The Secret
Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry.
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September 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
also: the matrix trilogy on dvd, kenneth branagh frankenstein, big lebowski, a denise levertov collection, mother courage and her children, torch song trilogy (the play), idylls of the king, a decameron translation
September 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
also: the matrix trilogy on dvd, kenneth branagh frankenstein, big lebowski, a denise levertov collection, mother courage and her children, torch song trilogy (the play), idylls of the king, a decameron translation
❣️& this one, Levertov on the human condition we've been brought down into, disconnected from God:
September 24, 2026 at 10:07 AM
❣️& this one, Levertov on the human condition we've been brought down into, disconnected from God:
A Tree Telling of Orpheus is a favourite poem of mine. The world needs more Levertov allpoetry.com/A-Tree-Telli...
September 21, 2026 at 1:11 PM
A Tree Telling of Orpheus is a favourite poem of mine. The world needs more Levertov allpoetry.com/A-Tree-Telli...
So good to have a spotlight on this poem by Denise Levertov (Start the Week, BBC Radio 4)
September 21, 2026 at 8:32 AM
So good to have a spotlight on this poem by Denise Levertov (Start the Week, BBC Radio 4)
Paused my work, stood from my desk & went to make a cup of tea in the kitchen.
As it steeped I picked up a book of poetry from the next room and read a few on the porch.
Well, damn it, Denise Levertov just *had* to DESTROY ME, leaving me teary-eyed & unlikely to work for awhile.
C’mon, Denise.
As it steeped I picked up a book of poetry from the next room and read a few on the porch.
Well, damn it, Denise Levertov just *had* to DESTROY ME, leaving me teary-eyed & unlikely to work for awhile.
C’mon, Denise.
September 20, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Paused my work, stood from my desk & went to make a cup of tea in the kitchen.
As it steeped I picked up a book of poetry from the next room and read a few on the porch.
Well, damn it, Denise Levertov just *had* to DESTROY ME, leaving me teary-eyed & unlikely to work for awhile.
C’mon, Denise.
As it steeped I picked up a book of poetry from the next room and read a few on the porch.
Well, damn it, Denise Levertov just *had* to DESTROY ME, leaving me teary-eyed & unlikely to work for awhile.
C’mon, Denise.
TRIVIA TIME!:
Who wrote these lines?
- I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
It is futile, I said.
You can never 's
You lie, he cried,
And ran on.
- Robert Lowell
- Denise Levertov
- Walt Whitman
- Stephen Crane
Who wrote these lines?
- I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
It is futile, I said.
You can never 's
You lie, he cried,
And ran on.
- Robert Lowell
- Denise Levertov
- Walt Whitman
- Stephen Crane
September 20, 2026 at 12:44 PM
TRIVIA TIME!:
Who wrote these lines?
- I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
It is futile, I said.
You can never 's
You lie, he cried,
And ran on.
- Robert Lowell
- Denise Levertov
- Walt Whitman
- Stephen Crane
Who wrote these lines?
- I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
It is futile, I said.
You can never 's
You lie, he cried,
And ran on.
- Robert Lowell
- Denise Levertov
- Walt Whitman
- Stephen Crane
To live in the mercy of God
To float, upheld,
as salt water
would hold you
once you dared.
~ Denise Levertov
I only know that I know nothing.
In synagogue
high roofbeams echo like the far
hush of waves
to the prayer of my tribe:
- Avinu Malkeinu
hear my voice -
#poem 1/3
To float, upheld,
as salt water
would hold you
once you dared.
~ Denise Levertov
I only know that I know nothing.
In synagogue
high roofbeams echo like the far
hush of waves
to the prayer of my tribe:
- Avinu Malkeinu
hear my voice -
#poem 1/3
September 19, 2026 at 6:29 AM
To live in the mercy of God
To float, upheld,
as salt water
would hold you
once you dared.
~ Denise Levertov
I only know that I know nothing.
In synagogue
high roofbeams echo like the far
hush of waves
to the prayer of my tribe:
- Avinu Malkeinu
hear my voice -
#poem 1/3
To float, upheld,
as salt water
would hold you
once you dared.
~ Denise Levertov
I only know that I know nothing.
In synagogue
high roofbeams echo like the far
hush of waves
to the prayer of my tribe:
- Avinu Malkeinu
hear my voice -
#poem 1/3
"Wiping my glasses and leaning westward,
clearing my mind of the day’s mist and leaning
into myself to see
the colors of truth
I watch the clouds as I see them
in pomp advancing, pursuing
the fallen sun."
Denise Levertov (1966)
#photography #clouds #PotD #poem #Lavertov #sky
clearing my mind of the day’s mist and leaning
into myself to see
the colors of truth
I watch the clouds as I see them
in pomp advancing, pursuing
the fallen sun."
Denise Levertov (1966)
#photography #clouds #PotD #poem #Lavertov #sky
September 18, 2026 at 6:31 AM
neighbor’s little library: thank you thank you. I was dedicated to swiping the title alone before knowing the content. Might could bring the fat bird book back. Should have known it’d be the usual suspects come to save my podcast fevered mind. #dreams #pain #books #poets #human
September 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
—Denise Levertov, “What My House Would Be Like If It Were A Person”
September 12, 2026 at 5:29 AM
—Denise Levertov, “What My House Would Be Like If It Were A Person”
"One of the men we quote, Gal Levertov, used to represent Israel before the International Criminal Court, and he said that if he were asked to defend Israel’s conduct in Gaza, he could — on the basis that there was a military objective.
September 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
"One of the men we quote, Gal Levertov, used to represent Israel before the International Criminal Court, and he said that if he were asked to defend Israel’s conduct in Gaza, he could — on the basis that there was a military objective.
Gal Levertov, used to represent Israel before the International Criminal Court, and he said that if he were asked to defend Israel’s conduct in Gaza, he could — on the basis that there was a military objective. But he said there’s no defending what’s happening in the West Bank.
September 9, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Gal Levertov, used to represent Israel before the International Criminal Court, and he said that if he were asked to defend Israel’s conduct in Gaza, he could — on the basis that there was a military objective. But he said there’s no defending what’s happening in the West Bank.
"Colours a slow intense fire,...
Massed flowers in dusk, crimson,
magenta, orange..."
- Denise Levertov
Wishing you a lovely evening and a wonderful Wednesday!🧡🩷
#dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse #ECK
A neighbor's front yard. (Photo from Oct 2025).
Massed flowers in dusk, crimson,
magenta, orange..."
- Denise Levertov
Wishing you a lovely evening and a wonderful Wednesday!🧡🩷
#dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse #ECK
A neighbor's front yard. (Photo from Oct 2025).
September 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
"Colours a slow intense fire,...
Massed flowers in dusk, crimson,
magenta, orange..."
- Denise Levertov
Wishing you a lovely evening and a wonderful Wednesday!🧡🩷
#dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse #ECK
A neighbor's front yard. (Photo from Oct 2025).
Massed flowers in dusk, crimson,
magenta, orange..."
- Denise Levertov
Wishing you a lovely evening and a wonderful Wednesday!🧡🩷
#dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse #ECK
A neighbor's front yard. (Photo from Oct 2025).
Works discussed will include the early ‘Dream of the Rood’, the lyrics of George Herbert, the sonnets of Gerard Manley Hopkins, and the more recent poetry of Denise Levertov, R.S. Thomas and Louise Glück.
September 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Works discussed will include the early ‘Dream of the Rood’, the lyrics of George Herbert, the sonnets of Gerard Manley Hopkins, and the more recent poetry of Denise Levertov, R.S. Thomas and Louise Glück.
thank you, Mr Berry
I’m reminded that (like Mary Oliver) he often gets collapsed into sentimentality
As if this were a nation in any danger of being sentimental about the natural world - as we wage as long as war with our environment as we have with one another
Sentimental my ass
I’m reminded that (like Mary Oliver) he often gets collapsed into sentimentality
As if this were a nation in any danger of being sentimental about the natural world - as we wage as long as war with our environment as we have with one another
Sentimental my ass
September 1, 2026 at 12:18 PM
thank you, Mr Berry
I’m reminded that (like Mary Oliver) he often gets collapsed into sentimentality
As if this were a nation in any danger of being sentimental about the natural world - as we wage as long as war with our environment as we have with one another
Sentimental my ass
I’m reminded that (like Mary Oliver) he often gets collapsed into sentimentality
As if this were a nation in any danger of being sentimental about the natural world - as we wage as long as war with our environment as we have with one another
Sentimental my ass
Denise Levertov, from New and Selected Essays; “Poetry, Prophecy, Survival”
September 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Denise Levertov, from New and Selected Essays; “Poetry, Prophecy, Survival”
“‘If I had to, I could make a legal defense of what the Israel Defense Forces have done in Gaza,’ said Gal Levertov, … who represented Israel before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
‘But what is happening today in the West Bank?’ he added. ‘It’s indefensible.’”
‘But what is happening today in the West Bank?’ he added. ‘It’s indefensible.’”
August 31, 2026 at 7:34 PM
“‘If I had to, I could make a legal defense of what the Israel Defense Forces have done in Gaza,’ said Gal Levertov, … who represented Israel before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
‘But what is happening today in the West Bank?’ he added. ‘It’s indefensible.’”
‘But what is happening today in the West Bank?’ he added. ‘It’s indefensible.’”
It's whitewashing genocide.
"If I had to, I could make a legal defense of what the Israel Defense Forces have done in Gaza," said Gal Levertov ... who represented Israel before the International Criminal Court ...
"But what is happening today in the West Bank?" he added. "It’s indefensible."
"If I had to, I could make a legal defense of what the Israel Defense Forces have done in Gaza," said Gal Levertov ... who represented Israel before the International Criminal Court ...
"But what is happening today in the West Bank?" he added. "It’s indefensible."
August 31, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It's whitewashing genocide.
"If I had to, I could make a legal defense of what the Israel Defense Forces have done in Gaza," said Gal Levertov ... who represented Israel before the International Criminal Court ...
"But what is happening today in the West Bank?" he added. "It’s indefensible."
"If I had to, I could make a legal defense of what the Israel Defense Forces have done in Gaza," said Gal Levertov ... who represented Israel before the International Criminal Court ...
"But what is happening today in the West Bank?" he added. "It’s indefensible."
THE FOUNTAIN
Don't say, don't say there is no water.
That fountain is there among its scalloped
green and gray stones,
it is still there and always there
with its quiet song and strange power
to spring in us,
up and out through the rock.~ Denise Levertov, "The Fountain" in THE JACOB'S LADDER
Don't say, don't say there is no water.
That fountain is there among its scalloped
green and gray stones,
it is still there and always there
with its quiet song and strange power
to spring in us,
up and out through the rock.~ Denise Levertov, "The Fountain" in THE JACOB'S LADDER
The Fountain | Friends of Silence
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August 31, 2026 at 2:32 PM
THE FOUNTAIN
Don't say, don't say there is no water.
That fountain is there among its scalloped
green and gray stones,
it is still there and always there
with its quiet song and strange power
to spring in us,
up and out through the rock.~ Denise Levertov, "The Fountain" in THE JACOB'S LADDER
Don't say, don't say there is no water.
That fountain is there among its scalloped
green and gray stones,
it is still there and always there
with its quiet song and strange power
to spring in us,
up and out through the rock.~ Denise Levertov, "The Fountain" in THE JACOB'S LADDER