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Denise Levertov: The day's blow...

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The day's blow rang out, metallic -- or it was I, a bell awakened, and what I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can

Source: Variation on a Theme by Rilke, pt. 1, in Breathing the Water, 1989.
-- Denise Levertov, (Oct 24 1923-1997), English-US poet; She writes deceptively matter-of-fact verse; works include The Sorrow Dance, 1967.


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