When I am a woman — O, when I am a woman, my wells of salt … - Denise Levertov

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When I am a woman — O, when I am
a woman,
my wells of salt brim and brim,
poems force the lock of my throat.

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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To serve the people, one must write for the ideal reader. Only for the ideal reader. And who or what is that ideal reader? God. One must imagine, One must deeply imagine

Night is
breathing
close to us,
dark, soft.

Perhaps he will not return. But what we have lived
comes back to us. We see more. We feel, as our rings increase,
something that lifts our branches, that stretches our furthest leaf-tips
further.

When I am a woman — O, when I am a woman, my wells of salt brim and brim, poems force the lock of my throat. - Denise Levertov

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