Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.
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Famous quotes by denise levertov:
“our nerve filaments twitch with its presence
day and night,
nothing we say has not the husky phlegm of it in the saying,
nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness,
the deep intelligence living at peace would have.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Well
could I go
on one wing,
the white one?”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“And our dreams,
with what frivolity we have pared them
like toenails, clipped them like ends of
split hair.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Nothing
is ever enough. Images
split the truth
in fractions.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“and wife or husband
who does not lock the door of the marriage
against you, finds you
not as unwelcome third in the room, but as
the light of the moon on flesh and hair.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)