{"id":5891,"date":"2017-09-20T07:40:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=5891"},"modified":"2017-09-20T07:40:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:40:24","slug":"denise-levertov-witness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/20\/denise-levertov-witness-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Denise Levertov – Witness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Witness
\nby Denise Levertov<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes the mountain
\nis hidden from me in veils
\nof cloud, sometimes
\nI am hidden from the mountain
\nin veils of inattention, apathy, fatigue,
\nwhen I forget or refuse to go
\ndown to the shore or a few yards
\nup the road, on a clear day,
\nto reconfirm
\nthat witnessing presence.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> — from Denise Levertov: Selected Poems<\/a>, by Denise Levertov<\/font><\/p>\n


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The miraculous, the eternal, the mountain. Sometimes (briefly) it hides from us. Sometimes (often) we simply don’t look.<\/p>\n

It begs the question: that terrible empty ache at the rootstalk of the heart, is it because there is a great gaping hole in the world? Or is it that we have not yet decided to look?<\/p>\n

Some fine clear day soon, let us walk up the road, leaving the rest of the day behind. Let us find a good spot, and there sit down. With nothing else to do, let us see the mountain.<\/p>\n

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To all my friends in Mexico recovering from the earthquake, and to my friends in the Caribbean and Gulf states hunkering down against one more hurricane — my thoughts are with you. Be safe.<\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Denise Levertov<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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Denise Levertov: Selected Poems<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nPoems of Denise Levertov: 1960-1967<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nBreathing the Water<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nThe Great Unknowing: Last Poems<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nCandles in Babylon<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More Books >><\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\n\"Denise<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nDenise Levertov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

US (1923 – 1997) Timeline<\/a>
\nSecular or Eclectic<\/a> : Beat<\/a>
\nJewish<\/a><\/a><\/em>\n<\/td>\n

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More poetry by Denise Levertov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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