Denise Levertov was an American poet.I assumed my local library would be scant on contemporary poetry; a catacomb of the canon. Shame on me! In addition to stocking some great contemporary poets, my quaint local library had an amazing video series produced by the Lannan Foundation featuring dozens of great contemporary poets reading thier work at length. I checked out …
The very existence of a new sincerity movement has sparked some interesting reflection in my mind. First, I think of poets whose sincerity and focus on beauty predate this moniker: Mary Oliver, Denise Levertov, B.H. Fairchild. Clearly, there has been no lack of sincerity in poetry even during the darkest hours of the postmodern period. …
Read The Poem (scroll down to the one entitled “Poem”) What is so great about this poem is its excellent rhythm. Some of this is created through alliteration, as in the lines: They drift about the darkening city squares […] fingers feeling / familiar holes […] a half-contented ghost among my guest
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. -John Muir Click to enlarge Just spent some much needed time away in a truly stunningly beautiful place only six hours drive from home and to which I had …
