Denise Levertov Quote

I was the first to see him, for I grew
out on the pasture slope, beyond the forest.
He was a man, it seemed...


A Tree Telling of Orpheus (1968)


I was the first to see him, for I grew out on the pasture slope, beyond the forest. He was a man, it seemed...

I was the first to see him, for I grew out on the pasture slope, beyond the forest. He was a man, it seemed...

I was the first to see him, for I grew out on the pasture slope, beyond the forest. He was a man, it seemed...

I was the first to see him, for I grew out on the pasture slope, beyond the forest. He was a man, it seemed...