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The way sorrow enters the bone
is with stabs and hoverings.
From a torn page
a cabriolet
approaches over the crest of a hill,     5
first the nodding, straining head of the horse
then the blind lamps, peering;

the ladies within the insect eagerly
look from side to side awaiting the vista—
and quick as a knife     10
are vanished. Who were they? Where is the hill?
Or from stoked fires of nevermore
a warmth constant as breathing hovers out
to surround you, a cloud of mist
becomes rain, becomes cloak, then skin.     15

The way sorrow enters the bone
is the way fish sink through dense...

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1. The Blue Rim of Memory: Introduction
2. The Blue Rim of Memory: Text of the Poem
3. The Blue Rim of Memory: Summary
4. The Blue Rim of Memory: Denise Levertov Biography
5. The Blue Rim of Memory: Themes
6. The Blue Rim of Memory: Style
7. The Blue Rim of Memory: Historical Context
8. The Blue Rim of Memory: Critical Overview
9. The Blue Rim of Memory: Essays and Criticism
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10. The Blue Rim of Memory: Compare and Contrast
11. The Blue Rim of Memory: Topics for Further Study
12. The Blue Rim of Memory: Media Adaptations
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