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Denise Levertov Quotes

I don’t think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals Picture Quote #1

When you’re really caught up in writing a poem, it can be a form of prayer. I’m not very good at praying, but what I experience when I’m writing a poem is close to prayer. I feel it in different degrees and not with every poem. But in certain ways writing is a form of prayer Picture Quote #1

Praise the invisible sun burning beyond the white cold sky, giving us light and the chimney’s shadow Picture Quote #1

Let me walk through the fields of paper touching with my wand dry stems and stunted butterflies Picture Quote #1

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language Picture Quote #1

In the dark I rest, unready for the light which dawns day after day, eager to be shared. Black silk, shelter me. I need more of the night before I open eyes and heart to illumination. I must still grow in the dark like a root not ready, not ready at all Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

It’s when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind’s shell and enters the heart Picture Quote #1

Peace as a positive condition of society, not merely as an interim between wars, is something so unknown that it casts no images on the mind’s screen Picture Quote #1

Very few people really see things unless they’ve had someone in early life who made them look at things. And name them too. But the looking is primary, the focus Picture Quote #1

Teachers at all levels encourage the idea that you have to talk about things in order to understand them, because they wouldn’t have jobs, otherwise. But it’s phony, you know Picture Quote #1

Insofar as poetry has a social function it is to awaken sleepers by other means than shock Picture Quote #1

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Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have Picture Quote #1

I’m not very good at praying, but what I experience when I’m writing a poem is close to prayer Picture Quote #1

Grief is a hole you walk around in the daytime and at night you fall into it Picture Quote #1

A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not just know about it but feel it: and should be accompanied by a willingness on the part of those who write it to take additional action towards stopping the great miseries which they record Picture Quote #1

You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night Picture Quote #1

If woman is inconstant, good, I am faithful to ebb and flow, I fall in season and now is a time of ripening Picture Quote #1

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There is no savor more sweet, more salt than to be glad to be what, woman, and who, myself, I am Picture Quote #1

I like to find what’s not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals (Denise Levertov Quotes) When you’re really caught up in writing a poem, it can be a form of prayer. I’m not very good at praying, but what I experience when I’m writing a poem is close to prayer. I feel it in different degrees and not with every poem. But in certain ways writing is a form of prayer (Denise Levertov Quotes) Praise the invisible sun burning beyond the white cold sky, giving us light and the chimney’s shadow (Denise Levertov Quotes) Let me walk through the fields of paper touching with my wand dry stems and stunted butterflies (Denise Levertov Quotes) One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language (Denise Levertov Quotes) In the dark I rest, unready for the light which dawns day after day, eager to be shared. Black silk, shelter me. I need more of the night before I open eyes and heart to illumination. I must still grow in the dark like a root not ready, not ready at all (Denise Levertov Quotes) 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 (Denise Levertov Quotes) It’s when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind’s shell and enters the heart (Denise Levertov Quotes) Peace as a positive condition of society, not merely as an interim between wars, is something so unknown that it casts no images on the mind’s screen (Denise Levertov Quotes) Very few people really see things unless they’ve had someone in early life who made them look at things. And name them too. But the looking is primary, the focus (Denise Levertov Quotes) Teachers at all levels encourage the idea that you have to talk about things in order to understand them, because they wouldn’t have jobs, otherwise. But it’s phony, you know (Denise Levertov Quotes) Insofar as poetry has a social function it is to awaken sleepers by other means than shock (Denise Levertov Quotes) Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have (Denise Levertov Quotes) I’m not very good at praying, but what I experience when I’m writing a poem is close to prayer (Denise Levertov Quotes) Grief is a hole you walk around in the daytime and at night you fall into it (Denise Levertov Quotes) A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not just know about it but feel it: and should be accompanied by a willingness on the part of those who write it to take additional action towards stopping the great miseries which they record (Denise Levertov Quotes) You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night (Denise Levertov Quotes) If woman is inconstant, good, I am faithful to ebb and flow, I fall in season and now is a time of ripening (Denise Levertov Quotes) There is no savor more sweet, more salt than to be glad to be what, woman, and who, myself, I am (Denise Levertov Quotes) I like to find what’s not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct (Denise Levertov Quotes)

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