William Stafford’s Last Poem
Written in the morning of the day he died, William Stafford’s last poem rattles with augury gilded by a sense of acceptance.
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Robert Bly – When William Stafford Died
After the death of the poet William Stafford in 1993, his friend Robert Bly wrote this tribute against the image of water flowing down the rocks of Montana gullies.
William Stafford – A Ritual to Read to Each Other
We must endeavor to rise above the patterns set out for us by others, according to Stafford, and not follow in a line like elephants holding each other’s tails; it is imperative, he writes, that ‘awake people be awake’ since ‘the darkness around us is deep’.
William Wordsworth – The Rainbow
This short poem – Wordsworth’s ode to a rainbow – is a simple and direct expression of awe and manifestation of ‘beginner’s mind.’
Wendell Berry – To Know The Dark
Berry’s poem is a reminder that to truly know darkness and its divine power, we need the courage to step into and leave the light behind.
Sam Magavern – Balthazar’s Journey
Sam Magavern reveals to us an honest down-to-earth depiction of one of the three Magi on the search of the infant Christ in Bethlehem.
Kahlil Gibran – Fear
Kahlil Gibran’s poem on the fear of dissipation is a call to faith, to trust in the oceanic nature of the life-manifesting force.
Regina Dilgen – Meditation on Thomas Merton’s Hermitage
Regina Dilgen’s exquisite “Meditation on Thomas Merton’s Hermitage” imagines American monastic Thomas Merton worn by grief and inspired to write.
John Paul Caponigro – Test for Echo
John Paul Caponigro’s “Test for Echo” is an ode to connection and communication in a world that feels as disconnected as ever.
Matthew Kohut – Letter to St. John of the Cross
In Matthew Kohut’s “Letter to St. John of the Cross”, nine concise lines are illuminated with unity, to the canticle of “i dissolving”.
