Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
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“The intuitive poet often begins most felicitously, but raptures are hard to sustain.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“Even a piece of bad writing can have its own mysterious life, and be a fascination.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“Transcend that vision. What is first or early is easy to believe. But... it may enchain you.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“There is no end to what should be known about words.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“The most difficult thing to remember: that a poem is made of words.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“We're not going to split the heart of reality: not until the third semester.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
Source: On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose