Denise Levertov Quotes About Water

Quotes about: Water

• I thought I was growing wings— it was a cocoon. I thought, now is the time to step into the fire— it was deep water. Eschatology is a word I learned as a child: the study of Last Things; facing my mirror—no longer young, the news—always of death, the dogs—rising from sleep and clamoring and howling, howling.... ("Seeing For a Moment")

  Denise Levertov

  Dog, Children, Sleep

  Denise Levertov (1984). “Oblique Prayers: Poetry”, p.14, New Directions Publishing

• We must breathe time as fishes breathe water.

  Denise Levertov

  Time, Water, Breathe

  Denise Levertov, Paul A. Lacey (2002). “Selected Poems”, p.161, New Directions Publishing

• The AvowalAs swimmers dareto lie face to the skyand water bears them,as hawks rest upon airand air sustains them;so would I learn to attain freefall, and floatinto Creator Spirit's deep embrace,knowing no effort earnsthat all-surrounding grace.

  Denise Levertov

  Lying, Air, Knowing

  Denise Levertov, “The Avowal”

• Let the space under the first storey be dark, let the water
  lap the stone posts, and vivid green slime glimmer
  upon them; let a boat be kept there.

  Denise Levertov

  Dark, Space, Water

  Denise Levertov (1967). “The Sorrow Dance: Poems”, [New York] : New Directions

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