Not in Kansas Anymore

Bill grew up 
in soft-furred hills and sea-flat plains
Might as well been me
in the south parts of Saskatchewan

Water rare as pearls
set us both on a lifetime seeking 

Tin-dipper thirst
and big dipper quenching
Photo of dirt road on the old Saskatchewan ranch

Poet William Stafford born in Hutchingson, Kansas

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