Denise Levertov’s beautiful poem “The Well” works as a commentary on John’s gospel account of the Samaritan woman at the well.
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A Pause in Time and the Soul’s Awareness
John Thorkild Ellison has two Epiphany poems in which the spirit enters when the poet has all but given up hope.
How Can I Focus My Flickering Mind?
If you have ever found your mind wandering as you knelt to pray, Denise Levertov knows how you feel.
Pulled into the Ring of the Dance
In her Pentecostal poem “Caedmon,” Denise Levertov describes the moment when the early British poet was filled with the Holy Spirit and learned the art of song.
Rosh Hashanah – A Stirring of Wonder
Two poems, by Muriel Rukeyser and Denise Levertov, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah by
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The Quiet Mystery Returns
In “Primary Wonder” Denise Levertov wonders at the quiet mystery” that “there is anything, anything at all.”
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The Creator Spirit’s Deep Embrace
Denise Levertov’s “Avowal” equates opening oneself to God to opening oneself to “the Creator Spirit.”
War in the Name of Religion
Denise Levertov, who called out Jewish complicity in the 1982 massacres by Lebanese Christians, might do the same today with Gaza.
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A Divine Stairway of Sharp Angles
Levertov uses to story of Jacob’s Ladder to describe the miracle of poetry.
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