A Reflection on Intermountain Yearly Meeting's 2014 Annual Gathering

ESR student Tracy Davis of Durango Friends Meeting shares her thoughts about Intermountain Yearly Meeting's 2014 Annual Gathering in Haiku form:

Intermountain         

Dear Friends, read this now

about the yearly meeting

Sixth Month of ‘14

from New Mexico,

Colorado and Utah,                                   

Arizona, too

Idaho, Texas

don’t forget South Dakota

Unprogramm’d Quakers

Intermountain  Friends

gather’d  at The Ghost Ranch

sandstone and sunshine

early-days  retreat

on courage and renewal

discerning clearness 

Young Friends held in Light

in a YAF and OAF fishbowl

moving all our hearts

worship sharing morn

noon laughter-sharing lunchtime

evening dance and song

promote ESR

in wider Quaker  fam’ly

“Come and join your school!”

dinosaur display

a weaving exhibition

Georgia O’Keefe art

woman for justice

in the prisons of Britain

Elizabeth Fry

shocking Dirty Wars

our country causing damage

secret violence

with A.F.S.C.

F.C.N.L. Quaker Vision:

SharedSecurity

full-moon friendly chat

an intimate connection

peace philosophy