Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.
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“An absolute
patience.
Trees stand
up to their knees in
fog.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“I remember
a dream two nights ago: the voice,
‘the artist must
create himself or be born again.’”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“... stars that marked
those in whose faces
you had not
looked. ‘They were cast out
as if they were
some animals, some beasts.’”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“though the fall cold
surrounds our warm bed, and though
by day we are singular and often lonely.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“The dawn alps,
the stilled snake of
river asleep in its
wide bed ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)