Theodore Roethke Quote

A lively understandable spirit
Once entertained you.
It will come again.
Be still.
Wait.


The Lost Son," ll. 168-172 - The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)


A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.

A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.

A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.

A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.