Since retirement as a specialist in foreign language proficiency testing for
the US Department of Defense, Pardee Lowe Jr. ’54, now 86 years old, has taken to
writing poetry in mid life. His themes are Nature, Humankind, Ageing, and
the Spirit. He has published two books of Quaker Poetry: Seasons of the
Soul (2017) and Openings: Messages in Poetry from Quaker Worship
(2021) both from Amazon. His single poems have appeared in NoVa Bards
Anthology 2020 & 2021; One Art; Spillwords; The Front Porch; and
Trouvaille Review.
August 3, 2022
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