Is pain a promise? I was schooled in pain, And found out al… - Theodore Roethke

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Is pain a promise? I was schooled in pain, And found out all I could of all desire;

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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.

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We breathe in unison.
The outside dies within,
And she knows all I am. — Theodore Roethke, section 1 of “Memory,” The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke (Doubleday, 1975)

Yet for this we travelled
With hope, and not alone,
In the country of ourselves,
In a country of bright stone.

Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how? The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair; I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Is pain a promise? I was schooled in pain, And found out all I could of all desire; - Theodore Roethke

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