Poetry Quote by Theodore Roethke — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“In a dark time, the eye begins to see.”

“By daily dying, I have come to be.”

“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It's what everything else isn't.”

“I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.”

“What is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.”

“Dolor”

“ليسَ من أجلي أنهضُ كلَّ صباحٍ بصوتٍ يتكسرُ”

“Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements.”

“In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent; A thing brought forth that we didn't know we had in us, So we blink our eyes, as if a tiger had sprung out And stood in the light, licking its tail.”

“What needs my”

“A page, turning, is a wing lifted with no twin, and therefore no flight. And yet we are moved.”

“Moth: I gave you my life.”