Relearning the Alphabet

Name: Relearning the Alphabet
Author: Denise Levertov

by Denise Levertov

Sequence exploring language's capacity to address political violence and human suffering

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Denise Levertov

British-American poet who was influenced by William Carlos Williams and became an important voice of the anti-Vietnam War movement. Her collections from The Jacob's Ladder to Evening Train show a sustained lyrical intelligence.

More by Denise Levertov

The Jacob's LadderSpiritual poems exploring mystical experience, scripture, and transcendence
O Taste and SeeCollection of poems celebrating sensory experience and attentiveness to beauty
The Sorrow DanceElegiac and personal poems reflecting on loss, grief, and spiritual renewal
Evening TrainLate poems meditating on aging, exile, and the train journeys of late life