Sound of the Ax: Aphorisms and Poems by William Stafford SFF_Gift_Guide Mansions and shacks alike were

Mansions and shacks alike were swept away

married and with children of her own

" —Ta-Nehisi Coates

In one terrible night

Sound of the Ax: Aphorisms and Poems by William Stafford SFF_Gift_Guide Mansions and shacks alike wereSound of the Ax brings together for the first time over four hundred aphorisms and twenty six aphoristic poems by one of Americas most essential poets of the twentieth century. Many readers are familiar with the trenchant nature of William Staffords poems, with lines such as Justice will take us millions of intricate moves and Your job is to find what the world is trying to be, but have never had the opportunity to read a sustained selection from the