“What is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.”
Theodore Roethke“What's madness but nobility of soulAt odds with circumstance? The day's on fire!I know the purity of pure despair,My shadow pinned against a sweating wall,That place among the rocks--is it a cave,Or winding path? The edge is what I have............... Dark,dark my light, and darker my desire.My soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly,Keeps buzzing at the sill.~From "The Waking" by Theodore Roethke”
Theodore Roethke“I trust all joy”
Theodore Roethke, Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke“Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.”
Theodore Roethke, Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke“Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.”
Theodore Roethke