I bleed my bones, their marrow to bestow Upon that God who … - Theodore Roethke

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I bleed my bones, their marrow to bestow
Upon that God who knows what I would know.

Theodore Roethke

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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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The grass says what the wind says:
Begin with the rock;
End with water.

To whom does this terrace belong? —
With its limestone crumbling into fine greyish dust,
Its bevy of bees, and its wind-beaten rickety sun-chairs?
Not to me, but this lizard,
Older than I, or the cockroach.

I have gone into the waste lonely places
Behind the eye.

I bleed my bones, their marrow to bestow Upon that God who knows what I would know. - Theodore Roethke

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