YES
Posted on January 21, 2010 - Filed Under Written Inspiration
Yes
It could happen any time, tornado,
earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen.
Or sunshine, love, salvation.
It could, you know. That’s why we wake
and look out — no guarantees
in this life.
But some bonuses, like morning,
like right now, like noon,
like evening.
~ William Stafford ~
This is one of my favorite poems by one of my favorite poets. It is the middle of the night, and my head is full of ideas on fate. What I know is that we need to take the time to appreciate what is all around us, and, maybe especially, what isn’t.
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WOW! That’s some powerful, late-night ruminating dearie! But I love the sentiment in the little poem
I am not familiar with William Stafford — ah, a new distraction/shiny thing for me to chase around *in all my spare time – ha!*
Now… onto what lies before me
What a wonderful poem, Jill! Thanks for sharing it with all of us. And it’s spot-on, isn’t it?
Hi Jill,
I took you paste paper book class with the San Diego Book Arts last year. I loved it so much.
Thank you for this wonderfully creative blog.
This is a great poem, too.
Sara from SD
it’s been so lovely to visit your blog! i too have just written a couple postings about “yes”!! i love this poem here!!! thank you for sharing post after post of beauty!