Politicians need citizens who will permit them to behave reasonably.
William StaffordKeep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results.
William StaffordTag: poets
I would exchange all that I have written for the next thing.
William StaffordThe 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 have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.
~ William Stafford ~
Once we have tasted far streams, touched the gold, found some limit beyond the waterfall, a season changes and we come back changed but safe, quiet, grateful.
William StaffordBetween roars the lion purrs.
William StaffordTag: poets
The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.
William StaffordWhen a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone,
and the meaning has to go find an author again.
- The Trouble With Reading
Tag: reading books goats the-trouble-with-reading william-stafford
They miss the whisper that runs
any day in your mind,
"Who are you really, wanderer?"--
and the answer you have to give
no matter how dark and cold
the world around you is:
"Maybe I'm a king.
Tag: poetry exile king wanderer
I am your own way of looking at things," she said. "When you allow me to live with you, every glance at the world around you will be a sort of salvation
William StaffordTag: muse
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