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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
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Timing

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

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