About Denise Levertov
1923 - 1997/EnglishDenise Levertov (October 24, 1923–December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet. Born in Ilford, Essex, England, her mother, Beatrice Spooner-Jones Levertoff, was Welsh. Her father, Paul Levertoff, immigrated to England from Germany, was a Russia
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Eros
The flowerlikeanimal perfume
Goodbye To Tolerance
Genial poets, pink-facedearnest wits—
Ein Baum Erzählt von Orpheus
Weißer Tagesanbruch. Stille. Als das Kräuseln begann,hielt ich es für Seewind, in unser Tal kommend mit Raunen
Celebration
Brilliant, this day – a young virtuoso of a day.Morning shadow cut by sharpest scissors,
Clouds
The clouds as I see them, risingurgently, roseate in the
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Who is Denise Levertov?
1923 - 1997/EnglishDenise Levertov (October 24, 1923–December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet. Born in Ilford, Essex, England, her mother, Beatrice Spooner-Jones Levertoff, was Welsh.
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Poems & Stories by Denise Levertov
Eros
The flowerlikeanimal perfume
Goodbye To Tolerance
Genial poets, pink-facedearnest wits—
Ein Baum Erzählt von Orpheus
Weißer Tagesanbruch. Stille. Als das Kräuseln begann,hielt ich es für Seewind, in unser Tal kommend mit Raunen
Celebration
Brilliant, this day – a young virtuoso of a day.Morning shadow cut by sharpest scissors,
Clouds
The clouds as I see them, risingurgently, roseate in the
An Embroidery
Rose Red's hair is brown as furand shines in firelight as she prepares
Contraband
The tree of knowledge was the tree of reason.That's why the taste of it
Hypocrite Women
Hypocrite women, how seldom we speakof our own doubts, while dubiously
Illustrious Ancestors
The Ravof Northern White Russia declined,
A Tree Telling of Orpheus
White dawn. Stillness.When the rippling beganI took it for sea-wind, coming to our valley with rumors
Aware
When I found the doorI found the vine leaves
Hymn To Eros
O Eros, silently smiling one, hear me.Let the shadow of thy wings
Selected Quotes by Denise Levertov (चुनिंदा उद्धरण)
White dawn. Stillness.When the rippling beganI took it for sea-wind, coming to our valley with rumors
O Eros, silently smiling one, hear me.Let the shadow of thy wings
Hypocrite women, how seldom we speakof our own doubts, while dubiously
Brilliant, this day – a young virtuoso of a day.Morning shadow cut by sharpest scissors,
Genial poets, pink-facedearnest wits—
Rose Red's hair is brown as furand shines in firelight as she prepares
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