Post #1358004
2026-04-19 00:44 UTC
When a Poet Dies
When a poet dies
nothing happens.
A lesser poet
breakfasting on coffee
and a cherry strudel
picks up a newspaper,
turns pages to pass time.
After breakfast she will sit down to write.
Thus begins the one-poem book "When a Poet Dies."
This is a tribute to the poet William Stafford (Jan 1914--Aug 1993), but it’s also just a darn good story about poets and how they affect the world.
#poetry #RedDragonflyPress #MNastodon
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@MarkBrigham@universeodon.com 2026-04-19 00:47
This is a limited edition printed from Melior type on Fox River Olde white vellum, hand-pressed by Scott King of Red Dragonfly Press-- a “micro-press” affiliated with the Anderson Center, Minnesota. www.reddragonflypress.org 16 pages; size: 6.5 x 5.25 $15.00 No ISBN 1st printing sold out. This 2nd printing, 2006, is a slightly more humble version. 220 copies were printed, though the colophon states 250 copies--according to Scott King, that line was cast before the paper was counted. Oops.