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Theodore Roethke Quotes

I lose and find myself in the long water. I am gathered together once more Picture Quote #1

Mother of quartz, your words writhe into my ear. Renew the light, lewd whisper Picture Quote #1

Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch Picture Quote #1

Nothing would give up life: Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath Picture Quote #1

The mind moved, not alone, through the clear air, in the silence Picture Quote #1

My secrets cry aloud. I have no need for tongue. My heart keeps open house, my doors are widely swung. An epic of the eyes my love, with no disguise Picture Quote #1

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What’s important? That which is dug out of books, or out of the guts? Picture Quote #1

My truths are all foreknown, this anguish self-revealed. I’m naked to the bone, with nakedness my shield Picture Quote #1

The light comes brighter from the east; the caw of restive crows is sharper on the ear Picture Quote #1

And soon a branch, part of a hidden scene, the leafy mind, that long was tightly furled, will turn its private substance into green, and young shoots spread upon our inner world Picture Quote #1

This urge, wrestle, resurrection of dry sticks, cut stems struggling to put down feet, what saint strained so much, rose on such lopped limbs to a new life? Picture Quote #1

The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy; but I hung on like death: such waltzing was not easy Picture Quote #1

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Over the gulfs of dream flew a tremendous bird further and further away into a moonless black, deep in the brain, far back Picture Quote #1

I shook the softening chalk of my bones, saying, snail, snail, glister me forward, bird, soft sigh me home, worm, be with me. This is my hard time Picture Quote #1

Voice, come out of the silence. Say something. Appear in the form of a spider or a moth beating the curtain. Tell me: which is the way I take; out of what door do I go, where and to whom? Picture Quote #1

The salt said, look by the sea, your tears are not enough praise, you will find no comfort here, in the kingdom of bang and blab Picture Quote #1

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me Picture Quote #1

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley Picture Quote #1

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Pain wanders through my bones like a lost fire; What burns me now? Desire, desire, desire Picture Quote #1

Poetry is not a mere shuffling of dead words or even a corralling of live ones Picture Quote #1

Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t Picture Quote #1

Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line Picture Quote #1

When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they’re alone Picture Quote #1

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I lose and find myself in the long water. I am gathered together once more (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Mother of quartz, your words writhe into my ear. Renew the light, lewd whisper (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Nothing would give up life: Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath (Theodore Roethke Quotes) The mind moved, not alone, through the clear air, in the silence (Theodore Roethke Quotes) My secrets cry aloud. I have no need for tongue. My heart keeps open house, my doors are widely swung. An epic of the eyes my love, with no disguise (Theodore Roethke Quotes) What’s important? That which is dug out of books, or out of the guts? (Theodore Roethke Quotes) My truths are all foreknown, this anguish self-revealed. I’m naked to the bone, with nakedness my shield (Theodore Roethke Quotes) The light comes brighter from the east; the caw of restive crows is sharper on the ear (Theodore Roethke Quotes) And soon a branch, part of a hidden scene, the leafy mind, that long was tightly furled, will turn its private substance into green, and young shoots spread upon our inner world (Theodore Roethke Quotes) This urge, wrestle, resurrection of dry sticks, cut stems struggling to put down feet, what saint strained so much, rose on such lopped limbs to a new life? (Theodore Roethke Quotes) The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy; but I hung on like death: such waltzing was not easy (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Over the gulfs of dream flew a tremendous bird further and further away into a moonless black, deep in the brain, far back (Theodore Roethke Quotes) I shook the softening chalk of my bones, saying, snail, snail, glister me forward, bird, soft sigh me home, worm, be with me. This is my hard time (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Voice, come out of the silence. Say something. Appear in the form of a spider or a moth beating the curtain. Tell me: which is the way I take; out of what door do I go, where and to whom? (Theodore Roethke Quotes) The salt said, look by the sea, your tears are not enough praise, you will find no comfort here, in the kingdom of bang and blab (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Pain wanders through my bones like a lost fire; What burns me now? Desire, desire, desire (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Poetry is not a mere shuffling of dead words or even a corralling of live ones (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t (Theodore Roethke Quotes) Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line (Theodore Roethke Quotes) When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they’re alone (Theodore Roethke Quotes)

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