Denise Levertov wrestled with God’s relationship to evil in the world.
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Tag Archives: Denise Levertov
Doc, Prescribe Me a Poem
Literature as therapy, Greek tragedy as soap opera: assorted articles about lit and life.
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Water to Solace Our Dry Hearts
Levertov’s “Fountain” invokes the healing power of water.
More Frightening than Arrest, Freedom
Levertov’s poem about Peter escaping prison confronts existential issues of freedom
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Jesus’s Momentary Desire to Step Back
Levertov focuses on Jesus’s very human moments of doubt, which serve to emphasize the sublimity of his acceptance of his humiliation and death.
War’s Human Costs (So Rethink Iran)
Levertov’s “What Were They Like” gives us a poem that may help dampen hysteria about going to war with Iran.
Praise the Wet Snow
In her poem about a gray October day, Denise Levertov senses “the invisible sun burning beyond.”
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A Shimmering of Wind in the Blue Leaves
In her poem “Of Being,” Denise Levertov believes that mystery of creation outweighs the “looming presences” of great suffering and fear.
Finding Resolve in the Face of Brokenness
As oil continues to gush unabated into the Gulf of Mexico and as blame (never self blame) gushes from the mouths of company executives in Congressional hearings, we start to see more clearly the results of Dick Cheney’s attacks on oil company regulation. We are at a strange juncture with nature. On the one hand, I […]
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