Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.
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Famous quotes by denise levertov:
“In the Japanese
tongue of the
mind’s eye one
two syllable word
tells of
the fringe of rain....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Sleeping, sleeping,
it is the
thunder of the serpent
drumroll of
the mounting smell of
gas.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“I like to find
what’s not found
at once, but lies
within something of another nature,
in repose, distinct.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“The house-snake dwells here still
under the threshold
but for months I have not seen it
nor its young, the inheritors.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“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)