Priscilla Denise Levertov (1923 – 1997) was a British-born poet who became an American citizen. Her work was influenced by the Black Mountain poets and the political climate of the Vietnam War. I was a theme she examined in her collection The Freeing of the Dust. 

Levertov's poetry prominently features themes of politics, suffering, and war. 

She believed it was a poet's duty to expose the injustices of the Vietnam War. Some of her anti-war poems appear in her collection "To Stay Alive," which also includes letters, news reports, diary entries, and conversations opposing the Vietnam War. 

Levertov published 24 books of poetry, as well as criticism and translations. She also edited several anthologies. 

Sharing one of her poems, ‘Talking to Grief’ -

Ah, Grief, I should not treat you
like a homeless dog
who comes to the back door
for a crust, for a meatless bone.
I should trust you.

 
I should coax you
into the house and give you
your own corner,
a worn mat to lie on,
your own water dish.

 
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.