF DANIEL BOONE

FOR THE UNKNOWN ENEMY

FOR YOU, WALT WHITMAN

FORGING A PASSPORT

FORM OUR BALLOON OVER THE PROVINCES

FOUND IN A STORM

FOUR OAK LEAVES

FRIEND WHO NEVER CAME

FRIENDS, FAREWELL

FRIENDS: A RECOGNITION

FROM BEHIND THESE VINES

FROM EASTERN OREGON

FROM HALLMARK OR SOMEWHERE

FROM THE GRADUAL GRASS

GLIMPSE BETWEEN BUILDINGS

GLIMPSED ON THE WAY

GLIMPSES IN THE WOODS

GRACE ABOUNDING

GROUND ZERO (DECEMBER 1982)

GROUND ZERO (JUNE 1982)

GUTTERS OF JACKSON: CACHE STREET NORTH

HAPPY IN SUNLIGHT

HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE?

HAVING THE RIGHT NAME

HEAD WITH A PH.D

HEARD UNDER A TIN SIGN AT THE BEACH

HEARING THE WIND

HERON IN RESIDENCE

HIDE AND GO SEEK AT THE CEMETERY

HOLCOMB, KANSAS

HOLDING THE SKY

HOW IT IS WITH FAMILY

HOW THESE WORDS HAPPENED

HOW TO BE LUCKY

HOW TO GET BACK

HOW TO REGAIN YOUR SOUL

HUMANITIES LECTURE

I WAS IN THE CITY ALL DAY

IF I COULD BE LIKE WALLACE STEVENS

IN A MUSEUM IN THE CAPITAL

IN A NORTHWEST MUSEUM

IN DEAR DETAIL, BY IDEAL LIGHT

IN FEAR AND VALOR

IN OUR STATE NO ONE EVER

IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION

IN SUBLETTE'S BARN

IN THE BACKYARD

IN THE DEEP CHANNEL

IN THE MORNING ALL OVER

IN THE NIGHT DESERT

IN THE OLD DAYS

IN THE OREGON COUNTRY

IN THE WHITE SKY

INDIAN CAVES IN THE DRY COUNTRY

IT IS TIME YOU THINK

IT RODE WITH US

IT'S LIKE WYOMING

JEFFERSON COUNTY

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW

KEEPING A JOURNAL

LATE, PASSING PRAIRIE FARM

LEARNED AT THE WEAVERS' BARN

LEARNING TO LIKE THE NEW SCHOOL

LEFT FOR THE BACK PAGES

LETTER FROM OREGON

LIGHT, AND MY SUDDEN FACE

LIKE A LITTLE STONE

LIMBER GULLS OWNING THE WIND

LISTENING AT LITTLE LAKE ELKHART

LITTLE NIGHT STORIES

LIVING ON THE PLAINS

LONG DISTANCE (1)

LONG DISTANCE (2)

LOOKING ACROSS THE RIVER

LOOKING FOR GOLD

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE

LOOKING OUT AND STAYING TRUE

LOOKING UP AT NIGHT

LOSING A FRIEND

LOST IN THE CENTURIES

LOVE IN THE COUNTRY

LOVE THE BUTCHER BIRD LURKS EVERYWHERE

MANY THINGS ARE HIDDEN BY THE LIGHT

MAYBE ALONE ON MY BIKE

MEETING ROETHKE

MONTANA ECLOGUE

MONUMENTS FOR A FRIENDLY GIRL AT A TENTH GRADE PARTY

MOUSE NIGHT: ONE OF OUR GAMES

MR. OR MRS. NOBODY

MUCH HAVE I TRAVELED

MY FATHER: OCTOBER 1942

MY MOTHER WAS A SOLDIER

MY PARENTS WERE SIMPLE FOLK

MY PARTY THE RAIN

NEAR EDINBURGH CASTLE

NEW LETTERS FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON

NORTH OF LIBERAL

NOT HAVING WINGS

NOT POLICY, BUT LOVE

NOTICE WHAT THIS POEM IS NOT DOING

OBSERVATION CAR AND CIGAR

ON A CHURCH LAWN

ON BEING INVITED TO A TESTIMONIAL DINNER

ON DON QUIXOTE'S HORSE

ON QUITTING A LITTLE COLLEGE

ON THE BOOKRACK AT CORNER DRUGS

ON THE GLASS ICE

ON THE ROAD LAST NIGHT

ON THE WRITING OF POETRY

ONCE IN A DREAM

ONCE IN THE 40'S

ONCE MEN WERE CREATED

ONE OF THE YEARS

ONE OF YOUR LIVES

OUR CITY IS GUARDED BY AUTOMATIC ROCKETS

OUR TIME'S NAME

OUTSIDE OF TOWN

OVER THE NORTH JETTY

OZYMANDIAS' BROTHER

PASSING A PILE OF STONES

PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH WIND

PEOPLE WHO WENT BY IN WINTER

PEOPLE WITH WHETSTONES

PLACES AND PUNCTUATION: THE COAST

PLACES WITH MEANING

PRESENTING THESE PIECES

PURIFYING THE LANGUAGE OF THE TRIBE

REACHING OUT TO TURN ON A LIGHT

READ TO THE LAST LINE

READING WITH LITTLE SISTER: A RECOLLECTION

RELIGION BACK HOME

REMARKS ON MY CHARACTER

REMEMBERING A FIRST-GRADE MUSIC TEACHER

REMEMBERING ALTHEA

REMEMBERING BROTHER BOB

REMNANTS OF A POEM, OBSCURE PARTS BURNED AWAY ...

REPORT FROM A FAR PLACE

REPORT FROM AN UNAPPOINTED COMMITTEE

REPORT TO CRAZY HORSE

REPRESENTING FAR PLACES

RETURN TO SINGLE-SHOT

RETURNED TO SAY

RUBY WAS HER NAME

RUN BEFORE DAWN

RX CREATIVE WRITING: IDENTITY

SAINT MATTHEW AND ALL

SANTA'S WORKSHOP

SATURDAY NIGHTS

SAYINGS FROM THE NORTHERN ICE

SAYINGS OF THE BLIND

SEDUCTION RIVER

SEEING AND PERCEIVING

SERVING WITH GIDEON

SITTING UP LATE

SLAVE ON THE HEADLAND

SLEEPING ON THE SISTERS LAND

SO CLEAR, SO COLD

SOME AUTUMN CHARACTERS

SOME DAYS OF ITS GIFT

SOME NIGHT AGAIN

SOMEONE WENT BY

SOMETHING TO DECLARE

SPEAKING FRANKLY

SPIRIT OF PLACE: GREAT BLUE HERON

SPRINGS NEAR HAGERMAN

STADIUM HIGH, TACOMA

STARTING WITH LITTLE THINGS

STILLNESS IS THE RIGHT WAVE

STORIES TO LIVE IN THE WORLD WITH

STORM AT THE COAST

SUMMER WILL RISE

SUNSET: SOUTHWEST

SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINS

SURVIVING A POETRY CIRCUIT

TEMPORARY FACTS

TERMS OF SURRENDER

TESTIMONY TO AN INQUISITOR

THAT AUTUMN INSTANT

THAT LAKE IN THE MOUNTAINS

THAT TIME OF YEAR

AIRPORT AT ANCHORAGE

ANIMAL THAT DRANK UP SOUND

BUSH FROM MONGOLIA

CAGE AT THE FILLING STATION

COLOR THAT REALLY IS

COLOR THAT REALLY IS

CONCEALMENT: ISHI, THE LAST WILD INDIAN

COYOTE IN THE ZOO

DAY I GOT THE GOOD IDEA

DAY MILLICENT FOUND THE WORLD

DESIGN ON THE ORIOLE

EPITAPH ENDING IN AND

ESKIMO NATIONAL ANTHEM

FARM ON THE GREAT PLAINS

FISH COUNTER AT BONNEVILLE

GIRL ENGAGED TO THE BOY WHO DIED

GIRL WHO DIED, WHO LIVED

GUN OF BILLY THE KID

INDIAN CAVE JERRY RAMSEY FOUND

LIGHT BY THE BARN

LITTLE GIRL BY THE FENCE AT SCHOOL

LITTLE LOST ORPHANS

LITTLE WAYS THAT ENCOURAGE GOOD FORTUNE

LOST METEORITE IN THE COAST RANGE

MOUNTAIN THAT GOT LITTLE

MUSEUM AT TILLAMOOK

OLD HAMER PLACE

OLD WRITER'S WELCOME TO THE NEW

ONLY CARD I GOT ON MY BIRTHDAY WAS FROM INSURANCE MAN

POETS' ANNUAL INDIGENCE REPORT

PREACHER AT THE CORNER

RESEARCH TEAM IN THE MOUNTAINS

RETURN OF THE ANIMAL THAT DRANK UP SOUND

SAINT OF THOUGHT

SPARKLE DEPENDS ON FLAWS IN THE DIAMOND

STICK IN THE FOREST

STICK IN THE FOREST

SUMMONS IN INDIANA

THOUGHT MACHINE

TITLE COMES LATER

TROUBLE WITH READING

WANDERER AWAITING PREFERMENT

WIDOW WHO TAUGHT AT AN ARMY SCHOOL

THERE IS BLINDNESS

THINGS ABOUT THE SUN

THINGS I LEARNED LAST WEEK

THINGS IN THE WILD NEED SALT

THINGS THAT COME

THINGS THAT HAPPEN

THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHERE THERE AREN'T ANY PEOPLE

THINGS WE DID THAT MEANT SOMETHING

THINKING ABOUT BEING CALLED SIMPLE BY A CRITIC

THINKING FOR BERKY

THIRTEENTH AND PENNSYLVANIA

THIS POINT ON THE PAGE

THIS TOWN: WINTER MORNING

THREE ARTISTS ON LOCATION

TOURIST COUNTRY

TRAVELING THROUGH THE DARK

TROUBLESHOOTING

TRUSTING EACH OTHER

TRYING TO REMEMBER A TOWN

TRYING TO TELL IT

TUNED IN LATE ONE NIGHT

TURN OVER YOUR HAND

TWELFTH BIRTHDAY

ULTIMATE PROBLEMS

UNDERSTANDING POETRY, BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

UNIVERSE IS ONE PLACE

UP IN THE HILLS

VIEWING THE COAST

WAITING AT THE BEACH

WAITING IN LINE

WAKING AT 3 A.M.

WALKING ON THE BEACH

WALKING THE BEACH UNDER THE OVERCAST

WALKING THE WILDERNESS

WALKING WITH YOUR EYES SHUT

WATCHING A CANDLE

WATCHING THE JET PLANES DIVE

WE INTERRUPT TO BRING YOU

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE BEATS?

WHAT GOD USED FOR EYES BEFORE WE CAME

WHAT I HEARD WHISPERED AT THE EDGE OF LIBERAL, KANSAS

WHAT I'LL SEE THAT AFTERNOON

WHAT IF WE WERE ALONE?

WHAT IT ALL MEANS

WHAT'S IN MY JOURNAL

WHEN I MET MY MUSE

WHEN I WAS YOUNG

WHEN WE GOT TO CHITINA

WHEN WE LOOKED BACK

WHEN YOU GO ANYWHERE

WHISPERED INTO THE GROUND

WHO IS RICHEST ALONG OUR STREET?

WHY I SAY ADIOS

WHY WE NEED FANTASY

WILD HORSE LORE

WINNEMUCCA, SHE

WITH KIT, AGE 7, AT THE BEACH

WITH MY CROWBAR KEY

WITH NEIGHBORS ONE AFTERNOON

WITH ONE LAUNCHED LOOK

WOVOKA'S WITNESS

WRITTEN ON THE STUB OF THE FIRST PAYCHECK

YOU DON'T KNOW THE END

YOU READING THIS, BE READY

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