Best Quaker Poems

friends meeting house

a swarm of bees

in the spring house...

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Lightening bugs flash, 
like the worn celluloid images of old movies,
I sit beneath a great Greta Garbo moon.
I am the heroine of this short.
The dew point drops,
Mists rise.
Crickets chirp.
Muskwats buzz.
Loons ululate and wail.

My dialogue,
The click and whir of my spinning reel.
The glug-glug-glug of the Hula...

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Quaker Oats

If pure grain oats grown
In the mountains of Utah
Is it Quaker Oats

by James Edward Lee Sr.
10/17/17...

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...He thought of it for many days,
then went and bought a colt,
when Ma saw it, she railed and screamed,
her peace she could not hold.
Redmon had to sleep at the ranch,
in the big, long bunkhouse,
but it was close to his home so
he could keep an eye...

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Shaking out raincoats and umbrellas,
we file into the perfumed hall.
Plush peonies are everywhere,
they strain toward us in super-sized bunches,
hang from shelves and sills,
loll over low shelves.

The Quakers sit and fall silent,
comfortable hearts bumping into the unknown,
as they meditate.
My own distracted thoughts 
leave damp footprints on...

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Redmon Yost lived in Iowa
with mother and siblings,
the oldest of seven children
had just turned seventeen.
His pa had passed on two years back,
Redmon had gone to work,
punching cows at Holloway’s Ranch,
long hours made bones hurt,
but pay was good
and all relied
on what he earned,
so he did ride.
Had...

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Quaint neighborhood sits near
Quaker church which provides
Quiet contemplation.
Quotes from founders enhance
Quest to share peace hugs. I'm
Quick to rise, sing hymns to
Quench my thirst for God Truth....

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