Stafford, William 1979
Friday, May 11, 1979
According to the silence, winter has arrived—
a special kind of winter. I, its inventor,
watch it freeze in calendars and stare
out of clocks. I do not feel its cold.
– William Stafford, “Shepard”
![Vintage poster of William Stafford's reading at the Poetry Center of Chicago.](https://archive.poetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/william-stafford.jpg)
Vintage poster of William Stafford’s reading at the Poetry Center of Chicago.
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