William Stafford (poet)
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William Edgar Stafford was an American poet and pacifist. He was the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. He was appointed the twentieth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1970.
William Stafford
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Lake Oswego is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon, primarily in Clackamas County, with small portions extending into neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Population in 2020 was 40,731, an 11
William Stafford (poet)
…and give public readings of his poetry. In 1992, he won the Western States Book Award for lifetime achievement in poetry. Stafford died at his home in Lake Oswego, Oregon on August 28, 1993. The morning of his death he had written a poem containing the lines, "'You don't have to / prove anything,' my mother said. 'Just…
Oswego Lake in the center of the city
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Restored remains of the 1866 Oregon Iron Company furnace, in George Rogers Park
The Portland Oregon Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is located in Lake Oswego.