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Aspect of Loss

By Karie Firoozmand on June 1, 2019

FJ Poetry: ā€œCan it be that after a while / When love goes on but the beloved has goneā€¦ā€

Karie Firoozmand lives in Timonium, Md.

Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Poetry
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Turkey Vultures

By Charles Weld on June 1, 2019

FJ Poetry: ā€œIf someone gets up with the birds, they do notget up with the turkey vultures who sleep lateā€¦ā€

Charles Weld lives in Moravia, N.Y.

Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Poetry
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Always the Challenge to Be Patient

By Charles Bunner on May 1, 2019

FJ Poetry: ā€œParking in the lot at work / early in the morning sunā€

Charles Bunner lives in Richmond, Ind.

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Poetry
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I Have Learned

By Marion Goldstein on April 1, 2019

FJ Poetry: All these months I have made progressā€¦

Marion Goldstein lives in Cedar Grove, N.J.

Posted in: Humor in Religion, Poetry
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Blessing

By Ken Gibble on April 1, 2019

FJ Poetry: To have lived some of my lifetime / consonant with great soulsā€¦

Ken Gibble lives inĀ Camp Hill, Pa.

Posted in: Humor in Religion, Poetry
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After a Quote by William Penn

By Maggie Hess on March 25, 2019

FJ Poetry: ā€œHave you ever / met somebody / who carries silence / with themā€¦ā€

Maggie Hess lives inĀ Bristol, Tenn.

Posted in: Outside the Meetinghouse, Poetry
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Most Evenings

By Nathan Lipps on March 1, 2019

FJ Poetry: ā€œThe road continues up the hill / paved, winding through hot treesā€¦ā€

Nathan Lipps lives inĀ Ludington, Mich.

Posted in: Outside the Meetinghouse, Poetry
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Court Watch

By Helen Fox on February 25, 2019

FJ Poetry: ā€œAll rise!ā€ / Judge enters the court, robe trailing / Eyes downcast

Helen Fox lives inĀ Bokeelia, Fla.

Posted in: February 2019, Poetry
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Sonnet for George Foxā€™s Margaret

By Jane Yolen on January 1, 2019

FJ Poetry: I see you there in the new snow / Barefoot, afire with the Lord,

Jane Yolen lives inĀ Hatfield, Mass.

Posted in: Poetry, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
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Holy Night, Holy Light

By Ken Gibble on December 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: It was a nocturnal birth / Without darkness.

Ken Gibble lives inĀ Camp Hill, Pa.

Posted in: Poetry, Quakers and Christianity
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