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Peter Balakian Reads Theodore Roethke

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Theodore Ruthke's Poem, That Was in a Dark Time

Theodore rutke's poem appeared with numbers in the magazine. The sequence of poems is called etly, sometimes metaphysical. And i think that retky was thinking sequentially when he wrote this poem and obviously he start with numbers. Is a kind of way to orchestrate for movements, yes,. In a very powerful meditation.

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