Home Deep Blue
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Eighteen new poems extend the trajectory of Jean Valentine’s work. Included are selections from her four previous books: Dream Barker, Pilgrims, Ordinary Things, and The Messenger. Her themes of pilgrimage, time, and human connection are revealed in intense meditations.
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Home Deep Blue - Jean Valentine
New Poems
Willi, Home
In memory
Last night, just before sleep, this: a bright
daffodil
lying in bed, with the sheet pulled up to its chin.
Willi, did I ever know you? The shine
in the lamplight! of your intelligent glasses,
round and humorous.
Did I ever know myself? When I
start bullshitting I see your eyebrows fly… This book
is dedicated to Willi,
whom I do not know,
whom I know. The words in my head
this morning
(these words came from an angel):
"It’s too late to say goodbye.
And there are never enough goodbyes."
I know: the daffodil
is me. Brave. Willi’s an iris. Brave.
Brave. Tall. Home. Deep. Blue.
To Raphael, angel of happy meeting
The pear tree buds shine like salt;
the stretch of new-ploughed earth holds up
five colors of brown to the strict sun —
like an old woman’s open hand, at rest.
The young people of this house wake up,
one by one, they set out…
Further away, still their voices hold,
across the fog; and the pull of the