Denise Levertov Quotes
Top 53 wise famous quotes and sayings by Denise Levertov
Denise Levertov Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Denise Levertov on Wise Famous Quotes.






of frayed rusty scrapiron,
is it the sea that shines?
Is it a road at the world's edge?


Truth's light at strange turns of the mind's road,
wrong turns that lead
over the border into wonder ...

with what frivolity we have pared them
like toenails, clipped them like ends of
split hair.

alder was heavy, listless,
its leaves studded with galls,
growing wherever we didn't
want it.

the invisible sun burning beyond
the white cold sky, giving us
light and the chimney's shadow.


obscure directions. The old ones
have taken away the light of their presence ...


of beefur: all become honey.
Virulent micro-organisms cannot
survive in honey.

was in the strength of my back,
in my noble shoulders, the cool
smooth flesh cylinders of my arms.

dew-beads of light
lapped up from flowers
can thicken,
darken to gold:
honey of the human.