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OF BEING by DENISE LEVERTOV

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: I KNOW THIS HAPPINESS %IS PROVISIONAL
Last Line: THIS NEED TO KNEEL: %THIS MYSTERY

Poem Sources:

OBLIQUE PRAYERS; NEW POEMS WITH FOURTEEN TRANSLATIONS FROM JEAN JOUBERT.
  LEVERTOV, DENISE
  (1984)
 
THE STREAM & THE SAPPHIRE.
  LEVERTOV, DENISE
  (1997)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  LEVERTOV, DENISE
  (2002)
 



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