Denise Levertov

Here you will find the Poem The Springtime of poet Denise Levertov

The Springtime

The red eyes of rabbits 
aren't sad. No one passes 
the sad golden village in a barge 
any more. The sunset 
will leave it alone. If the 
curtains hang askew 
it is no one's fault. 
Around and around and around 
everywhere the same sound 
of wheels going, and things 
growing older, growing 
silent. If the dogs 
bark to each other 
all night, and their eyes 
flash red, that's 
nobody's business. They have 
a great space of dark to 
bark across. The rabbits 
will bare their teeth at 
the spring moon.