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Poetry
Poetry
Here Am I, Lord, Send Me
for my grandmother, Miriam Lindsey Levering (1913-1991) Blue light a nimbus from the TV, she’s listeningto the darkness delivering news…
Alexander Levering
Poetry
Christmas Program
Bales of real hayclump aroundthe false manger.The choir files in,an unheavenly host,to predestined slotson stage.I spot David,my almost angelic son;our…
Nancy Thomas
Poetry
Light Dark Light
I don’t believe in evil as an entity, some devil animating the doings of those whose faith is weak. Instead…
Laura Weldon
Poetry
Interpreters
Hail! Loquacious band of jolly, global interpreters, language servants of assemblies, listeners of all languages and accents, serving diplomats, delegates,…
Heberto Sein
Poetry
Listen Deep
I grew up in the wake of a wild and crazy sister. Raised not to rock the boat, I dared…
Alice Carlton
Poetry
Support Committee for a Quaker Friend, Elected to Public Office
—for Kathleen Kelly Outside the meeting, the usual mutter: wordword wordword word wordity…
Alexander Levering
Poetry
Putting in the Pieces
(“meeting for worship for business”) The meeting moved forward slowly. The borders had been established, and now different ones were…
Nancy Thomas
Poetry
Things to Do While Waiting
Interview your walls, doors, circulation, and power sourcePlane down resentmentsDrain sorrowsSweep out excusesHang injuries on the line to blow awayRestructure…
Mary Ann Petersen
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
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