Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford

✍ Scribed by Stafford, William

• Book ID: 100246725
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 103 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1555973256

✦ Synopsis

"In our time there has been no poet who revived human hearts and spirits more convincingly than William Stafford."--Naomi Shihab NyeSome time when the river is ice ask memistakes I have made. Ask me whetherwhat I have done is my life.-from "Ask Me" In celebration of the poet's centennial, Ask Me collects one hundred of William Stafford's essential poems. As a conscientious objector during World War II, while assigned to Civilian Public Service camps Stafford began his daily writing practice, a lifelong early-morning ritual of witness. His poetry reveals the consequences of violence, the daily necessity of moral decisions, and the bounty of art. Selected and with a note by Kim Stafford, Ask Me presents the best from a profound and original American voice.