A collection of poems entitled, The Sleep of Grass, in tribute to William Stafford.

Welcome to the William Stafford Memorial Page! Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, in 1914, William Stafford was one of our most prolific and celebrated poets. He was a witness for peace, and for honesty, recognizing in his writing that justice will take us millions of intricate moves. Author of over fifty books, and recipient of the National Book Award for Traveling through the Dark, Stafford was a ...

A meeting with William Stafford ...

The Way It Is: New & Selected Poems By William Stafford 1-55597-269-1, $24.95 TRAVELING THROUGH THE DARK Traveling through the dark I found a deer dead on the edge of the Wilson River road. It is usually best to roll them into the canyon: that road is narrow; to swerve might make more dead. By glow of the tail-light I stumbled back of the car and stood by the heap, a doe, a recent killing; she ...