Theodore Roethke

Here you will find the Poem The Waking (1948) of poet Theodore Roethke

The Waking (1948)

I strolled across
An open field;
The sun was out;
Heat was happy.

This way!This way!
The wren's throat shimmered,
Either to other,
The blossoms sang.

The stones sang, 
The little ones did,
And flowers jumped 
Like small goats.

A ragged fringe
Of daisies waved;
I wasn't alone
In a grove of apples.

Far in the wood
A nestling sighed;
The dew loosened
Its morning smells.

I came where the river
Ran over stones:
My ears knew
An early joy.

And all the waters 
Of all the streams
Sang in my veins
That summer day.