William+Stafford

William Stafford. By:Colton,Collin,Treven ====BIOGRAPHY William Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1914 and died in Lake Oswego, Oregon in 1993. He was in tune with the world around him and where he lived. He was deeply commited to exploring the place he occupied in the world. He normally started writing at 4:00 A.M. in the morning. Usually he wrote one poem per day and then the next day he wrote another and so on from there. He was in peace and harmony with the world around him. The book i found about him was called "LearningTo Live In TheWorld." One of the poems is "Listening Around". ====


 * 1) He received a M.A. a B.A. and a Ph.D.
 * 2) Stafford moved to Oregan to teach at Lewis and Clark college in 1948.
 * 3) His wife was Dorothy Hope Frantz and had four kids.
 * 4) In WW2 he was a conscientious objector and worked in the public civilian service camps.
 * 5) His first major collection of poems was published when he was forty-eight and it was called Traveling Through the Dark.
 * 6) His poems are often deceptively simple, however, they reveal a distinctive and complicated picture when examined closer.
 * 7) He was the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.
 * 8) He published more than sixty-five volumes of his poetry in his lifetime.
 * 9) Even though he traveled and read his poetry widely he still taught at Lewis and Clark College until he retired.

media type="file" key="william_stafford poem.wmv" width="308" height="282" If we see better through tiny, grim glasses, we like to wear tiny, grim glasses. Our parents willed us this view. It's tundra? We love it.

We travel our kind of Renaissance: barnfuls of hay, whole voyages of corn, and a book that flickers its halo in the parlor.

Poverty plus confidence equals pioneers. We never doubted.



LINKS Academy of American Poets. "William Stafford." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. 1997. Web. 20 Jan. 2011. [|\]][|/prmPID/224]. A link to some of the writings of William Stafford "William Stafford." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Academy of American Poets., 1997. Web. 20 Jan. 2011. <[]>. [] [|http://www.poets.org/poet.php][|/prmPID/224] [] BIBLIOGRAPHY Acedemy of American Poets. "William Stafford." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. 1997. Web. 20 Jan. 2011 N/A N/A. "Kansas Historical Society." Web. 21 Jan. 2011. N/A. "William Stafford Photo." Web. 21 Jan. 2011. [] []