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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Books
Scaryduck asked for this on his blog, so I thought I would, too. What are the best and worst books you've read?
I have quite a list for each, so I went with recent selections. I really do like Ann Patchett's Patron Saint of Liars and Taft. I'm in awe of her writing.
I wanted to throw The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve across the room and jump up and down on it because of the ending. The Horse Whisperer had an unbelievable ending, too, and I'm glad they changed it for the movie.
Since I'm an English teacher, I've read some good and bad novels as assignments. I've caused some student uprisings and protests, too, from some I've required for class.
9:43:00 PM
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