Thought for the Day

Insofar as poetry has a social function it is

to awaken sleepers by other means than shock.

~ Denise Levertov

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Quoted from Denise Levertov, Letter for The New American Poetry: 1945-1960, Academy of American Poets Archive (Posted May 4, 2016)

Denise Levertov (1923-1997), Poet