[Unedited] Maria Popova and Natalie Batalha with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
Denise Levertov's Poetic Statement on the Purpose of Poetry
Denice Levertov was the only woman out of 17 poets asked to write a statement of poetics for an anthology in the seventies./nLevertov wrote a short statement that is considered the most beautiful, which said the purpose of poetry is to awaken sleepers by means other than shock./nThe statement was written during a period of political unrest.
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