Poetry Quote by Denise Levertov — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it sets in motion...elements in the reader that would otherwise remain stagnant.”

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

“In the dark I rest,”

“Yes, he is here in this”

“There's in my mind a...”

“Sometimes, it’s the people who have been hurt the most who refuse to be hardened in this world, because they would never want to make another person feel the same way they have felt. If that isn’t something to be in awe of, I don’t know what is.”

“When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write poetry at night are made for mediocre minds – like those horses that are equally good for saddle and carriage, the worst kind, that can neither jump a ditch nor pull a plow.”

“Only times and places, only names and ghosts.”

“the one”

“If you are a dreamer come in”

“How many loved your moments of glad grace,”