Denise Levertov
Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.
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“What did you do with your fear,
later? Through the years of humiliation,
of paranoia and blackmail and near-starvation, losing
the love of those you loved, one after another,
parents, lovers, children, idolized friends, what kept
compassions candle alight in you....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“I have seen
not behind but within, within the
dull grief, blown grit, hideous
concrete façades, another grief, a gleam
as of dew, an abode of mercy....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
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