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TREE TELLING OF ORPHEUS by DENISE LEVERTOV

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHITE DAWN. STILLNESS. WHEN THE RIPPLING BEGAN
Last Line: RECALLING OUR AGONY, AND THE WAY WE DANCED. %THE MUSIC!
Subject(s): ENVIRONMENT; MUSIC AND MUSICIANS; TREES;

Poem Sources:

MIXED VOICES; CONTEMPORARY POEMS ABOUT MUSIC.
  BUCHWALD, EMILIE, & ROSTON, RUTH (EDS.)
  (1991)
 
AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1950: INNOVATORS AND OUTSIDERS.
  WEINBERGER, ELIOT (ED.)
  (1993)
 
TREES BE COMPANY; AN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY.
  KING, ANGELA AND SUSAN CLIFFORD (EDS.)
  (2001)
 
POEMS 1968-1972; INCLUDING RELEARNING THE ALPHABET, TO STAY ALIVE & FOOTPRINTS.
  LEVERTOV, DENISE
  (1987)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  LEVERTOV, DENISE
  (2002)
 



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