William Stafford (1914 - 1993)

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William Edgar Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, on January 17, 1914, to Ruby Mayher and Earl Ingersoll Stafford. The eldest of three children, Stafford grew up with an appreciation for nature and books. During the Depression the family moved from town to town as Earl Stafford searched for jobs. William helped to support the family also, by delivering papers, working in the sugar beet fields, raising vegetables, and as an electrician's mate. In 1933 Stafford graduated from high school .. Continue..

Some of William Stafford Poems

Notice What This Poem Is Not Doing

Traveling Through The Dark

Ask Me

A Ritual To Read To Each Other

Just Thinking

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Quote from Author

	I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.

- William Stafford

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