The five sections in Kim Stafford's Singer Come from Afar hold
poems that summon war and peace, pandemic struggles, Earth
imperatives, a seeker's spirit, and forge kinship. The former poet
laureate of Oregon, Stafford has shared poems from this book in
libraries, prisons, on reservations, with veterans, immigrants,
homeless families, legislators, and students in schools. He writes
for hidden heroes, resonant places, and for our chance to converge
in spite of differences. Poems like "Practicing the Complex Yes"
and "The Fact of Forgiveness" engineer tools for connection with
the self, the community, and the Earth: "It is a given you have
failed . . . [but] the world can't keep its treasures from you."
For the early months of the pandemic, Stafford wrote and posted a
poem for challenge and comfort each day on Instagram and published
a series of chapbooks that traveled hand to hand to far places-to
Norway, Egypt, and India. He views the writing and sharing of
poetry as an essential act of testimony to sustain tikkun olam, the
healing of the world. May this book be the hidden spring you seek.
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