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After a Quote by William Penn

By Maggie Hess on March 1, 2019

FJ Poetry: “Have you ever / met somebody / who carries silence / with them
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Maggie Hess lives in Bristol, Tenn.


Posted in: Outside the Meetinghouse, Poetry
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Most Evenings

By Nathan Lipps on March 1, 2019

FJ Poetry: “The road continues up the hill / paved, winding through hot trees
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Nathan Lipps lives in Ludington, Mich.


Posted in: Outside the Meetinghouse, Poetry
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Court Watch

By Helen Fox on February 25, 2019

FJ Poetry: “All rise!” / Judge enters the court, robe trailing / Eyes downcast

Helen Fox lives in Bokeelia, Fla.


Posted in: February 2019, Poetry
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Sonnet for George Fox’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 in 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 in Camp Hill, Pa.


Posted in: Poetry, Quakers and Christianity
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A Chore Worth Doing

By Bear Jack Gebhardt on December 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: Day’s end, most chores done, some chores not.

Bear Jack Gebhardt lives in Fort Collins, Colo.


Posted in: Poetry, Quakers and Christianity
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Communion

By Nancy L. Bieber on November 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: “Mean cheese bread / snuggly sandwiched into bags”

Nancy L. Bieber lives in Millersville, Pa.


Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, Poetry
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If I Had Grown In Some Generous Place

By Kat Griffith on November 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: “If I had grown in some generous place—”

Kat Griffith lives in Ripon, Wisc.


Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, Poetry
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Grace Kyoko Noda

By Staff on November 1, 2018

Noda—Grace Kyoko Noda, 98, on March 14, 2018, at her home in Davis, Calif., peacefully. Grace was born on January [
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Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, Poetry
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The Many Ways the Light Gets In

By Marion Goldstein on October 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: “It was easy to judge those Jane Austen ladies / languishing all afternoon over embroidery”

Marion Goldstein lives in Cedar Grove, N.J.


Posted in: Meetings and Money, Poetry
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