Reading our last, knowing-last letters —the years of our friendship reading our poems to each other, I would start breathing again.
Jean Valentine
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Friend, (2013), second stanza; for Adrienne Rich; Full poem read in Academy licensed publication; complete second stanza and sentence, remembering deceased friend Adrienne Rich. Exact wording and line breaks retained.22words conservatively counting knowing-last as two;3words remain.
- Friend, (2013), second stanza; for Adrienne Rich
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