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Poetry

Poetry

Lifeline

"It was the little old ladies in tennis shoes / who saved my life when I was young.…" Pamela Haines
Poetry

These Times

"These times have left us nothing to defend, / And Rigel arcs its way into the night. . . ." Charles Thomas
Poetry

Pronouns for God

Finally you have a name for it,that distant, other, eternally-plural presence.Not a beetle-browed patriarch or an earthy queen,Not male, female,… Patricia Crosby
Poetry

Faith,

a spinning jump rope, rising and falling, fickle as the wind... Anne Maren-Hogan
Poetry

How I Say God

"When she died, my mother left me with joy..." Robin Dellabough
Poetry

Confessions of an Ex-Elder

"In the early days / before the great divorce / we used the dreadful language / of compliance..." Nancy Thomas
Poetry

Receive Me

. . . and a woman named Martha received him into her house. Luke 10:38 Paul Willis
Poetry

Perennials

"When I biked up the hills / to your house, I saw you / planting bulbs in your yard..." Mary Timberlake
Poetry

A Way

"Some saints point with wooden spoons, and pray with brooms..." James Littwin
Poetry

Benediction, Eastern Correctional

"Seated in a circle in the small room allowed us, the men wear their prison greens, like gas station attendants..." Ingrid Blaufarb Hughes
Poetry

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Dear Mr./Ms. [Insert Name Here]: We are sorry writing to inform youof the death of your son/daughter [Choose one]. As… Katherine Shehadeh
Poetry

Six Poems

Poems by recognized poet and clerk of Cuba Yearly Meeting of Friends. Jorge Luis Peña Reyes
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