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ASCENSION by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: STRETCHING HIMSELF AS IF AGAIN
Last Line: Mothering his birth: / torture and bliss
Subject(s): ASCENSION DAY; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Preaching_the_Poetry_of_the_Gospels/otp3gCbXb_EC?q=levertov+ASCENSION&gbpv=1#f=false


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