Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.
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Famous quotes by denise levertov:
“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)
“our hands were
flames
stealing upon quickened flesh until
no part of us but was
sleek and
on fire”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Green Snake, when I hung you round my neck
and stroked your cold, pulsing throat”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“To leave the open fields
and enter the forest,
...
that was the rite.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“For this, then,
that slanting
line was left, that crack, the pane
never replaced.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)