Denise Levertov: Witness

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Witness

Denise Levertov, Denise Levertov poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, Beat poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Jewish poetry

by Denise Levertov
(1923 - 1997) Timeline

Original Language
English

Secular or Eclectic : Beat

Jewish

20th Century

Sometimes the mountain
is hidden from me in veils
of cloud, sometimes
I am hidden from the mountain
in veils of inattention, apathy, fatigue,
when I forget or refuse to go
down to the shore or a few yards
up the road, on a clear day,
to reconfirm
that witnessing presence.

-- from Denise Levertov: Selected Poems, by Denise Levertov

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Themes

Mountain

Recommended Books

	Breathing the Water, by Denise Levertov
	Candles in Babylon, by Denise Levertov
	Collected Earlier Poems: 1940 - 1960, by Denise Levertov
	Denise Levertov: Poetry as Prayer, by Murray Bodo
	Denise Levertov: Selected Poems, by Denise Levertov

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