Woman – a Poem {Janine Canan}

JANINE CANAN is the author of 20 books including Ardor: Poems of Life and Garland of Love: 108 Sayings by Amma; award-winning anthologies, Messages from Amma: In the Language of the Heart and She Rises like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddess by Contemporary American Women Poets; illustrated stories including Journeys with Justine and Walk Now in Beauty, read in the Navajo Literacy Project; a collection of essays, Goddesses Goddesses; and translations of Jewish German poet Else Lasker-Schüler and French poet Francis Jammes that have inspired songs. Her works appear in numerous anthologies and journals, on radio, television and film.
Born in La Ciudad de la Reina de los Angeles, Dr. Canan graduated from Stanford with distinction and New York University School of Medicine. She is a private psychiatrist in Sonoma, California, and a volunteer for Amma’s Embracing the World project.
Please visit JanineCanan.com for more information.