Poetry

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
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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
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Perennials

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

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

The Roses

"Beyond the wall the distant roses shone, / the roses not their roses, not their own..." Paul Willis
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Right Plant, Right Place

Since we chose our seeds / to cast upon rocky soil, / let's not blame the ground. Margaret Fisher
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