Roethke

Famous quotes containing the word roethke:

“An old man with his feet before the fire,
In robes of green, in garments of adieu.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

“In moving-slow he has no Peer.
You ask him something in his ear;
He thinks about it for a Year;”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

“The shape of a rat?
It’s bigger than that.
It’s less than a leg
And more than a nose,
Just under the water
It usually goes.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)