Denise Levertov Quotes about Writing

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I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.

I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.

Prayer, Writing, Praying

A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not just know about it but feel it: and should be accompanied by a willingness on the part of those who write it to take additional action towards stopping the great miseries which they record.

Denise Levertov

Writing, Order, Stopping

Denise Levertov (1992). “New & Selected Essays”, p.146, New Directions Publishing

In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.

Denise Levertov

Prayer, Healing, Writing

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.

Denise Levertov

Writing, World, Language

Denise Levertov (1973). “The poet in the world”, New Directions Publishing Corporation

Writing poetry is a process of discovery...you can smell the poem before you see it....Like some animal.

Denise Levertov

Writing, Animal, Discovery

When you're really caught up in writing a poem, it can be a form of prayer. I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer. I feel it in different degrees and not with every poem. But in certain ways writing is a form of prayer.

Denise Levertov

Prayer, Writing, Degrees

Denise Levertov Quotes about Writing

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