When true love broke my heart in half, I took the whiskey f… - Theodore Roethke

" "
When true love broke my heart in half,
I took the whiskey from the shelf,
And told my neighbors when to laugh.
I keep a dog, and bark myself.

Theodore Roethke

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

poetry barking poetry-about-love heartbreak drinking-alcohol

English

Collect this quote

About Theodore Roethke

Theodore Huebner Roethke (IPA: ['ɹ ɛ t.ki]; RET-key) (25 May 1908 – 1 August 1963) was an American poet who published several volumes of poetry characterized by their rhythm and natural imagery. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book, The Waking.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Full Quote All quotes from Theodore Roethke Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Theodore Roethke:

Denise Levertov William Butler Yeats Emily Dickinson Robert Frost Richard Wilbur

Additional quotes by Theodore Roethke

I feel her presence in the common day,
In that slow dark that widens every eye.
She moves as water moves, and comes to me,
Stayed by what was, and pulled by what would be. — Theodore Roethke, from “She,” Words for the Wind: The Collected Verse of Theodore Roethke (Indiana University Press, 1964)

And you just know he knows he knows.

How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.

When true love broke my heart in half, I took the whiskey from the shelf, And told my neighbors when to laugh. I keep a dog, and bark myself. - Theodore Roethke

About Theodore Roethke

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Theodore Roethke