Monday November 4<\/p>\n
Claire Crabtree followed Thursday’s Denise Levertov posting (“Ancient Airs and Dances”) by writing to say: \u00a0“My Study of Poetry students usually really like ‘O Taste and See’ I’ve noticed.” \u00a0 I read some about that poem and learned that quite a few of Levertov’s fans consider the book to which this poem gives its title \u00a0a breakthrough work, perhaps the first Levertov collection that had caught their attention\u00a0(1964).\u00a0 \u00a0My own Levertov breakthrough book is The Freeing of the Dust<\/span>\u00a0 (1975). \u00a0 Here’s the title poem from the 1964 book; thanks to Claire for pointing me to it.<\/p>\n A new month, \u00a0Detroit elections, the city’s bankruptcy hearings continue, a bidding contest emerges for the ownership rights to restore the old Packard Plant, Tigers have hired a gold glove catcher as their next manager, \u00a0one hour more to sleep over the weekend, \u00a0leaves are turning. \u00a0Have a blest day.<\/p>\n john sj<\/p>\n <\/p>\n O Taste and See<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0world is Denise Levertov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Monday November 4 Claire Crabtree followed Thursday’s Denise Levertov posting (“Ancient Airs and Dances”) by writing to say: \u00a0“My Study of Poetry students usually really like ‘O Taste and See’ I’ve noticed.” \u00a0 I read some about that poem and … Continue reading
\nnot with us enough
\nO taste and see
\n<\/em>the\u00a0subway Bible poster said,
\nmeaning The Lord, meaning
\nif anything all that lives
\nto the imagination\u2019s tongue,
\ngrief, mercy, language,
\ntangerine, weather, to
\nbreathe them, bite,
\nsavor, chew, swallow, transform
\ninto\u00a0our flesh our
\ndeaths, crossing the street, plum, quince,
\nliving in the orchard and being
\nhungry, and plucking
\nthe fruit.<\/p>\n