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by: Denise Levertov
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780811213547
ISBN: 0811213544
Label: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 88
Publication Date: 1997-05
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Sales Rank: 304183
Studio: New Directions Publishing Corporation
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Rating: - Levertov profoundly interacts with Christian relgious themes
This collection of "selected poems on religious themes" is not to be confused with religious poetry, or inspirational poetry. Here we have a renowned modern poet from the late 20th Century, who embraced the Christian faith late in life, interacting with spiritual sources that crossed her path while on her journey of faith.
Often one only gets out of a poem what one brings to it, at other times the poem speaks for itself. Both are the case here. Levertov develops a personal dialogue with ... Read More
Rating: - Nature in religion
The need for simple groupings of poems into thematic clusters may be too convenient and decpetive of the complexities of the poems themselves. But with Levertov, as with others, there is such a compelling predeliction towards specific themes and subjects that to do so can be useful.Here we have her major religious poems in a separate volume, just as there has been a volume of her poems on nature and a deserved volume of her political poems (if one hasn't been published already). These poems do chart ... Read More
Rating: - "Straight to the point can ricochet"
This set of books frighten me. Both are powerful and wonderful and deserve
your immediate and lasting attention. The poems are not new, they are a
themed selection. Interestingly enough placed in seperate but equal volumes.
The Stream and the Sapphire is a selection of poems that elucidate the
growth of Denise as a Christian. And an exciting growth it is. My favorite
of the moment are words I use as prayer: "How can I focus my flickering,
perceive at the fountain's heart the sapphire I ... Read More
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