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Denise Levertov on Nature

1923–1997 England

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The wind, the birds,
do not sound poorer but clearer,
recalling our agony, and the way we danced.

A Tree Telling of Orpheus (1968)

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 still
grow in the dark like a root
not ready, not ready at all.

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