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Month: November 2021

“The Mutes” by Denise Levertov

Note that the publication year for this poem is 1965. You’re hip to the brew of politics, art & culture that was boiling over then & that your humble correspondent was cooking in it. Feminism was setting in along with all of the “isms” that keep us motivated today, but there was still a lot… Continue reading “The Mutes” by Denise Levertov

Published November 11, 2021
Categorized as Paris Review Daily Poem

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