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William Stafford - Notice What This Poem Is Not Doing

The light along the hills in the morning
comes down slowly, naming the trees
white, then coasting the ground for stones to nominate.

Notice what this poem is not doing.

A house, a house, a barn, the old
quarry, where the river shrugs--
how much of this place is yours?

Notice what this poem is not doing.

Every person gone has taken a stone
to hold, and catch the sun. The carving
says, "Not here, but called away."

Notice what this poem is not doing.

The sun, the earth, the sky, all wait.
The crowns and redbirds talk. The light
along the hills has come, has found you.

Notice what this poem has not done.

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Poet: William Stafford
Poem: Notice What This Poem Is Not Doing

Comment 15 of 15, added on May 16th, 2008 at 2:32 AM.
notice what this poem is not doing

BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
APSOLUTE BAD BAD BAD AND 100% BORING!!!

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Comment 14 of 15, added on May 21st, 2007 at 4:49 AM.

I just remembered what this poem has not done; it hasn't died. Yes, credit me, Marcy Jarvis, with that brilliant thesis.

ea
Comment 13 of 15, added on April 21st, 2007 at 5:28 AM.

yes, that has occurred to me, that it is not rhyming. But though I like non rhyming poems, I always feel a little like I am cheating when I write a straight free verse poem that uses nothing artistic in its delivery because I feel like I could just as well write it as a piece of prose and why bother with poetry and being somehow special. lol.

ea

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