Theodore Roethke Waking Poems

1.
The Waking (1953)

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
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2.
The Waking (1948)

I strolled across
An open field;
The sun was out;
Heat was happy.
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