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Earlene Grey is a poet and an aficionado of a fine cuppa. It is only natural that these two facets of Earlene's life would eventually merge. Now her work has gone far beyond that starting point. You will find Earlene's writing unique, witty, instantly pertinent and, at times, spiritual… as comforting as a good cup of your favorite tea.
About Earlene Grey®
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Welcome to the World of Earlene Grey®
Listen to Earlene Every Sunday
on Radio Kinver!
Produced in England, Radio Kinver comes to you via your computer. Enjoy a wide variety of music, poetry, think pieces and, of course, readings by Earlene Grey, all with a little newsy chat provided by producer Edmund Preston.
As a special Valentine gift to you, please click the image of the card to download a
Friendship Tea PDF Valentine's card. You
may simply print out the card on your
printer, fold and trim it, and then,
of course, give it to someone who is
very special to you.
Earlene reads Friendship Tea on
Radio Kinver (see below) and also here
at the Poet’s Corner, where we invite
you to enjoy some of her other poems
of love and friendship.
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Heart to Heart now available in ebook formats!
See the Books/CD page
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A special Valentine for you from Earlene
Valentine’s Day was established by Pope Galasius I in 496 A.D. to recognize one or more of fourteen early martyred saints of ancient Rome, all named St. Valentine. The name Valentine, or Valentinus in Latin, derives from valens, meaning worthy, strong, or powerful. It wasn’t until 800 years later that affection or romance became associated with St. Valentine’s Day when Geoffrey Chaucer wrote, in 1382, in his Parliament of Foules:
For this was on seynt Volantynes day
When every byrd comyth there to chese his mate.
In the late 1700s a British publisher printed a book of sentimental verses to be copied, so poetry for Valentine’s Day has a long history. Sending paper Valentine’s cards became popular in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century and that popularity moved across the pond when Esther Howland introduced embossed paper-lace cards in the middle of the 1800s. The popularity and commercialization of St. Valentine’s Day has spread world wide as a celebration of friendship and love. Since the history of all of the "Saint Valentines" is clouded in distant history, the day was removed from the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints in 1969, but around the world people remember their friends and loved ones on Valentine’s Day.
