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Denise Levertov
Denise Levertov (1923 - 1997 / Ilford / England)
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Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923–December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet. Born in Ilford, Essex, England, her mother, Beatrice Spooner .. more >>
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  ''putting his hope in certain death, lowering
his head again to the grass.''
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Ce bruit de la mer . . ....."
 
  ''Let the space under the first storey be dark, let the water
lap the stone posts, and vivid green slime glimmer
upon them; let a boat be kept there.''
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Psalm Concerning the Castle."
 
  ''image
of water, a brightness
not gold, not silver,
rippling
as if with laughter.''
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Ripple."
 
  That sound, everywhere about us, of the sea—
the tree among its tresses has always heard it,
and the horse dips his black body in the sound
stretching his neck as if towards drinki...
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Ce bruit de la mer . . ....."
 
  ''Let me be at the place of the castle.
Let the castle be within me.''
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Psalm Concerning the Castle."
 
  ''(1) Know the pinetrees. Know the orange dryness of sickness and death in needle and cone. Know them too in green health, those among whom your life is laid.''
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Runes."
 
  ''I have seen
not behind but within, within the
dull grief, blown grit, hideous
concrete façades, another grief, a gleam
as of dew, an abode of mercy....''
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "City Psalm."
 
  ''As if that hand
squeezing crow's blood
against a white sky
beside an idiot's laughing face
were real.''
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Puñal."
 
  ''(3) In city, in suburb, in forest, no way to stretch out the arms so if you would grow, go straight up or deep down.''
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Runes."
 
  not that horror was not, not that the killings did not continue,
not that I thought there was to be no more despair,
but that as if transparent all disclosed
an otherness that was bless...
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "City Psalm."
 

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