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"The awakening is
to transformation,
word after word."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Unknown." |
"... stars that marked
those in whose faces
you had not
looked. 'They were cast out
as if they were
some animals, some beasts.'"
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "During the Eichmann Trial." |
"A man growing old is going
down the dark stairs.
He has been speaking of the Soul
tattooed with the Law.
Of dreams
burnt in the bone."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Shalom." |
"Swinging
clusters of red, the hedges are full of them,
red-currant red, a graceful
ornament or a merry smile."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Victors." |
"smashing the windows of sleep and dream
smashing the windows of history
a whiteness scattering
in hailstones
each a mirror
for man's eyes."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "During the Eichmann Trial." |
"Shlup, shlup, the dog
as it laps up
water
makes intelligent
music...."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Six Variations." |
"In June the bush we call
alder was heavy, listless,
its leaves studded with galls,
growing wherever we didn't
want it."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Victors." |
"Mister death who signs papers
then eats
telegraphs simply: Shoot them
then eats"
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "During the Eichmann Trial." |
"Gold light in blind love does not distinguish
one surface from another, the savor
is the same to its tongue, the fluted
cylinder of a new ashcan a dazzling silver,
the smooth flesh of screaming children a quietness, it is all
a jubilance...."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Six Variations." |
"my heart leaps
in wonder.
Cold, fresh, deep, I feel the word 'water'
spelled in my left palm."
Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "The Well." |
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