In her poem about Jacob’s ladder, Levertov find humans using rough material to connect with the divine.
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Tag Archives: "Jacob's Ladder"
Groping Our Way Up Jacob’s Ladder
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Scraping One’s Knees on Jacob’s Ladder
Denise Levertov draws on the Jacob’s dream about a stairway to heaven to capture poetry’s transcendent qualities.
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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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I Grasp God’s Garment in the Void
For Denise Levertov, poetry and prayer run on parallel tracks.
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