{"id":82831,"date":"2015-02-18T13:03:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=82831"},"modified":"2015-02-18T13:20:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:20:06","slug":"philip-levines-a-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/18\/philip-levines-a-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Levine\u2019s \u201cA Sign\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_82796\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/screen-shot-2015-02-17-at-2.46.46-pm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82796\" class=\"wp-image-82796 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/screen-shot-2015-02-17-at-2.46.46-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/screen-shot-2015-02-17-at-2.46.46-pm.png 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/screen-shot-2015-02-17-at-2.46.46-pm-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-82796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Levine in 1980.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>This week, we\u2019re celebrating Philip Levine by posting some of his poems from our archives. This one, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/3293\/a-sign-philip-levine\" target=\"_blank\">A Sign<\/a>,\u201d comes from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/back-issues\/79\" target=\"_blank\">Spring 1981<\/a> issue.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The last words the sea spoke<br \/>before it died, the last sigh<br \/>of the great wind that blew<br \/>before we were born, the last<br \/>light that dawns on the hill<br \/>of our dying, skull hill we<br \/>would call it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/3293\/a-sign-philip-levine\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Read the whole poem here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we\u2019re celebrating Philip Levine by posting some of his poems from our archives. This one, \u201cA Sign,\u201d comes from our Spring 1981 issue. 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