{"id":206,"date":"2009-01-17T21:40:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T05:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niasomoves.com\/Rachaelsblog\/?p=206"},"modified":"2009-01-27T13:52:13","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T21:52:13","slug":"happy-birthday-bill-stafford-wherever-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/happy-birthday-bill-stafford-wherever-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Bill Stafford, Wherever You Are"},"content":{"rendered":"


<\/p>\n

A Ritual To Read To Each Other<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you don’t know the kind of person I am
\n and I don’t know the kind of person you are
\n a pattern that others made may prevail in the world
\n and following the wrong god home we may miss our star.<\/span><\/p>\n

For there is many a small betrayal in the mind,
\n a shrug that lets the fragile sequence break
\n sending with shouts the horrible errors of childhood
\n storming out to play through the broken dyke.<\/span><\/p>\n

And as elephants parade holding each elephant’s tail,
\n but if one wanders the circus won’t find the park,
\n I call it cruel and maybe the root of all cruelty
\n to know what occurs but not recognize the fact.<\/span><\/p>\n

And so I appeal to a voice, to something shadowy,
\n a remote important region in all who talk:
\n though we could fool each other, we should consider\u2014
\n lest the parade of our mutual life get lost in the dark.<\/span><\/p>\n

For it is important that awake people be awake,
\n or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;
\n the signals we give\u2014yes or no, or maybe\u2014
\n should be clear: the darkness around us is deep.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u2014William Stafford<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Born January 17, 1914, Hutchinson, Kansas;\u00a0
\n died August 28, 1993, Lake Oswego, Oregon.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/williamstafford.org\/<\/a><\/span>
\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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