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The Collected Poems
— published 1961 — 6 editions |
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Selected Poems
by Theodore Roethke, Edward Hirsch — published 1969 — 2 editions |
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The Far Field
— 2 editions |
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Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
by Theodore Roethke , David Wagoner — 4 editions |
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Words for the Wind: The Collected Verse
— published 1900 — 2 editions |
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On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose
by Theodore Roethke, Carolyn Kizer — published 2013 — 4 editions |
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My Papa's Waltz
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The Waking
— published 1953 — 2 editions |
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The Lost Son & Other Poems
— published 1948 |
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Praise to the End!
— published 1951 |
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“Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.”
― Theodore Roethke, Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
― 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.”
― Theodore Roethke, 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.”
― Theodore Roethke, The Collected Poems
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