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Poetry

Poetry

In the Nick of Time

I was a believer. I grew up / with a firm faith in the Tooth Nancy Thomas
Poetry

Cleansed

A hen pecks the ground   to loosen soil /           ruffles       a… Karen Luke Jackson
Poetry

Prisoners of War

With dashes and squeals, two baby boars, / tan with white stripes, flank the lean soldier, Karen Kilcup
Poetry

If You Said She Wore Her Heart on Her Sleeve

You could say that she was the sleeve, / she was the entire shirt, and she would give it Morrow Dowdle
Poetry

Hal the Neighbor

Workers come to repair exterior steps, / siding, walkways, or deliver topsoil and mulch Stephen R. Clark
Poetry

Girl Running

On my way to the gym / for gentle flow yoga / not a bit sure this is a good… Gay Norton Edelman
Poetry

Fall Morning Canticle

Hildegard said to me, / the light that I see / is not spatial / yet it is far brighter… Genevieve Chornenki
Poetry

We Pray For Children We Have Never Met

who live under bombs falling      children / nearby who have lost more than anyone Ellen June Wright
Poetry

A Perilous Quaker Marriage Proposal

On the day I proposed I first sat in silence / hoping words would rise from the garden paths Alexander Levering Kern
Poetry

Walking Flowers Home

The roadsides where I took my walk were solid, / almost, in September flowers, mustard-colored / sprays, purple spikes, and,… Donald Mace Williams
Poetry

A September Breakfast in the Piedmont

A grasshopper sat on my toaster today, / Looking puzzled yet nonchalant. Paul Murphy
Poetry

Sojourn

I am and am not Presbyterian, Unitarian, Quaker . . . Tammy Forner
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