Jean Valentine Water Poems

  • 1.
    Friend or no friend,
    darkness or light,
    vowels or consonants,
    water or dry land,
    ...
  • 2.
    one arm still a swan's wing
    The worst had happened before:
    loveâ??before I knew it was mineâ??
    turned into a wild swan
    ...
  • 3.
    People pray to each other. The way I say 'you' to someone else,
    respectfully, intimately, desperately. The way someone says
    'you' to me, hopefully, expectantly, intensely ...
    -Huub Oosterhuis
    ...
Total 3 Water Poems by Jean Valentine

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Friend 4 Away 3 Life 3 Red 3 Water 3 Year 3 Blue 3 Beauty 2 Breath 2 Dream 2

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Joan Sidney: Jean was a great poet, an incredibly caring human being, and a wonderful teacher. Her passing is a great loss to all of us. I met her in 2012 at the Artist’s Colony.

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