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Unread 12-11-2017, 01:57 AM
John Isbell John Isbell is offline
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I've been reading Roethke, who's pretty uneven to my mind, but here's his nice homage to Hopkins:

LONG LIVE THE WEEDS

Long live the weeds that overwhelm
My narrow vegetable realm! -
The bitter rock, the barren soil
That force the son of man to toil;
All things unholy, marked by curse,
The ugly of the universe.
The rough, the wicked, and the wild
That keep the spirit undefiled.
With these I match my little wit
And earn the right to stand or sit,
Hope, look, create, or drink and die:
These shape the creature that is I.
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