I've been thinking of Theodore Roethke lately, probably because he always seems to be hovering over my left shoulder as I work on my own poetry. Anyway, I decided today's poem needed to be a Roethke. So here is one of his most famous poems, "The Waking," which is written in the very difficult and repetitive villanelle form.
The Waking, by Theodore Roethke
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