Quotes by : Denise Levertov

The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic....

But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go.

In the dark I rest,unready for the light which dawnsday after day,eager to be shared.Black silk, shelter....

Yes, he is here in thisopen field, in sunlight, amongthe few young trees set outto modify the bare facts--he's....

There's in my mind a...turbulent moon-ridden girlor old woman, or both,dressed in opals and rags, feathersand....

I am, a shadowthat grows longer as the sunmoves, drawn outon a thread of wonder.If I bear burdensthey....

The yellow moon dreamilytipping buttons of lightdown among the leaves. Marimba,marimba - from beyond....

Two girls discover the secret of lifein a sudden line of poetry.

Trying to remember old dreams. A voice. Who came in.And meanwhile the rain, all day, all evening,quiet....

I thought I was growing wings—it was a cocoon.I thought, now is the time to stepinto the fire—it....

Wear scarlet! Tear the green lemonsoff the tree! I don't wantto forget who I am, what has burned in me,and....