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And I walked, I walked through the light air I moved with the morning.
Theodore Roethke
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Theodore Roethke
Age: 55 †
Born: 1908
Born: May 25
Died: 1963
Died: August 1
Poet
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Saginaw
Michigan
Moved
Air
Walking
Sauntering
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Trekking
Walks
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Morning
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Light
Walked
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The fields stretch out in long unbroken rows. We walk aware of what is far and close. Here distance is familiar as a friend. The feud we kept with space comes to an end.
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The self says, I am The heart says, I am less The spirit says, you are Nothing.
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Long live the weeds that overwhelm My narrow vegetable realm! The bitter rock, the barren soil That force the son of man to toil All things unholy, marred by curse, The ugly of the universe.
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When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.
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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.
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The stones were sharp, The wind came at my back Walking along the highway, Mincing like a cat.
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Being, not doing, is my first joy.
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