Denise Levertov

Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.

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    deep in the manhood his childhood
    so swiftly led to, a small brook rock-leaping
    into the rapt, imperious, seagoing river.
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923, Anglo–U.S. poet. ‘The Son.’

    The blood we give the dead to drink
    is deeds we do at the will of the dead spirits in us,
    not our own live will.
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    We plunge
    O dark river!
    towards each other
    into that element
    a deep fall,
    the eyes closing as if forever....
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    a re-
    living of ebbing dreams as morning ocean
    returns to us ...
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    On the Times Square sidewalk
    we shuffle along, cardboard signs
    Stop the War
    slung round our necks.
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)