Breathing the Water

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Breathing the Water is Denise Levertov's 19th book of poetry published originally in 1984.

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I

  • Variation on a Theme by Rilke (The Book of Hours, Book I, Poem 1, Stanza 1)
  • Hunting the Phoenix
  • August Daybreak
  • A Blessing
  • The Spirits Appeased

II SPINOFFS, ONE

  • A Doorkey for Cordova
  • Athanor
  • Window-Blind
  • The Spy
  • Embrasure

III

  • Zeroing In
  • The Absentee
  • Captive Flower
  • The Mockingbird of Mockingbirds
  • In Memory: After a Friend's Sudden Death
  • Missing Beatrice
  • To Olga
  • Ceremonies
  • Every Day
  • To One Steeped in Bitterness

IV

  • The Stricken Children
  • During a Son's Dangerous Illness
  • Carapace
  • Urgent Whisper
  • From the Image-Flow--South Africa 1986
  • Making Peace
  • From the Image-Flow--Summer 1986

V SPINOFFS, TWO

  • 'She wept, and the women consoled her'
  • 'The day longs for the evening.'
  • 'The last heavy fairytale....'
  • 'The sea's repeated gesture.'
  • 'The myriad past....'
  • 'The Holy One, blessed be he, wanders again....'
  • 'I learned that her name was Proverb.'

VI

  • In Praise of Allium
  • Poet Power
  • The Well
  • Girls
  • From the Image-Flow--Death of Chausson, 1899
  • Wavering

VII

  • Caedmon
  • The Servant-Girl at Emmaus (A Painting by Velazquez
  • Standoff
  • On a Theme from Julian's Chapter XX
  • Candlemas
  • Variation on a Theme by Rilke (The Book of Hours, Book I, Poem 4)
  • La Cordelle
  • The Showings, 1-6
  • Variation and Reflection on a Theme by Rilke (The Book of Hours, Book I, Poem 7)
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