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


The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems (ed. Graywolf Press, 1998)

William Stafford Quotes

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

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

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

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