Theodore Roethke
Theodore Roethke
Theodore Huebner Roethkewas an American poet. He published several volumes of award-winning and critically acclaimed poetry. Roethke is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 May 1908
CountryUnited States of America
failure adversity wrestling
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
lonely waste lonely-places
I have gone into the waste lonely places
long water together
I lose and find myself in the long water. I am gathered together once more.
humility heart self
The self says, I am; The heart says, I am less; The spirit says, you are Nothing.
bones marrow knows
I bleed my bones, their marrow to bestowUpon that God who knows what I would know.
long mind substance
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.
feelings done dear-god
What have I done, dear God, to deserve this perpetual feeling that I'm almost ready to begin something really new?
astonishment perpetual
Live in a perpetual great astonishment.
love-is joy torment
Love begets love. This torment is my joy.
roots soul body
God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.
sleep dark blessing
But when I breath with the birds, The spirit of wrath becomes the spirit of blessings, And the dead begin from their dark to sing in my sleep.
simple wish events
I wish I could find an event that meant as much as simple seeing.
self-esteem soul should
Should we say the self, once perceived, becomes the soul?
rowing boat breathe
To follow the drops sliding from a lifting oar, Head up, while the rower breathes, and the small boat drifts quietly shoreward...