Talking To Grief Comments

This is wonderful poem. I also agree with Robert.

Nice inscription. Beautiful poem

Ah, Grief, You think I don't know you've been living under my porch. You long for your real place to be readied before winter comes. You need your name, your collar and tag. You need the right to warn off intruders, to consider my house your own and me your person and yourself my own dog. //// wonderful expression on grief

The poet's grief has a personality.Levertov definitely captures the transience and individuality of grief and turns it into a company.

I really love how she gave her grief a personality, how she showed us that THIS grief was hers and nobody else's

No doubt grief is the dependable companion of human beings that is a neighbor next door. Heartiest Congrats on the modern POD.

The poetry of Denise Levertov is a poetry of suffering in equilibrium while wanting 'to show that violence has become an everyday occurrence.' She personifies this grief in order to prove that we can coexist with it. She's not passive, but she has an original method to fight for life through grief and this is so beautifully expressed through her poetry.

How would one recognize and entertain joy, if one doesn't know what grief is. Grief being part of life has to be cared and managed like an obedient dog in one's own den. An Excellent metaphoric expression. Thanks for sharing the thought provoking poem. X

Excellent poem. Grief is always there to share our life. There would be no joy without it.

The grief of life! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

Your verbalization is good.. specially the metaphor..but why do you want to give grief-dog a corner in your heart (house) making yourself his person thereby turning to be ever a grieving person? Robert has said it very nicely.. I totally agree with him..10 for your good choice of words

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