Poetry

Poetry

Nona and the Polenta

—For Ian, Sadie, April: your great-grandmother’s story Lombardia was a banquet before the Germans carvedthe green hills with their black… Suellen Wedmore
Poetry

Timing

Timing is everything, sages say Girls learn it as early as double-Dutch jump rope Your turn comes up, you wait,… Nancy Morgan
Poetry

When They Ask You to Pray

When they ask you to praythey will, in most cases,bow their heads and close their eyesand wait. And they will… Ken Gibble
Poetry

Ordinary Life

It’s a long hike from the center of space. I hike, nevertheless, towards Des Moines. . . . It’s a… Bear Jack Gebhardt
Poetry

Old Liza Tells of Love

When you love, it’s true, you don’t see bad teeth, or turnip toes peeking from the cutaway shoe, or if… James Littwin
Poetry

Mixed Flock

FJ Poetry: "Beneath the feeder ..." Ann McNeal
Poetry

How to Attend a Quaker Meeting for the First Time

FJ Poetry: "In the old meetinghouse ..." Inez Schaechterle
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(Two Poems for Saint Thérèse of Lisieux)

FJ Poetry: "Kitchen. I peel back belief like the rings of an onion, ..." Sarah Law
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So It Goes

FJ Poetry: "We advance in this life ..." Mary Timberlake
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Servant

FJ Poetry: "In a black transport chair, ..." Ruth Naylor
Poetry

Psalm 131

FJ Poetry: "Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, ..." Jane Simpson
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River Crossing

FJ Poetry: "Sitting in bed she gazes at the river, ..." Anne Maren-Hogan
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