Stafford’s poetry reveals
lifelong vision of world
The Long Sigh
the Wind Makes
by
William Stafford
©1991
Available at the
University Bookstore
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William Stafford is an older
American who writes poetry
emiiedded with wisdom and
feeling. His thoughts are
branches of reason and lah
gauge, which evidence a natu
ral freedom ol plat e and person
that manifest in his poems
Stafford is no doctrinaire
'/'/re l.onfi Sigh the Wind Make*
is one of this year's colics lions
of poems speaking of the peo
ple and planet with which wi
ll ve.
The ixiok is a thoughtful ex
ample of how the simplicities,
joys and values in life can he
abused
Grey Klliot, who wrote of the
introduction to the hook, ends
his contribution with a quote
from his Native American
neighbors The selection is ap
propriate
Stafford's poetry has a native
voice that speaks directly and
honestly Noyvhere in /Tie Ion ft
Sitfh (/)<• Wind M.ikr> does St.d
ford diverge from ttir instilled
messages that [lormeate ama
tive, natural view of life
In "Night In Oregon." "Over
the Mountains." That Day"
and ''('.entering." Stafford
speaks from an American land
scape. whether it he physical or
metaphysical In Old
Growth." he speaks from his
mind
His political classification is
seemingly non-existent in the
sense tli.it his pootn intends
not to promote ,1 prodin I. ideal,
or dor trine, hut to mediate
what it is to fu- a human being
The poems in /Tie i.ong Sigh
lilt' Wind Makes voice wisdom,
not r Inverness
Stafford's pare expresses net
ther feral nor chaolit structure
T he pace is constant while Staf
forri pieces together under
standing; the poetry resonates
with steady consideration His
breaths are never examples ol
hyperventilation, hut sighs
Stafford is 77 years old and
wakes each morning at f> a m
to walk, think and write lie
has referred to his poetry as
T alk with a little lur k
As readers, we are fortunate
to he able to read that "talk In
rho Long Sigh ihr Wind
Mates, we listen to an elder
We listen to the answer blow
mg in the wind Good reading
By J D Spencer
Emerald Contributor
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