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We think by feeling. What is there to know?

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
Emotion
Feeling
Knowledge
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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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The stones were sharp, The wind came at my back Walking along the highway, Mincing like a cat.
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By daily dying, I have come to be.
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