Another World Instead: The Early Poems of William Stafford, 1937-1947

The unpublished early poems of William Stafford now added to "a body of work that represents some of the finest poetry written during the second half of [the twentieth] century." (Library Journal)

If I could remember all at once—but I have forgotten.

But some day, looking along a furrowed cliff, staring

beyond the eyes' strength, I'll start the avalanche and every stone will fall separate and revealed.

—from "Meditation"

Twenty-eight years old and a conscientious objector during World War II, ...