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"deep in the manhood his childhood
so swiftly led to, a small brook rock-leaping
into the rapt, imperious, seagoing river."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923, Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Son." |
"I watch the clouds as I see them
in pomp advancing, pursuing
the fallen sun."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Clouds." |
"a gentle man
strength and despair
quiet there in the bed ..."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Resting Figure." |
"smallest inviolate
stone violet"
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Stonecarver's Poem." |
"Come into animal presence.
No man is so guileless as
the serpent. The lonely white
rabbit on the roof is a star
twitching its ears at the rain."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Come into Animal Presence." |
"swerving
perfectly,
the fierce, brilliant faith
that pierces the heart all summer
and sips bitter insects steeped in nectar ..."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Revivals." |
"Not fear
but a stirring
of wonder makes me
catch my breath when I feel
the tug of it when I thought
it had loosened itself and gone."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Thread." |
"What joy when the insouciant
armadillo glances at us and doesn't
quicken his trotting
across the track into the palm brush.
What is this joy? That no animal
falters, but knows what it must do?"
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Come into Animal Presence." |
"After a while
it walks over and taps
on the upstairs window with a bunch
of red berries. Will he wake?"
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-American poet. Scenes from the Life of the Peppertrees (l. 42-45). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"Something is very gently,
invisibly, silently,
pulling at me a thread
or net of threads
finer than cobweb and as
elastic."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Thread." |
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