Below is an excerpt of a poem ESR student Anna Woofenden recently posted on her blog (http://annawoofenden.com) as part of her Pilgrimage Summer series:

Mary, Oh Mary,
here your statue sits.
So calmly,
hands together in your lap,
upturned,
as if open to receive.



Your head is bowed slightly,
face softened.


Both feet planted firmly on the floor,
back straight on the bench.



I wonder.
Maybe you’re sitting in
Quaker Worship,
waiting in silence for the Spirit to move.
You look so calm and peaceful.
Serene.
I wonder.
Is this how you looked when
they taunted you and tortured you?
Was your face full of such grace
when your fellow Christians
persecuted you
because your spirit-filled Quaker ways
didn’t fit their Puritan sensibilities?

You can read the rest here: http://esrquaker.blogspot.com/2013/05/ode-to-mary-dyer.html