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Poetry
Poetry
The Day After
"The morning after the storm / small clusters of maple leaves / scatter over the yard. It must / have…
Mary Jean Port
Poetry
Black and White
"every morning I slip robes onto outstretched arms..."
Cai Quirk
Poetry
Fall Made
"I smear my skin / with schisms of the songs I heard at night, / tales of a God who…
Matt Rosen
Poetry
Breathing
"God and I play a game. / She blows air into me. / I blow it back at her..."
Christine Hall Stinson
Poetry
Birthing Still
"Having not given birth to a child, / I have not held the echo of my husband’s smile..."
Sandra K. Olson
Poetry
Labyrinth
"Take these rocks you’ve carried from forever / The ones that make your shoulders ache and tense..."
Melissa Foster
Poetry
Finding God
“God is everywhere but He is losing.”—Margaret Atwood
Ed Higgins
Poetry
Saint Paul Meets a Quaker Lady
FJ Poetry: ”In the fulness of personal time...”
Nancy Thomas
Poetry
Summer Sky
FJ Poetry: “News came / of your death, and the summer sky / dissolved to black...”
Elizabeth Corse
Poetry
After They Bombed the Maternity Ward
FJ Poetry: “Light is birthed in the hospital basement...”
Tamara Kreutz
Poetry
My Body
The breath comes in. / I don’t know why. / I didn’t decide, / I didn’t try.
Bud Clark
Poetry
Skaters
Disturbing oaks’ reflections, / the water striders swirl, spin, still / in the river’s quiet curl...
Karen Kilcup
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