Goddesses of Water by Jeannette L. Clariond and translated by Samantha Schnee

This is poetry from Mexico.

Goddesses of Water by Jeannette L. Clariond translated by Samantha Schnee is published by World Poetry Books. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2022.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781954218062E12.

Jeannette L. Clariond’s Goddesses of Water, translated by Samantha Schnee, gives the Mexican section a title of feminine divinity and elemental force. Water is not passive here. It has goddesses. It has bodies, myths, currents, and powers of transformation. Clariond’s poetry often carries spiritual and philosophical depth, and this World Poetry Books edition likely brings those energies into a carefully shaped English presence. I would describe the book as devotional without assuming any single doctrine. It seems more interested in the sacred as movement, feminine presence, and the fluid crossings between grief, memory, and renewal. It belongs in the library as a work of waterborne lyric intensity.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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