In a dark wood I saw—
I saw my several selves
Come running from the leaves,
Lewd, tiny, careless lives
That scuttled under stones,
Or broke, but would not go.


'The Exorcism' (1958)

Theodore Roethke Quotes

In a dark wood I saw— I saw my several selves Come running from the leaves, Lewd, tiny, careless lives That scuttled under stones, Or broke, but...

In a dark wood I saw— I saw my several selves Come running from the leaves, Lewd, tiny, careless lives That scuttled under stones, Or broke, but...

In a dark wood I saw— I saw my several selves Come running from the leaves, Lewd, tiny, careless lives That scuttled under stones, Or broke, but...

In a dark wood I saw— I saw my several selves Come running from the leaves, Lewd, tiny, careless lives That scuttled under stones, Or broke, but...