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I want to be the kind of woman

(after Jenni Fagan)

I want to be the kind of woman
who milks goats each morning
and drinks straight from the bucket —
who isn’t afraid to reach into the hive.

I want to be the kind of woman
who lies down in winter,
in the brown mulch of leaves
and sleeps until spring
who loves the generous folds of her body.

I want to be the kind of woman
who has found her sealskin,
who would cross oceans to make
her dead father love her once again.

I want to be the kind of woman
who can name hyssop, nettle, lady’s mantle
and knows all their healing uses.

I want to be the kind of woman
who goes out under the night sky
to chant with owls and wolves,
who falls more in love each day
with her husband, her little dog, her life.

I want to be the kind of woman
who knows she is daughter of sunlight and mud
who knows that her grandmothers
are still singing her name.

*By Christine Valters Paintner from the collection "Love Holds You: Poems and Devotions for Times of Uncertainty" published by Paraclete Press.

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from Sound and Stillness II: An audio collection of poems by Christine Valters Paintner, released December 14, 2022
By Christine Valters Paintner from the collection "Love Holds You: Poems and Devotions for Times of Uncertainty" published by Paraclete Press.

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