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This quote is just one of 7 total Denise Levertov quotes in our collection. Denise Levertov is known for saying 'Acknowledgement, and celebration, of mystery probably constitutes the most consistent theme of my poetry.' as well as some of the following quotes.
The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has kinetic force, it sets in motion . . . [ellipsis in source] elements in the reader that would otherwise be stagnant.
You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night.
One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.
This quote is just one of 7 total Denise Levertov quotes in our collection. Denise Levertov is known for saying 'Acknowledgement, and celebration, of mystery probably constitutes the most consistent theme of my poetry.' as well as some of the following quotes.