I witnessed all things quicken to color, to form my questio… - Denise Levertov

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I witnessed
all things quicken to color, to form
my question
not answered but given
its part
in a vast unfolding design lit
by a rising sun.

Denise Levertov

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Denise Levertov (24 October 1923 – 20 December 1997) was a British-American poet.

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Birth Name: Priscilla Denise Levertoff

Alternative Names: Priscilla D Levertoff • Priscilla Denise Levertov

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You are the stream, the fish, the light, the pulsing shadow. You the unchanging presence, in whom all moves and changes. How can I focus my flickering, perceive at the fountain's heart the sapphire I know is there?

Grief is a hole you walk around in the daytime and at night you fall into it.

Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry. I who don't know the secret wrote the line.

I witnessed all things quicken to color, to form my question not answered but given its part in a vast unfolding design lit by a rising sun. - Denise Levertov

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