Poetry

Poetry

Birthing Still

"Having not given birth to a child, / I have not held the echo of my husband’s smile..." Sandra K. Olson
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Labyrinth

"Take these rocks you’ve carried from forever / The ones that make your shoulders ache and tense..." Melissa Foster
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Finding God

“God is everywhere but He is losing.”—Margaret Atwood Ed Higgins
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Saint Paul Meets a Quaker Lady

FJ Poetry: ”In the fulness of personal time...” Nancy Thomas
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Summer Sky

FJ Poetry: “News came / of your death, and the summer sky / dissolved to black...” Elizabeth Corse
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After They Bombed the Maternity Ward

FJ Poetry: “Light is birthed in the hospital basement...” Tamara Kreutz
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My Body

The breath comes in. / I don’t know why. / I didn’t decide, / I didn’t try. Bud Clark
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Skaters

Disturbing oaks’ reflections, / the water striders swirl, spin, still / in the river’s quiet curl... Karen Kilcup
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While It Is Still Dark

While still dark enough to be called night, / yet just before dawn, I think of you hundreds / of… Ellen June Wright
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The Merry Love the Fiddle

I was 58 before I learned he used to fiddle... David Black
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Having to Live With

Sometimes it's your sleeping form next to me / your fingers curled at the nape of my neck... David Morse
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Practicing Steadfastness

When I ask myself, ‘What is devotion?’I find that my answers are all verbs: to kneel and kiss the ground, and then rise… Lisa Lundeen
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