William Stafford Quotes

At noon in the desert a panting lizard
waited for history, its elbows tense,
watching the curve of a particular road
as if something might happen.

- William Stafford

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Noon | Desert | Panting | Lizard | Waited |

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Let the bucket of memory down into the well,
bring it up. Cool, cool minutes. No one
stirring, no plans. Just being there. - William Stafford

All right. I listen. My life sinks a little
farther, for the pity; from now on I know it
with them. We'll take a stand, wherever the end is.
We go forward by this quiet sharing,
they one way, I another. I am their promise:
no one else is going to know. - William Stafford

What can anyone give you greater than now,
starting here, right in this room, when you turn around? - William Stafford