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Jon Watts, Quaker Spoken Word Poet

Jon Watts

“Friend Speaks My Mind”

“We Are Lovers of Our Lost Earth”

“There’s a Spirit in Iraq”



Full Albums

Mixed Vice Work (EP) | 2009

Emerging from the protective bubble of Pendle Hill and into the world contained all of the pain of a death. Three jobs and four cities after The Art of Fully Being, Jon is once again sitting down with his pen and inviting his muse to speak. read more…

Mixed Vice Work

The Art of Fully Being | 2007

The Art of Fully Being was recorded at the Pendle Hill spiritual retreat center outside of Philadelphia. Jon took six months of meditation and reflection to worshipfully complete his process of intertwined writing, recording and producing. read more…

The Art of Fully Being

A Few Songs Occasioned | 2006

In April of 2006, Jon released A Few Songs Occasioned at Guilford College in a gathered worship setting involving 5 other musicians, backup singers, a violin trio and an audience of several hundred. Many left with a deep sense of personal connection to the first generation of Friends. Here is an opportunity to participate in the power of these stories. read more…

A Few Songs Occasioned

Self | 2004

Self is Jon’s recording project from his Sophomore year at Guilford College. The CD is a vibrant, revealing, intense amalgam of dark, interwoven revelations and angry pop culture references, dropped into chaos, and lost in Boston. read more…

Self


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