Famous quotes containing the word levertov:
“You will believe
a bird flew by the window, a wandering bee
buzzed in the hallway, a wind
rippled the bronze grasses. Or will you
know who it is?”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Come into animal presence.
No man is so guileless as
the serpent. The lonely white
rabbit on the roof is a star
twitching its ears at the rain.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“looking for joy, some joy
not to be known outside it
two by two in the ark of
the ache of it.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)