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What Falls Away is Always

Bynhcarmichael February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

Great Nature has another thing to doTo you and me; so take the lively air,And, lovely, learn by going where to go. 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.— Theodore Roethke,…

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Represent Worthily

Bynhcarmichael June 4, 2020

“I learned not to fear infinity, The far field, the windy cliffs of forever, The dying of time in the white light of tomorrow, The wheel turning away from itself, The sprawl of the wave, The on-coming water.” – Theodore Roethke. The Far Field In our dance with infinity it’s now a Thursday once again….