Nancy Willard
Born
in Ann Arbor, Michigan, The United States
June 26, 1936
Died
March 08, 2017
Genre
Influences
William Blake
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A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
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20 editions
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published
1981
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Beauty and the Beast
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2 editions
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published
1992
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Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch
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2 editions
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published
1991
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The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake
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7 editions
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published
1990
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Things Invisible to See
14 editions
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published
1985
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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published
1993
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Gum
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2 editions
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published
2017
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Cinderella's Dress
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3 editions
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published
2003
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The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
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5 editions
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published
1983
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Sister Water
5 editions
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published
1993
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“Keep your whiskers crisp and clean.
Do not let the mice grow lean.
Do not let yourself grow fat
Like a common kitchen cat.
Have you set the kittens free?
Do they sometimes ask for me?
Is our catnip growing tall?
Did you patch the garden wall?
Clouds are gentle walls that hide
Gardens on the other side.
Tell the tabby cats I take
All my meals with William Blake,
Lunch at noon tea at four,
Served in splendor on the shore
At the tinkling of a bell.
Tell them I am sleeping well.
Tell them I have come so far,
Brought by Blake's celestial cat,
Buffeted by wind and rain,
I may not get home again.
Take this message to my friends.
Say the King of Catnip sends
To the cat who winds his clocks
A thousand sunsets in a box,
To the cat who brings the ice
The shadows of a dozen mice
(serve them with assorted dips
and eat them like potato chips),
And to the cat who guards his door
A net for catching stars, and more
(if patience he abide):
Catnip from the other side.”
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Do not let the mice grow lean.
Do not let yourself grow fat
Like a common kitchen cat.
Have you set the kittens free?
Do they sometimes ask for me?
Is our catnip growing tall?
Did you patch the garden wall?
Clouds are gentle walls that hide
Gardens on the other side.
Tell the tabby cats I take
All my meals with William Blake,
Lunch at noon tea at four,
Served in splendor on the shore
At the tinkling of a bell.
Tell them I am sleeping well.
Tell them I have come so far,
Brought by Blake's celestial cat,
Buffeted by wind and rain,
I may not get home again.
Take this message to my friends.
Say the King of Catnip sends
To the cat who winds his clocks
A thousand sunsets in a box,
To the cat who brings the ice
The shadows of a dozen mice
(serve them with assorted dips
and eat them like potato chips),
And to the cat who guards his door
A net for catching stars, and more
(if patience he abide):
Catnip from the other side.”
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“Answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.”
― Telling Time: Angels, Ancestors, And Stories
― Telling Time: Angels, Ancestors, And Stories
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