To Live in the Mercy of God by Denise Levertov - Poem for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C
The Englewood Review of Books curates a weekly series of classic and contemporary poems that resonate with the themes of the lectionary readings. Here is one of the poems for this coming Sunday (More poems for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C can be found here)
To Live in the Mercy of God
Denise Levertov
to accompany the lectionary reading: Psalm 103:1-8
SNIPPET:
To lie back under the tallest
oldest trees. How far the stems
rise, rise
…
Denise Levertov (1923-1997) was a British-born naturalized American poet. In the 1960s and 1970s, as an editor for The Nation, she supported the work of feminist poets. Her own poetry was often themed around politics and war. She was a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. (via Wikipedia)