William Stafford (poet) Quote

If you don't know the kind of person I am
and I don't know the kind of person you are
a pattern that others made may prevail in the world
and following the wrong god home we may miss our star.


Stories that could be true: new and collected poems (ed. HarperCollins Publishers, 1977)


If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and...

If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and...

If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and...

If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and...