Epistle on Integrity

11th-12th grade and Young Adults

This epistle was written by young adults at a recent Powell House conference for 11th-12th grade and young adults. The conference was called SPICES: Integrity, and was held December 1-3, 2023

This was a weekend about integrity. We had good food and played games. Here are the queries we talked about:

Pacing Poetry

by Nichole Nettleton
Ithaca Meeting

To the ghostly midnight rambler

Pacing poetry

Into the lines you’ve worn on your heart’s floor,

Walking the beat of a dryer’s reverberating metallic tone

While others sleep.

While they wait for the sun

You stride patience down an emotional street,

Graffitiing your story on history’s canvas.

Or, the journal kept hidden beneath your socks.

The Little Red (Quaker) Hen

by an Uneasy Friend

Once upon a time, there was a Little Red Hen. The Little Red Hen attended a Meeting and was F/friends with… a lazy dog, a sleepy cat, and a noisy duck. One day the Little Red Hen felt spirit move.

“Who will gather and worship with me on this query?” the Little Red Hen asked.

“Not I,” barked the lazy dog.

“Not I,” purred the sleepy cat.