Celebration Poem by Denise Levertov

Celebration

Rating: 2.9


Brilliant, this day – a young virtuoso of a day.
Morning shadow cut by sharpest scissors,
deft hands. And every prodigy of green –
whether it's ferns or lichens or needles
or impatient points of buds on spindly bushes –
greener than ever before. And the way the conifers
hold new cones to the light for the blessing,
a festive right, and sing the oceanic chant the wind
transcribes for them!
A day that shines in the cold
like a first-prize brass band swinging along
the street
of a coal-dusty village, wholly at odds
with the claims of reasonable gloom.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kumarmani Mahakul 15 June 2021

a festive right, and sing the oceanic chant the wind...... touching expression. Beautiful poem. Five stars.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 15 June 2021

Born English, became a naturelized American citizenb and buried in Seattles, Washington, WOW! I know this city, but did not know the poetess was buried up there

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Sylvia Frances Chan 15 June 2021

5 Stars for this Modern Poem Of The Day, good read and thought-provoking

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