Theodore Roethke
Born
in Saginaw, Michigan, The United States
May 25, 1908
Died
August 01, 1963
Genre
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The Collected Poems
30 editions
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published
1961
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Selected Poems
9 editions
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published
1969
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The Far Field
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Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
by
12 editions
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published
1972
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Words for the Wind: The Collected Verse
27 editions
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published
1958
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On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose
by
18 editions
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published
1965
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My Papa's Waltz
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The Waking: Poems: 1933 - 1953
5 editions
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published
1953
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صيفٌ يغفو في جلده
by
4 editions
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2009
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The Lost Son & Other Poems
6 editions
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1948
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“Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.”
― Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
― Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me, so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.”
― The Collected Poems
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me, so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.”
― The Collected Poems
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