Val Jennings Biography

We must first want to,
then we must try,
patiently striving, to identify
what we are growing
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I wonder if writing alone is ever lonely?
To ponder is to partner.
To illuminate is to lighten
a dark background with smudges.
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When you can keep your faith when all about you
Are loosing theirs and friends are but a few.
When you can keep your head while discouragement surrounds you,
And hold a lifeline to the drowning crew.
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Sunflowers are obedient,
to the sun's eternal light.
Drawn upward by the sun's warm rays,
they praise Him, day and night.
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A puzzle is like poetry.
It causes us to reflect
And see a thing quite differently.
Is it object or object?
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