Poetry among Friends
Friends have rarely been poets in the past. The only name that arises naturally in our minds is that of Whittier; we do reverence to him, singing "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind," "Eternal Love Forever Full," quoting his lines on the silent meeting. Many Friends know him well. But Quaker poetry did not end with Whittier. In this century there is an ever growing number of poets--and musicians and artists as well--being produced or attracted by the Society of Friends. Poetry begins to be "a friend with Friends," and Friends in turn are somewhat more receptive to the arts.
The range and quality of the poetry Friends are writing is well represented by what is being printed in the Friends Journal, Quaker Life and Approach, a quarterly founded in 1947 by a group of Friends then in residence at Pendle Hill and still edited and printed chiefly by Friends. Only a very few of the poems considered in this treatment of poetry among Friends come from other sources. All are highly contemporary, for all were written by persons still living and nearly all were written within the last decade. This is the poetry of Quakerism's immediate present--this is the poetry now being offered to Quaker readers.
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The range and quality of the poetry Friends are writing is well represented by what is being printed in the Friends Journal, Quaker Life and Approach, a quarterly founded in 1947 by a group of Friends then in residence at Pendle Hill and still edited and printed chiefly by Friends. Only a very few of the poems considered in this treatment of poetry among Friends come from other sources. All are highly contemporary, for all were written by persons still living and nearly all were written within the last decade. This is the poetry of Quakerism's immediate present--this is the poetry now being offered to Quaker readers.
Poetry among Friends
Friends have rarely been poets in the past. The only name that arises naturally in our minds is that of Whittier; we do reverence to him, singing "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind," "Eternal Love Forever Full," quoting his lines on the silent meeting. Many Friends know him well. But Quaker poetry did not end with Whittier. In this century there is an ever growing number of poets--and musicians and artists as well--being produced or attracted by the Society of Friends. Poetry begins to be "a friend with Friends," and Friends in turn are somewhat more receptive to the arts.
The range and quality of the poetry Friends are writing is well represented by what is being printed in the Friends Journal, Quaker Life and Approach, a quarterly founded in 1947 by a group of Friends then in residence at Pendle Hill and still edited and printed chiefly by Friends. Only a very few of the poems considered in this treatment of poetry among Friends come from other sources. All are highly contemporary, for all were written by persons still living and nearly all were written within the last decade. This is the poetry of Quakerism's immediate present--this is the poetry now being offered to Quaker readers.
The range and quality of the poetry Friends are writing is well represented by what is being printed in the Friends Journal, Quaker Life and Approach, a quarterly founded in 1947 by a group of Friends then in residence at Pendle Hill and still edited and printed chiefly by Friends. Only a very few of the poems considered in this treatment of poetry among Friends come from other sources. All are highly contemporary, for all were written by persons still living and nearly all were written within the last decade. This is the poetry of Quakerism's immediate present--this is the poetry now being offered to Quaker readers.
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| BN ID: | 2940162023432 |
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| Publisher: | Pendle Hill Publications |
| Publication date: | 06/22/2018 |
| Series: | Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #130 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 241 KB |
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