Archive for the ‘poetry’ tag

Other People’s Words: “The Calf Path”

This poem by Sam Walter Foss was just far too interesting not to keep around for myself and to share with others. Entitled “The Calf Path,” it offers a fun story while quietly urging us to always question conventional wisdom. One day thru the primeval wood A calf walked home, as good calves should; But […]

Meeting William Stafford

This is not about the time that I met the late and great poet William Stafford. Though we shared six years on this earth, I never got that chance. This is rather about the metaphorical meeting that great poetry can convince you you have had. There are poems that you read which resonate. About which […]