Denise Levertov

“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...”

“There's in my mind a... turbulent moon-ridden girl or old woman, or both, dressed in opals and rags, feathers and torn taffeta, who knows strange songs but she is not kind.”

“Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry.”

“But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go.”

“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.”

“Yes, he is here in this open field, in sunlight, among the few young trees set out to modify the bare facts-- he's here, but only because we are here. When we go, he goes with us to be your...”

“বিবাহের অবিরাম বেদনা বিবাহের অবিরাম বেদনা: উরু আর জিভ, হে প্রিয়, এর সঙ্গে বেশ ভারি, তা দাঁতে স্পন্দিত হয় আমরা আংশিদারীর চেষ্টা করি কিন্তু ফিরিয়ে দেয়া হয়, হে প্রিয়, প্রত্যেকে আর প্রত্যেকে এটা...”