Ask Me - A poem by William Stafford


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William Stafford - Ask Me

Some time when the river is ice ask me
mistakes I have made. Ask me whether
what I have done is my life. Others
have come in their slow way into
my thought, and some have tried to help
or to hurt: ask me what difference
their strongest love or hate has made.

I will listen to what you say.
You and I can turn and look
at the silent river and wait. We know
the current is there, hidden; and there
are comings and goings from miles away
that hold the stillness exactly before us.
What the river says, that is what I say.

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Poet: William Stafford Poem: Ask Me Poem of the Day: Mar 22 2005 Comment 4 of 4, added on January 2nd, 2007 at 5:48 PM. i want lrn will staford hong chow from China Comment 3 of 4, added on December 29th, 2006 at 1:15 PM. Ask me if the life I am living is the life that is in me...ask me if I have been true to my design...to my heart...ask me, so that I might be challenged to sit and consider...and raise once again the banner that is to be my unique identity...and having come once again to me I allow myself to reenter the river of life full of a million little waves and drops who make it alive... Kean Salzer from United States Comment 2 of 4, added on February 15th, 2006 at 6:35 PM. what a great poem toni from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Ask Me, has received 4 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by William Stafford with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: William Stafford Poem: Ask Me Last read: Jul 3 2008, 8:16PM Poem of the Day: Mar 22 2005 Viewed 6568 times. Added on February 15th, 2006 at 6:35 PM.

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