(24 October 1923 – 20 December 1997 / Ilford, Essex)

poet Denise Levertov
#163 on top 500 poets

Poems of Denise Levertov

1. A Map Of The Western Part Of The County Of Essex In England 4/8/2010
2. A Time Past 4/8/2010
3. A Tree Telling of Orpheus 1/3/2003
4. Adam's Complaint 1/3/2003
5. An Embroidery 1/3/2003
6. An excerpt from "Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus" 1/20/2003
7. Aware 1/3/2003
8. Bearing the Light 1/3/2003
9. Caedmon 4/8/2010
10. Celebration 1/3/2003
11. Clouds 4/8/2010
12. Contraband 1/3/2003
13. Ein Baum Erzählt von Orpheus 4/8/2010
14. Eros 4/8/2010
15. Everything That Acts Is Actual 1/3/2003
16. February Evening In New York 4/8/2010
17. From the Roof 1/3/2003
18. Goodbye To Tolerance 4/8/2010
19. Grey Sparrow Addresses the Mind's Ear 1/3/2003
20. Hymn To Eros 1/3/2003

Intrusion

After I had cut off my hands
and grown new ones

something my former hands had longed for
came and asked to be rocked.

After my plucked out eyes
had withered, and new ones grown

something my former eyes had wept for
came asking to be pitied.

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