Roethke

[ret-kuh]

noun

1. Theodore, 1908–63, U.S. poet and teacher.

Roethke

/ ˈrɛtkə /

noun

1. Theodore . 1908–63, US poet, whose books include Words for the Wind (1957) and The Far Field (1964)

Example Sentences

“In a dark time,” Theodore Roethke wrote, “the eye begins to see.”

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“In a dark time,” poet Theodore Roethke wrote, “the eye begins to see.”

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This was the place where poet Theodore Roethke, a regular, was said to have celebrated his 1954 Pulitzer.

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Local poets share some of their favorite poems by the Holy Trinity of Washington poetry: Richard Hugo, Kizer and Theodore Roethke.

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His 1963 song cycle “Poems of Love and the Rain” used the work of Emily Dickinson, Donald Windham, Jack Larson and Theodore Roethke, among others.

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