Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.
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Famous quotes by denise levertov:
“The screendoor whines, clacks
shut.——— My thoughts crackle
with seaweed-seething diminishing
flickers of phosphorus.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“The awaited scream rises,
the shattering
of glass and the cracking
of bone
a polar tumult as when
black ice booms....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“still I’m ready to believe perhaps
some lives
tremble and flare up there, four blocks away ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“A changing skyline.
A slice of window filled in
by a middle-distancing oblong
topped by little
moving figures.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“... forgotten signs
all bringing the soul’s travels to a place
of origin, a well
under the lake where the Muse moves.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)