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Poetry
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
Poetry
The Roses
"Beyond the wall the distant roses shone, / the roses not their roses, not their own..."
Paul Willis
Poetry
Right Plant, Right Place
Since we chose our seeds / to cast upon rocky soil, / let's not blame the ground.
Margaret Fisher
Poetry
If You Can’t Love an Ordinary Bird
"If you can’t love an ordinary bird, / a cardinal, for example, on a branch..."
Neil Kennedy
Poetry
Upon Reflection
"Locked out after Letterman, / hesitant to knock, / I tried to find my keys..."
Amy Baskin
Poetry
The Second Million Miles
"Sometimes you need / to learn to travel in the quiet."
Bill Jolliff
Poetry
Old Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
"What's left of George Fox / is somewhere nearby..."
Bartholomew Barker
Poetry
Quaker Meeting
Our family flew across the countryto visit Quaker grandparents,have them meet and actually seehow our young children had grown:She was…
Ruth Naylor
Poetry
In a Maine Quaker Meetinghouse
God is One breath of silenceBefore a loon’s cry— We wait.
Dorothy Anna Moore
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