Folder 14
Contains 22 Results:
“Just Thinking”, Undated
“Just Thinking” ([Portland, OR]: The William Stafford Center, n.d.). 11 x 16 cm. Postcard on white cardstock advertising a poetry reading at Looking Glass Bookstore. Includes a photo of Stafford by Donnell Hunter to the right of the poem.
“A Long Way Short of Damascus”, Undated
“A Long Way Short of Damascus” (Lewiston, ID: Confluence Press, n.d.). 11 x 13 cm. Postcard.
“Love This Place [Starting with Little Things]”, Undated
“Love This Place [Starting with Little Things]” (n.p., n.d.). 26 x 21 cm. Printed by Copper Canyon at Centrum?
“Maybe Alone on My Bike”, ca.1973
“Maybe Alone on My Bike” (n.p., n.d.). 32 x 24 cm. Letterpress on white laid paper watermarked “Victorian.” Cut of bicycle by CWG, dated 1973.
“Spirit of Place”, Undated
“Spirit of Place” (Portland, OR: PGE, Audubon Society of Portland, City of Portland Bureau of Parks and Recreation, undated, ca. 1990). 21 x 27 cm folded twice to 21 x 9 cm. Stafford’s poem is featured on this brochure titled, The Great Blue Heron: Portland’s City Bird.
“Things in the Wild Need Salt” and “Growing Up.”, 1993
“Things in the Wild Need Salt” and “Growing Up.” [Sisters, OR: 1993]. 28 x 22 cm. A handout printed on pale yellow office paper with the overall title All About Light. Th e broadside includes a quote from Henri Cartier-Bresson, a piece of prose by Kit Stafford, and some simple celestial line-art illustrations.
“This is the field where the battle did not happen...”, 1991
“This is the field where the battle did not happen...” [“At the Un-National Monument Along the Canadian Border”]. Portland, OR: NO WAR Memorial, n.d. [ca. 1991]. 43 x 28 cm. Poster titled “The United States of America NO WAR Memorial Celebrating 0 days without war.”
“Traveling through the Dark.”, Undated
“Traveling through the Dark.” Olympia, WA: South Puget Sound Community College, n.d. 63 x 44 cm. A glossy color poster advertising “Winter Dreams: A Poetry Reading Series.” In addition to William Stafford, the poster includes poems by Kim Stafford, Madeline DeFrees, and James Bertolino, and photographs of each poet.
“Ultimate Problems.”, Undated
“Ultimate Problems.” N.p., n.d. 30 x 22 cm. Printed on handmade paper with brown fibers.
“The View from Here.”, Undated
“The View from Here.” [Elyria, OH]: John Meluch, n.d. 23 x 18 cm. Issued in an edition of 60 copies on a range of paper colors including, light blue, dark blue, gray/blue, and white. Illustrated with an Antarctic scene of ice, water, the moon, and penguins. The poem is not printed in its entirety, just the line, “…we too stand and wait.” Some copies are matted and shrink-wrapped with one card giving the printer’s information and second card featuring the full text of Stafford’s poem.