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I knew a woman, lovely in her bones,
When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them;
Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one:
The shapes a bright container can contain!
Of her choice virtues only gods should speak,
Or English poets who grew up on Greek
(I'd have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek.)

How well her wishes went! She stroked my chin,
She taught me Turn, and Counter-turn, and stand;
She taught me Touch, that undulant white skin:
I nibbled meekly from her proffered hand;
She was the sickle; I, poor I, the rake,
Coming behind her for her pretty sake
(But what prodigious mowing did we make.)

Love likes a gander, and adores a goose:
Her full lips pursed, the errant note to seize;
She played it quick, she played it light and loose;
My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees;
Her several parts could keep a pure repose,
Or one hip quiver with a mobile nose
(She moved in circles, and those circles moved.)

Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:
I'm martyr to a motion not my own;
What's freedom for? To know eternity.
I swear she cast a shadow white as stone.
But who would count eternity in days?
These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:
(I measure time by how a body sways.)

-Theodore Roethke
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Mood: Delighted ~Resande Mar 19, 2012
The photo is as beautiful as the poem <3
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~TheSunRefusedToShine Mar 25, 2009
This is a truly breath taking photograph. Damn good job. This is art.

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"We are loping sequences of chemical conversions, acting ourselves converted. We are twists of genes acting ourselves twisted; we are wicks of burning neuroses acting ourselves wicked. And nothing to be done about it."
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~amywalrus Mar 25, 2009
thank you!

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"just a conosseur of dirt, celebrating my worth"
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~petesquirrels Mar 24, 2009
I knew a woman also, but she left too soon
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*azieser Mar 18, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
Very lovely. :) How is your day going?

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~E-500 Mar 17, 2009
Really amazing picture ... technically it's outstanding but it also reallypowerful as it has a lot of emotions in it ...
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~amywalrus Mar 17, 2009
thank you! I'm so glad you like it

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"just a conosseur of dirt, celebrating my worth"
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*guayasamin Mar 17, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Very lovely work!!! :D

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