When I go mad, Theodore Roethke More Quotes by Theodore Roethke More Quotes From Theodore Roethke Be sure that whatever you are is you. Theodore Roethke I came to love, I came into my own. Theodore Roethke my-own Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line. Theodore Roethke craftslinesreal Wake the happy words. Theodore Roethke crafts The living all assemble! What's the cue?-- Theodore Roethke partnerswantdesire Long live the weeds that overwhelm Theodore Roethke weedmenson I bleed my bones, their marrow to bestowUpon that God who knows what I would know. Theodore Roethke marrowbonesknows Let others probe the mystery if they can.Time-harried prisoners of Shall and Will -The right thing happens to the happy man. Theodore Roethke prisonermysterymen The mind enters itself, and God the mind, Theodore Roethke freedomgodwind A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait. Theodore Roethke spiritwaitinginspirational Who rise from flesh to spirit know the fall: Theodore Roethke lightworldfall What is desire?-- Theodore Roethke impulsefiredesire Too much reality can be a dazzle, a surfeit;Too close immediacy an exhaustion Theodore Roethke dazzletoo-muchreality In a dark time, the mind begins to see. Theodore Roethke dark-timesminddark The stones were sharp, The wind came at my back; Walking along the highway, Mincing like a cat. Theodore Roethke catjourneywind 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. Theodore Roethke blessingdarksleep Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love. Theodore Roethke eyesimplerunning You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is. Theodore Roethke holybelieve You must believe: a poem is a holy thing - a good poem, that is. The poem, even a short time after being written, seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems something beyond the capacity of the gods. Theodore Roethke miraclepoetrybelieve Being, not doing, is my first joy. Theodore Roethke joyfirsts
