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Itā€™s What I Do

By Leslie Smith Townsend on August 27, 2018

FJ Poetry: Oh God, I tend to graspā€¦

Leslie Smith Townsend lives inĀ Louisville, Ky.


Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Poetry
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Innocence Lost

By Marion Goldstein on August 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: Talk of an unhinged jaw sent me plummetingā€¦ šŸ”’

Marion Goldstein lives inĀ Cedar Grove, N.J.


Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Poetry
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Ebb Tide

By Joan MacIntosh on June 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: ā€œThe lake / in my dream / was not the healing oneā€¦ā€ šŸ”’

Joan MacIntosh lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.


Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Poetry
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A Visitor

By Marilyn Churchill on June 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: ā€œI had no appointment. / Asked to wait half an hour, / I left the office and walked [ā€¦]

Marilyn Churchill lives in Ann Arbor, Mich.


Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Poetry
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Respite

By Karen Luke Jackson on May 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: A woman walks a field of chores / toward a gate too narrow

Karen Luke Jackson lives in Hendersonville, N.C.


Posted in: Poetry, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
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Spilling Claret

By Kendrick E. Williams on May 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: The perfect vintage had aged thirtyā€three years / and was poured into the cup of the world. šŸ”’

Kendrick E. Williams lives inĀ Glendora, Calif.


Posted in: Poetry, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
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A Day of Waiting

By Geoff Knowlton on April 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: ā€œHoly Saturday waits / Like a patch of dirt in the lawn / Nothing happening / But shoots, then [ā€¦]

Geoff Knowlton lives in Princeton, Mass.


Posted in: Healing, Poetry
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Passages

By Marsha Foss on April 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: Perhaps my death will be like Dadā€™sā€¦ šŸ”’

Marsha Foss lives inĀ Saint Paul, Minn.


Posted in: Healing, Poetry
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how to be home

By Amy Baskin on March 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: ā€œsite on a wooden stool / naked as an orphanā€

Amy Baskin lives inĀ Portland, Ore.


Posted in: Poetry, Quakers and the Holy Land
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To Fathom

By Diana Cole on March 1, 2018

FJ Poetry: ā€œI take each stone into my curious palm. grubā€gray, salmon, rounded well and calm.ā€ šŸ”’

Diana Cole lives inĀ Warren, R.I.


Posted in: Poetry, Quakers and the Holy Land
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