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
love-is joy torment
Love begets love. This torment is my joy.
roots soul body
God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.
heart poet
The poet: would rather eat a heart than a hambone.
soul body
The soul has many motions, body one.
dark play soul
The body and the soul know how to play In that dark world where gods have lost their way.
civilization culture
Civilization is over-rated, but there isn't much else.
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.
reason dreary shed
Reason? That dreary shed, that hutch for grubby schoolboys.
morning light air
And I walked, I walked through the light air; I moved with the morning.
simple wish events
I wish I could find an event that meant as much as simple seeing.
dark mind dark-times
In a dark time, the mind begins to see.
beautiful overwhelmed disorder
I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words.
joy firsts
Being, not doing, is my first joy.
self-esteem soul should
Should we say the self, once perceived, becomes the soul?