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Denise Levertov's Poetry, by written

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  • Looking, Walking, Being
    "The World is not something to
    look at, it is something to be in."
    24 lines
  • Losing Track
    Long after you have swung back
    away from me
    18 lines
  • The Secret
    Two girls discover
    the secret of life
    36 lines
  • The Great Black Heron
    Since I stroll in the woods more often
    than on this frequented path, it's usually
    26 lines
  • September 1961
    This is the year the old ones,
    the old great ones
    46 lines
  • In Mind
    There's in my mind a woman
    of innocence, unadorned but
    17 lines
  • Aware
    When I found the door
    I found the vine leaves
    19 lines, 2 comments
  • The Rainwalkers
    An old man whose black face
    shines golden-brown as wet pebbles
    21 lines
  • Web
    Intricate and untraceable
    weaving and interweaving,
    14 lines
  • To The Reader
    As you read, a white bear leisurely
    pees, dyeing the snow
    11 lines
  • Triple Feature
    Innocent decision: to enjoy.
    And the pathos
    16 lines
  • Settling
    I was welcomed here—clear gold
    of late summer, of opening autumn,
    15 lines
  • The Ache Of Marriage
    The ache of marriage:
    thigh and tongue, beloved,
    16 lines
  • Intrusion
    After I had cut off my hands
    and grown new ones
    8 lines
  • Variation On A Theme By Rilke
    A certain day became a presence to me;
    there it was, confronting me—a sky, air, light:
    9 lines
  • Zeroing In
    "I am a landscape," he said.
    "a landscape and a person walking in that landscape.
    36 lines
  • Celebration
    Brilliant, this day – a young virtuoso of a day.
    Morning shadow cut by sharpest scissors,
    14 lines
  • Hymn To Eros
    O Eros, silently smiling one, hear me.
    Let the shadow of thy wings
    23 lines
  • The Quest
    High, hollowed in green
    above the rocks of reason
    11 lines, 1 comment
  • Talking To Grief
    Ah, Grief, I should not treat you
    like a homeless dog
    23 lines
  • The Sea's Wash In The Hollow Of The Heart...
    Turn from that road's beguiling ease; return
    to your hunger's turret. Enter, climb the stair
    16 lines
  • Adam's Complaint
    Some people,
    no matter what you give them,
    16 lines
  • To The Snake
    Green Snake, when I hung you round my neck
    and stroked your cold, pulsing throat
    17 lines
  • Psalm Concerning The Castle
    Let me be at the place of the castle.
    Let the castle be within me.
    26 lines
  • Wanting The Moon
    Not the moon. A flower
    on the other side of the water.
    27 lines
  • An Embroidery
    Rose Red's hair is brown as fur
    and shines in firelight as she prepares
    43 lines, 1 comment
  • On The Mystery Of The Incarnation
    It's when we face for a moment
    the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know
    11 lines
  • Pleasures
    I like to find
    what's not found
    24 lines
  • The Avowal
    As swimmers dare
    to lie face to the sky
    10 lines, 1 comment
  • Bearing The Light
    Rain-diamonds, this winter morning, embellish the tangle of unpruned pear-tree twigs; each solitaire, placed, it appearrs, with considered judgement, bears the
    0 lines
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