Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.
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“still I’m ready to believe perhaps
some lives
tremble and flare up there, four blocks away ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“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)
“... pushing
shadows of unknown
objects across and
away and
half across the
sidewalks, arhythmic.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“I want to move deeper into today;
he keeps me from that work.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“In the black of desire
we rock and grunt, grunt and
shine”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)