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Levertov

American  
[lev-er-tawf, -tof] / ˈlɛv ərˌtɔf, -ˌtɒf /

noun

  1. Denise, 1923–97, U.S. poet, born in England.


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Rabbi Levi Levertov said the sign was of little material value, but that damaging a religious display was disturbing.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021

He had a deep knowledge of literature and often invoked the novelists Charles Dickens and George Eliot and the poets Emily Dickinson, Denise Levertov and W.H.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2018

Some works are directly related to the writers in the group, which included Denise Levertov, Jack Spicer, Michael McClure, Robert Creeley and Jack Olson.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2014

Lines from Robert Browing, Langston Hughes, Denise Levertov and Sean O'Brien poems were also selected from the public nominations.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2011

Brooding Heron Press has been publishing poetry by heavyweights like Gary Snyder, Denise Levertov and Jane Hirshfield for nearly 30 years in editions as finely wrought as the poems themselves.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2010

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