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Nothing would give up life: Even the dirt keeps breathing a small breath.

Theodore Roethke

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Theodore Roethke
Age: 55 †
Born: 1908
Born: May 25
Died: 1963
Died: August 1
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Saginaw
Michigan
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Life
Breaths
Keeps
Small
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Nothing
Dirt
Giving
Breathing
Even

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