The marketplace:
to buy all products necessary
but also see the people
the people–they
create the bustling market
bartering socializing purchasing
it transforms an empty building into
a metropolis of human activity
the tomato stand, the pottery show
Yet not all lives forever
because the market must close
and at the end of market season
a forever sleep will show
Tucker Gaegauf (attempt to copy Jean Valentine, though that is a very difficult task)
I attempted to capture the style of the poems (punctuation), but she is much more creative than I am. So I tried to make a message of cycles, which can resemble Valentine. Honestly I found copying her difficult.
I like your original poem! Sometimes it can be confining to write within such parameters, but it gives us another way to appreciate the skill of another writer. As you have said all through your study of Valentine, she is a unique writer with a unique sensibility which makes imitation challenging, but you have done fine work here applying her grammatical freedom and you surprise the reader in terms of direction, much the way Valentine does. Great job!