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BB Borne's avatar

This is the most powerful and beautiful poem I have ever experienced. My wife just came into the room and asked if I am ok, as I seem to be talking to myself. I am perfect, said I - I was reading out loud, to myself and to an imagined audience of feeling people, these words crafted to be absorbed through hearing as well as internalized by reading. The perfect poem delivered in the precise time.

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em cawley's avatar

Since college, in the 70s, I have loved Roethke. He perceives in nature a salvation from the demons that pursued him through life. An amazing poet, with great music in his words. Yet behind his darkness, there is a light that throws faint shadows. His is a metaphysical view but most of his poems are infused with innocence.

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