"They miss the whisper that runs any day in your mind, "Who… - William Stafford

"They miss the whisper that runs
any day in your mind,
"Who are you really, wanderer?" — and the answer you have to give
no matter how dark and cold
the world around you is:
"Maybe I'm a king.

William Stafford

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poetry wanderer exile king

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Always write in the wilderness.

I embrace emerging experience.
I participate in discovery.
I am a butterfly.
I am not a butterfly collector.
I want the experience of the butterfly.

An owl sound wandered along the road with me. I didn’t hear it — I breathed it into my ears.

"They miss the whisper that runs any day in your mind, "Who are you really, wanderer?" — and the answer you have to give no matter how dark and cold … - William Stafford

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