Theodore Roethke cytaty
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Theodore Huebner Roethke - amerykański poeta.

Opublikował kilka tomów poezji, w tym książki The Lost Son i Praise to the End! . W 1954 otrzymał nagrodę Pulitzera w dziedzinie poezji za książkę The Waking .

Roethke skłaniał się w stronę tradycyjnych form wiersza. W jego dorobku można odnaleźć między innymi villanellę . Posługiwał się też aliteracją . Wikipedia  

✵ 25. Maj 1908 – 1. Sierpień 1963
Theodore Roethke: 86   Cytatów 0   Polubień

Theodore Roethke: Cytaty po angielsku

“Bless me and the maze I'm in!
Hello, thingy spirit.”

"I Cry, Love! Love!," ll. 20-21
Praise to the End! (1951)

“I bleed my bones, their marrow to bestow
Upon that God who knows what I would know.”

Theodore Roethke książka The Far Field

"The Marrow," ll. 23-24
The Far Field (1964)

“I study the lives on a leaf: the little
Sleepers, numb nudgers in cold dimensions.”

"The Minimal," ll. 1-2
The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)

“A lively understandable spirit
Once entertained you.
It will come again.
Be still.
Wait.”

The Lost Son," ll. 168-172
The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)

“Being, not doing, is my first joy.”

Theodore Roethke książka The Far Field

"The Abyss," l. 100
The Far Field (1964)

“Nothing would give up life:
Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.”

"Root Cellar," ll. 10-11
The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)

“Mother of quartz, your words writhe into my ear.
Renew the light, lewd whisper.”

"The Shape of the Fire," ll. 54 - 55
The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)

“God bless the roots!”

Theodore Roethke książka The Far Field

Body and soul are one!
The small become the great, the great the small;
The right thing happens to the happy man.
"The Right Thing," ll. 7-9
The Far Field (1964)