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Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 4071 Registered: 11-1998 |
Honorable Mention Following Bill through Early Morning Gary Blankenship Forgive these shadows I cling to, good people --Some Shadows, William Stafford Bill carried Kansas like treasures stored in a oft repaired knapsack with a small hole in the one corner leaking memories on flat, dry roads to be carefully gathered as we scoured the ditches for Nehi bottles. I carry that Washington stump farm like a rusted bucket full of berries twice spilled as I scrambled over log and brush to the flat rock road, the picking now more dirt, stone and twig than a hard-earned harvest. We both picked the West side of the Cascades, perhaps a short day’s ride from each other. His yield pies, jams and wine for winter enjoyment, mine barely enough for a bowl covered with milk and sugar. (Early Morning is the title of Kim Stafford’s tribute to his father.) |
