Light me down
By Valentine, Jean
Book

Light me down :the new & collected poems of Jean Valentine

by
Valentine, Jean. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
American poetry20th century(DLC)sh85004387
Poetrylcgft(DLC)gf2014026481
Publisher and Date
New Gloucester, Maine :Alice James Books,[2024]
©2024
ISBN
9781949944600.
;
1949944603.
Library of Congress Call Number
PS3572.A39L54 2024
Description
451 pages ;24 cm
Contributor(s)Macari, Anne Marie writer of foreword.
Contents (as listed on item)
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System Control Number
(OCoLC)1401630126
General Note(s)
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Summary"In these last prayerful poems by Jean Valentine, the poet visits loss, death, and transitional states. Full of longing, connections, and intergenerational knowledge, Valentine continues the mystical journey that has carried her through a lifetime devoted to poetry. Spirits connect. Guides are everywhere as she is "leaving all worlds behind." Love doesn't disappear but is steadfast and without boundaries. A poet of deep tenderness for everything living, from a dying cricket to her living and lost friends, Valentine is full of gratitude for this world, writing: "This is happiness. Old life,/ I'm glad, all my rubbed life/ I was found,/ I was written on a wall in air." The reader too is full of gratitude for these moving last missives from a great poet"--Provided by publisher.
Uniform Title
Light me down (Compilation)
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