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A collection of the poet's early works, mostly unpublished, includes poems written while he was assigned to the Civilian Public Service camps during World War II for his opposition to the war.

Poems deal with parents, Western landscapes, Native Americans, peace, childhood, nature, and the past.

Down in My Heart is an account of the relationships among the men in the camps and their day-to-day activities - fighting forest fires, building trails and roads, restoring eroded lands - and their earnest pursuit of a social morality rooted in religious and secular pacifist ideals. In his new introduction to the book, Kim Stafford calls them a "generation of seekers" working full time "to envision a way to avoid the next war.".

"Included in the book are a selection of Stafford's poetry on the subject of writing, and an essay on the origins and influences of his art."--Page 4 of cover.

Poems to Ponder By: William Stafford Sessoms In this insightful collection of poetry, William Stafford Sessoms uses prose to convey messages of hope to anyone struggling with hate, envy, and unhappiness. His uplifting words provides those struggling with a sense of relief and a new, bright outlook on life.

This small collection of poems by one of America's major poets represents William Stafford at his best: deceptively simple language charged with startling leaps of imaginative insight into profound human experiences that occur in a moral landscape where there aren't any people.