"A gratitude had begun to sing in me."

- Denise Levertov

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"It’s when we face for a moment
the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know
the taint in our own selves, that awe
cracks the mind’s shell and enters the heart"
Denise Levertov (1987)
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"A gratitude had begun to sing in me."
- Denise Levertov
#poetry #gratitude
#levertov #deniselevertov

"Some people,
no matter what you give them,
still want the moon."
-- Denise Levertov

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Caedmon’s Cross, Whitby

Feb 11 is the Feast of #Caedmon of Whitby, 7th century cowherd who became England’s first named poet.

but the cows as before
were calm, and nothing was burning,
            nothing but I, as that hand of fire
touched my lips & scorched my tongue

Caedmon by Denise #Levertov #poetry