Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how? The lowly wo… - Theodore Roethke

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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.

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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Love makes me naked;
Propinquity's a harsh master;
O the songs we hide singing to ourselves!

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs,
Yet, like a tree, endure the shift of things.

God bless the roots! — Body and soul are one!
The small become the great, the great the small;
The right thing happens to the happy man.

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. - Theodore Roethke

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