I lived with deep roots once:
Have I forgotten their ways —
The gradual embrace
Of lichen around stones?


"Plaint," ll. 13-16 - Words for the Wind (1958)

Theodore Roethke Quotes

I lived with deep roots once: Have I forgotten their ways — The gradual embrace Of lichen around stones?

I lived with deep roots once: Have I forgotten their ways — The gradual embrace Of lichen around stones?

I lived with deep roots once: Have I forgotten their ways — The gradual embrace Of lichen around stones?

I lived with deep roots once: Have I forgotten their ways — The gradual embrace Of lichen around stones?