"Till according to the silence all the light is gone"
Stafford, Ai, Wright, Edson, Blake
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William Stafford:
Ai:
James Wright:
William Blake:
BONUS: Ai reading “The Good Shepherd,” rec. 1995:
Whoa! I'd not read "The Good Shepherd" before now. Ai knows how to wield word-power.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.