<DIV></DIV><DIV><B>“In our time there has been no poet who revived human hearts and spirits more convincingly than William Stafford.” —Naomi Shihab Nye<BR></B><BR></DIV><DIV>Some time when the river is ice ask me<BR>mistakes I have made. Ask me whether<BR>what I have done is my life.<BR> —from “Ask Me”</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>In celebration of the poet’s centennial, <I>Ask Me</I> collects one hundred of William Stafford’s essential poems. As a conscientious objector during World War II, while assigned to Civilian Public Service camps Stafford began his daily writing practice, a lifelong early-morning ritual of witness. His poetry reveals the consequences of violence, the daily necessity of moral decisions, and the bounty of art. Selected and with a note by Kim Stafford, <I>Ask Me</I> presents the best from a profound and original American voice.</DIV>