The poem, even a short time after being written, seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems something beyond the capacity of the gods. (Theodore Roethke)

The poem, even a short time after being written, seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems something beyond the capacity of the gods.

Theodore Roethke

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