Rain-diamonds, this winter morning, embellish the tangle of unpruned pear-tree twigs; each solitaire, placed, it appearrs, with considered judgement, bears the light beneath the rifted clouds -- the indivisible shared out in endless abundance.
Bearing the Light
About the poet
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,…
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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
