Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.
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Famous quotes by denise levertov:
“still I’m ready to believe perhaps
some lives
tremble and flare up there, four blocks away ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“The young elm that must be cut
because its roots push at the house wall
taps and scrapes my window
urgently but when I look round at it
remains still.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Do you mistake me?
I am speaking of living,
of moving from one moment into
the next, and into the
one after, breathing
death in the spring air....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“In the black of desire
we rock and grunt, grunt and
shine”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Live
in thy fingertips and in thy
hair’s rising; hunger
be thine, food
be thine and what wine
will not shrivel thee.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)