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.”

“In the dark I rest,”

“There's in my mind a...”

“Yes, he is here in this”

“Two girls discover the secret of life”

“Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)—Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all works, has already burst well upon the world—a sun, mounting, most illuminating, most glorious—surely never again to set. But against it, deeply entrench'd, holding possession, yet remains, (not only through the churches and schools, but by imaginative literature, and unregenerate poetry,) the fossil theology of the mythic-materialistic, superstitious, untaught and credulous, fable-loving, primitive ages of humanity.”

“And then all that has divided us will merge”

“you wouldn't let me”

“O stand, stand at the window”

“My Papa's Waltz:”

“Fireflies in the Garden”