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Theodore Roethke Quotes about Water

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I learned not to fear infinity, The far field, the windy cliffs of forever, The dying of time in the white light of tomorrow, The wheel turning away from itself, The sprawl of the wave, The on-coming water.

I learned not to fear infinity, The far field, the windy cliffs of forever, The dying of time in the white light of tomorrow, The wheel turning away from itself, The sprawl of the wave, The on-coming water.

Theodore Roethke
Light, White, Water
Theodore Roethke (2011). “The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke”, p.288, Anchor

I lose and find myself in the long water. I am gathered together once more.

Theodore Roethke
Long, Water, Together
Theodore Roethke (2011). “The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke”, p.285, Anchor

I can hear, underground, that sucking and sobbing, In my veins, in my bones I feel it,- The small water seeping upward, The tight grains parting at last. When sprouts break out, Slippery as fish, I quail, lean to beginnings, sheath-wet.

Theodore Roethke
Cutting, Water, Break Out
Theodore Roethke (2011). “The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke”, p.68, Anchor

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