“For it is important that awake people be awake, or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep; the signals we give — yes or no, or maybe — should be clear: the darkness around us is deep.”

About William Stafford

Poet • American

William Edgar Stafford was a distinguished American poet and pacifist. Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, his early life in the Great Depression and his experiences as a conscientious objector during World War II deeply...