Losing Track Poem by Denise Levertov

Losing Track

Rating: 3.1


Long after you have swung back
away from me
I think you are still with me:

you come in close to the shore
on the tide
and nudge me awake the way

a boat adrift nudges the pier:
am I a pier
half-in half-out of the water?

and in the pleasure of that communion
I lose track,
the moon I watch goes down, the

tide swings you away before
I know I'm
alone again long since,

mud sucking at gray and black
timbers of me,
a light growth of green dreams drying.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Raymond Ricker 15 February 2014

She was the moon reflected with the stars that buoyed me on smooth dark waters all around me.

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Edward Kofi Louis 09 May 2019

Alone again! ! ! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Ruta Mohapatra 09 May 2019

Deep and touching! A well deserved poem of the day!

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Kumarmani Mahakul 09 May 2019

Long after you have swung back away from me I think you are still with me: ...... touching beginning. A beautiful poem nicely executed.

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Dr Antony Theodore 09 May 2019

you come in close to the shore on the tide and nudge me awake the way... beautiful expressions. tony

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Bernard F. Asuncion 09 May 2019

One of the best poems by Denise Levertov.........

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