On Houses That Hold Secrets a poem (revisiting Theodore Roethke)

On Houses That Hold Secrets open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poetsandwriters #roethke #saginaw #Michigan #mentalhealthpoetry

Return to Shiawassee a photo essay (w/ Roethke thrown in for good measure)

Return to Shiawassee open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetsandwriters #naturephotography #photoessay #roethke #environment #Michigan

“I long for the imperishable quiet at the heart of form”

—Theodore #Roethke

A superb musical rendition of a Theodore #Roethke poem I love very much. #poetry

three bright green basil seedlings in a brown pot on orange-red carpet

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.

part of a #roethke #villanelle

Suddenly recalling Theodore Roethke's poem "Dinky." My daughter loved it when she was a child; my son found it creepy!
#nonsense #Roethke #dinky

CT Salazar's poetry collection HEADLESS JOHN THE BAPTIST HITCHHIKING leans against curling branches that resemble the shape of the overhead river on the book's cover.

Flashback Friday! #Roethke Award Finalist, also named One of The New York Public Library’s Best New #Poetry #Books of 2023: @ctsalazar.bsky.social's moving debut, HEADLESS JOHN THE BAPTIST HITCHHIKING, a coming of age chronicle of a queer Latinx Southerner. 📚🎉
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My local park is #Roethke infused. http://t.co/F559BI3Q4o