“We have the words in our pockets, obscure directions. The old ones have taken away the light of their presence.” LightPoetryTakenPoetPocketsObscure Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“I learn to affirm Truth's light at strange turns of the mind's road, wrong turns that lead over the border into wonder.” MindLightTruthTurnsWonderStrangeBordersWrong Turn Author:Denise Levertov
“slowly the pale dew-beads of light lapped up from flowers can thicken, darken to gold: honey of the human.” HumansLightFlowerGoldHoneyPaleDewBeads Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“In the dark I rest, unready for the light which dawns day after day, eager to be shared. Black silk, shelter me. I need more of the night before I open eyes and heart to illumination. I must still grow in the dark like a root not ready, not ready at all.” NeedsHeartStillsLightEyeNightGrowsBlackDarkReadyRootsDawnShelterIlluminationSilkNot ReadyOpen Eyes Book:Evening Train Source: Evening Train
“Rain-diamonds, this winter morning, embellish the tangle of unpruned pear-tree twigs; each solitaire, placed, it appears, with considered judgement, bears the light beneath the rifted clouds - the invisible shared out in endless abundance.” LightMorningTreeBearsRainWinterCloudsEndlessInvisibleJudgementAbundanceDiamondPearsTwigsWinter Morning Author:Denise Levertov
“Praise the invisible sun burning beyond the white cold sky, giving us light and the chimney's shadow.” GivingLightWhiteSunSkyColdShadowPraiseInvisibleBurningChimneys Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
