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Author: Jean Janzen
Jean Janzen was born on December 5, 1933, the seventh of Henry Peter Wiebe and Anna Schultz Wiebe's eventual eight children (Three Mennonite Poets 5). For the first five years of her life, Janzen lived in Dalmeny, Saskatchewan (A Cappella 25). In 1938, she moved to Mountain Lake, Minnesota when her schoolteacher father began his second ministry as a pastor (“Coming into Voice”). A year later, the family moved to Kansas (“Coming into Voice”).
Janzen says she cannot remember when she wrote her first poem, but the first evidence of her work is a handwritten book of five poems that she made in third or fourth grade, which was saved by her mother through the family’s many moves (E-mail Interview). She had very little exposure to po… Go to person page >
Display Title: I cannot dance, O dancing LoveFirst Line: I cannot dance, O dancing LoveTune Title: MECHTILDEAuthor: Jean Janzen; Mechtilde of MagdeburgDate: 2009
Display Title: I Cannot Dance, O LoveFirst Line: I cannot dance, O LoveTune Title: BRED DÌNA VIDA VINGARAuthor: Jean JanzenMeter: 76.76DDate: 1995Subject: Gathering | ; God: Love | ; God's Church | The Church at Worship: Gathering; Music and Singing |Source: based on the writing of Mechtild of Magdeburg
Display Title: I Cannot Dance, O LoveFirst Line: I cannot dance, O LoveTune Title: EVTONAuthor: Jean Wiebe JanzenMeter: 7 6 7 6 DDate: 1996Subject: Arts and Literature | ; Dance | ; God | Love; Music and Singing | ; The Church at Worship | Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Praise of God through MusicSource: based on the writing of Mechtild of Magdeburg
Display Title: I cannot dance, O Love, unless you lead me onFirst Line: I cannot dance, O Love, unless you lead me onTune Title: BRED DINA VIDA VINGARDate: 1998