Nancy Willard was the author of eleven books of poetry and two novels, Things Invisible to See and Sister Water. Her many books for children include A Visit to William Blake’s Inn, which won the Newbery Medal and a Caldecott Honor.
Poetry
Spring 1989
A Hardware Store as Proof of the Existence of God
I praise the brightness of hammers pointing east like the steel woodpeckers of the future, and dozens of hinges opening brass wings, and six new rakes shyly fanning their toes, […]
In Memoriam
A Hardware Store as Proof of the Existence of God
From the Kenyon Review, New Series, Spring 1989, Volume XI, No. 2 I praise the brightness of hammers pointing east like the steel woodpeckers of the future, and dozens of […]