Poetry Where You Live: 02/22/2004

Saturday, February 28, 2004

Actors

Plaintiffs and defendants
Appellant appellee
Pleader, respondent
Opposing counsel
Judge and jury

Actors on the stage
Assigned roles
Scripted lines
Improvisation within limits
Rules upon rules
Written in a secret language
Disguised as our own

Dancing across the floor
Thrust and parry
Synchronized and hitch-step
Partners in the process
Players playing their parts
Validating justice
In the system
If not the outcomes

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edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004

written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15

Actors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/actors.html

edited January 20, 2016

Kontraxtz – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/kontraxtz-v2.html

posted February 29, 2004

written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40

Kontraxtz

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/kontraxtz.html

edited January 20, 2016

Into the Stream of Commerce – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/into-stream-of-commerce-v2.html

posted March 3, 2004

written 11/14/2002 8:35am

Into the Stream of Commerce

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/into-stream-of-commerce.html

edited January 14, 2016

My Memo 1 Sucks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-memo-1-sucks-v2.html
posted February 27, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:25 to 23:40

My Memo 1 Sucks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-memo-1-sucks.html
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)

edited January 13, 2016

Hands Raised – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4_13.html

(editing version 3 and original)

edited October 3, 2015

Hands Raised – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/hands-raised-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 25, 2014

Hands Raised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands-raised-v2.html

posted March 1, 2004

written September 3, 200118:45

Hands Raised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/hands-raised.html

first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,

now UNH School of Law

edited January 8, 2016

Swimming in Molasses – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/swimming-in-molasses-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

written September 10, 2001 19:13

Swimming in Molasses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/swimming-in-molasses.html

(Thinking about the readings for the Contracts class

of 9/10/01 and the discussions in Torts

last week on wooden use of aged precedents)

edited January 8, 2016

Yellow Bands – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/yellow-bands-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

written October 20, 2001 22:47

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/yellow-bands.html

(about highlighting text for class discussions)

edited January 8, 2016

Law School – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/law-school-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written 9/3/01 19:25

Law School

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/law-school.html

edited January 8, 2016

Done – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/done-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

January 28, 2004 22:43.

Written on completion of the Education Law Institute paper,

after 2 extensions. Forty-six pages, 12,000 words, and 335 footnotes.

Done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/done.html

edited January 7, 2016

Citations – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/citations-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 18:15

Citations

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/citations.html

about first few weeks of Law School

Legal Writing class

edited December 31, 2015

Building Blocks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/building-blocks-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 12:30

Building Blocks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/building-blocks.html

edited December 30, 2015

First Day – 1L – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-day-1l-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

8/22/01 22:50

First Day – 1L

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/first-day-1l.html

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Friday, February 27, 2004

White Knuckles

Vivid memory
Twenty-five years past
Her hands
Old, blotched, tired
Gripped the sheet metal
Chair below her

White knuckles
Held her fast
Unmoving, denying
Unwilling
To stand
Walk ten feet
Say goodbye
Her daughter
Youngest of seven
Gone before her

We waited
Silently
In pain, like her
Aunt, Daughter,
Sister, mother, friend
Pain no more
For her

Too soon
For us
Staring, waiting
Open sore
Frozen time
Clenched jaw
White knuckles

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edited January 21, 2016

White Knuckles – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/white-knuckles-v2.html

posted February 27, 2004

written 9/19/03 15:20

White Knuckles

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/white-knuckles.html

About the funeral of my aunt, Susan Ring Davidson,

born April 1, 1948, died in September 1978, of cancer.

My grandmother could not get up.

Her youngest was not supposed to go first.

I was one of the pall bearers.

The words came back to me today,

hearing of the death of Sherrie Bettenhausen,

one of the other students in my Mediation class this summer.

Edited 9/19/03 17:15, at suggestion of Roberta Woods,

to add the line about being the youngest of seven.

My Memo 1 Sucks

Wow, I found a thesis sentence
In my title above.
A clear and concise position
I can support
Here, there, everywhere
Weak structure, clumsy citations
Analysis and counter
Glommed together
With explanation and application

You must rewrite you pedantic clod, do something,
Start now, right now!
If you want a chance
To be lucid, cogent, logical -
Hell, readable would be nice -
In a week
So I can make the grade
Take a step
Learn something
Besides that my memo 1 sucks.

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edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004

written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15

Actors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/actors.html

edited January 20, 2016

Kontraxtz – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/kontraxtz-v2.html

posted February 29, 2004

written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40

Kontraxtz

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/kontraxtz.html

edited January 20, 2016

Into the Stream of Commerce – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/into-stream-of-commerce-v2.html

posted March 3, 2004

written 11/14/2002 8:35am

Into the Stream of Commerce

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/into-stream-of-commerce.html

edited January 14, 2016

My Memo 1 Sucks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-memo-1-sucks-v2.html
posted February 27, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:25 to 23:40

My Memo 1 Sucks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-memo-1-sucks.html
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)

edited January 13, 2016

Hands Raised – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4_13.html

(editing version 3 and original)

edited October 3, 2015

Hands Raised – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/hands-raised-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 25, 2014

Hands Raised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands-raised-v2.html

posted March 1, 2004

written September 3, 200118:45

Hands Raised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/hands-raised.html

first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,

now UNH School of Law

edited January 8, 2016

Swimming in Molasses – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/swimming-in-molasses-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

written September 10, 2001 19:13

Swimming in Molasses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/swimming-in-molasses.html

(Thinking about the readings for the Contracts class

of 9/10/01 and the discussions in Torts

last week on wooden use of aged precedents)

edited January 8, 2016

Yellow Bands – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/yellow-bands-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

written October 20, 2001 22:47

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/yellow-bands.html

(about highlighting text for class discussions)

edited January 8, 2016

Law School – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/law-school-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written 9/3/01 19:25

Law School

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/law-school.html

edited January 8, 2016

Done – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/done-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

January 28, 2004 22:43.

Written on completion of the Education Law Institute paper,

after 2 extensions. Forty-six pages, 12,000 words, and 335 footnotes.

Done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/done.html

edited January 7, 2016

Citations – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/citations-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 18:15

Citations

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/citations.html

about first few weeks of Law School

Legal Writing class

edited December 31, 2015

Building Blocks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/building-blocks-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 12:30

Building Blocks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/building-blocks.html

edited December 30, 2015

First Day – 1L – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-day-1l-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

8/22/01 22:50

First Day – 1L

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/first-day-1l.html

Thursday, February 26, 2004

Yellow Bands

Yellow bands
Across the page
Filling the words with power
Focus on fragments
Key facts, rules, history, reasoning
Notes in margin, on pad, on sheets
Remembering important elements
Ready to share in the conversation
Hand in the air of the Rich Room
Something to say,
Share, ask, argue, persuade
From yellow bands
Across my page

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edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004

written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15

Actors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/actors.html

edited January 20, 2016

Kontraxtz – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/kontraxtz-v2.html

posted February 29, 2004

written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40

Kontraxtz

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/kontraxtz.html

edited January 20, 2016

Into the Stream of Commerce – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/into-stream-of-commerce-v2.html

posted March 3, 2004

written 11/14/2002 8:35am

Into the Stream of Commerce

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/into-stream-of-commerce.html

edited January 14, 2016

My Memo 1 Sucks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-memo-1-sucks-v2.html
posted February 27, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:25 to 23:40

My Memo 1 Sucks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-memo-1-sucks.html
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)

edited January 13, 2016

Hands Raised – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4_13.html

(editing version 3 and original)

edited October 3, 2015

Hands Raised – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/hands-raised-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 25, 2014

Hands Raised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands-raised-v2.html

posted March 1, 2004

written September 3, 200118:45

Hands Raised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/hands-raised.html

first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,

now UNH School of Law

edited January 8, 2016

Swimming in Molasses – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/swimming-in-molasses-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

written September 10, 2001 19:13

Swimming in Molasses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/swimming-in-molasses.html

(Thinking about the readings for the Contracts class

of 9/10/01 and the discussions in Torts

last week on wooden use of aged precedents)

edited January 8, 2016

Yellow Bands – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/yellow-bands-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

written October 20, 2001 22:47

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/yellow-bands.html

(about highlighting text for class discussions)

edited January 8, 2016

Law School – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/law-school-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written 9/3/01 19:25

Law School

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/law-school.html

edited January 8, 2016

Done – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/done-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

January 28, 2004 22:43.

Written on completion of the Education Law Institute paper,

after 2 extensions. Forty-six pages, 12,000 words, and 335 footnotes.

Done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/done.html

edited January 7, 2016

Citations – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/citations-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 18:15

Citations

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/citations.html

about first few weeks of Law School

Legal Writing class

edited December 31, 2015

Building Blocks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/building-blocks-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 12:30

Building Blocks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/building-blocks.html

edited December 30, 2015

First Day – 1L – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-day-1l-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

8/22/01 22:50

First Day – 1L

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/first-day-1l.html

Holding onto my Dicta

Gray words on the page, drawing me in
To your spell
May I use you, argue with you
Make my case
Or are you worthless tripe
Drivel wasting font and ink
Needed for ego of the JUSTICE
Venting and spewing
Bile and rhetoric -
Numbing rhetoric,
Numbing rhetoric

Hurting my eggshell cranium/psyche…
Hiding the true
Gist, the nub of it
That I need
For next time,
So I can argue
And win…

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edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004

written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15

Actors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/actors.html

edited January 20, 2016

Kontraxtz – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/kontraxtz-v2.html

posted February 29, 2004

written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40

Kontraxtz

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/kontraxtz.html

edited January 20, 2016

Into the Stream of Commerce – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/into-stream-of-commerce-v2.html

posted March 3, 2004

written 11/14/2002 8:35am

Into the Stream of Commerce

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/into-stream-of-commerce.html

edited January 14, 2016

My Memo 1 Sucks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-memo-1-sucks-v2.html
posted February 27, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:25 to 23:40

My Memo 1 Sucks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-memo-1-sucks.html
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)

edited January 13, 2016

Hands Raised – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4_13.html

(editing version 3 and original)

edited October 3, 2015

Hands Raised – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/hands-raised-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 25, 2014

Hands Raised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands-raised-v2.html

posted March 1, 2004

written September 3, 200118:45

Hands Raised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/hands-raised.html

first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,

now UNH School of Law

edited January 8, 2016

Swimming in Molasses – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/swimming-in-molasses-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

written September 10, 2001 19:13

Swimming in Molasses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/swimming-in-molasses.html

(Thinking about the readings for the Contracts class

of 9/10/01 and the discussions in Torts

last week on wooden use of aged precedents)

edited January 8, 2016

Yellow Bands – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/yellow-bands-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

written October 20, 2001 22:47

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/yellow-bands.html

(about highlighting text for class discussions)

edited January 8, 2016

Law School – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/law-school-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written 9/3/01 19:25

Law School

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/law-school.html

edited January 8, 2016

Done – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/done-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

January 28, 2004 22:43.

Written on completion of the Education Law Institute paper,

after 2 extensions. Forty-six pages, 12,000 words, and 335 footnotes.

Done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/done.html

edited January 7, 2016

Citations – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/citations-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 18:15

Citations

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/citations.html

about first few weeks of Law School

Legal Writing class

edited December 31, 2015

Building Blocks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/building-blocks-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 12:30

Building Blocks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/building-blocks.html

edited December 30, 2015

First Day – 1L – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-day-1l-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

8/22/01 22:50

First Day – 1L

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/first-day-1l.html

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Arthur

Wait ‘till next year
Murmur/ Mantra in a knowing tone -
He’d seen the magic -
World Champions

Bleacher seats
Train ride
When it was our game
Before Ruth wore stripes

Sixty plus years
Puritan patience
Furrowed brow
Wistful hope

Wait ‘till next year
Warm worn cloak
I still wear
Twenty plus years hence

================

edited January 21, 2016

Arthur – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/arthur-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

writing 10/17/03 13:30 to 13:40

Edited 10/20/03, to change yankee to Puritan

Arthur

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/arthur.html

about my paternal grandfather

Arthur Leon Foss

(born 11/30/1888, died September 1978)

and his love of the Boston Red Sox

(written a year before their

2004 World Series Championship,

breaking a 84 year drought)

Swimming in Molasses

Life was simpler
Before Offer
Acceptance
Revocation
Time lapse
Counter offer
Silence as acceptance
Acceptance as mirror image of offer
Oy, give me clarity
Singular perception
Of clear facts

But where is the room
For debate, vision
Cogent thought and reasoned opinion
With Wooden theory
And strict interpretation
Of primary persuasive authority

You gotta like when a precedent is on point
Wow, that almost made sense.

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edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004

written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15

Actors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/actors.html

edited January 20, 2016

Kontraxtz – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/kontraxtz-v2.html

posted February 29, 2004

written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40

Kontraxtz

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/kontraxtz.html

edited January 20, 2016

Into the Stream of Commerce – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/into-stream-of-commerce-v2.html

posted March 3, 2004

written 11/14/2002 8:35am

Into the Stream of Commerce

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/into-stream-of-commerce.html

edited January 14, 2016

My Memo 1 Sucks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-memo-1-sucks-v2.html
posted February 27, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:25 to 23:40

My Memo 1 Sucks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-memo-1-sucks.html
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)

edited January 13, 2016

Hands Raised – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4_13.html

(editing version 3 and original)

edited October 3, 2015

Hands Raised – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/hands-raised-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 25, 2014

Hands Raised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands-raised-v2.html

posted March 1, 2004

written September 3, 200118:45

Hands Raised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/hands-raised.html

first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,

now UNH School of Law

edited January 8, 2016

Swimming in Molasses – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/swimming-in-molasses-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

written September 10, 2001 19:13

Swimming in Molasses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/swimming-in-molasses.html

(Thinking about the readings for the Contracts class

of 9/10/01 and the discussions in Torts

last week on wooden use of aged precedents)

edited January 8, 2016

Yellow Bands – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/yellow-bands-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

written October 20, 2001 22:47

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/yellow-bands.html

(about highlighting text for class discussions)

edited January 8, 2016

Law School – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/law-school-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written 9/3/01 19:25

Law School

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/law-school.html

edited January 8, 2016

Done – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/done-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

January 28, 2004 22:43.

Written on completion of the Education Law Institute paper,

after 2 extensions. Forty-six pages, 12,000 words, and 335 footnotes.

Done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/done.html

edited January 7, 2016

Citations – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/citations-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 18:15

Citations

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/citations.html

about first few weeks of Law School

Legal Writing class

edited December 31, 2015

Building Blocks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/building-blocks-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 12:30

Building Blocks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/building-blocks.html

edited December 30, 2015

First Day – 1L – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-day-1l-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

8/22/01 22:50

First Day – 1L

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/first-day-1l.html

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Other photographs

Before I started writing poetry, one of my main artistic releases was photography. Here are a sample of other photos:

Lilacs
Ibis
Swimmer
Scottish Road
Ants
Blue flag iris
Touchdown UNH
Fiddleheads
Sunkist
Sean Matile, March 6, 1999
Landing
Fisheye
Under water

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,650+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Ode to Cage

Must I approach
Silence loudly
Not to infringe?
Did I steal his thunder
In church, yesterday

Inner voice, unspoken
Thought, desires
Freed
In the blank space
Not the void

Other sounds encroach
Push through
Into consciousness
Enrich, enthrall
Permeate

Hearing silence

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edited January 8, 2016

Ode to Cage – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/ode-to-cage-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/ode-to-cage-v2_8.html

February 23, 2004 12:30-14:05

Ode to Cage

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/ode-to-cage.html

discussed in Introduction to Intellectual Property class

Franklin Pierce Law Center

John Cage’s piece 4’33”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY7UK-6aaNA

going to church

Wesley United Methodist Church

www.concordwumc.org

February 22, 2004

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,570+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Monday, February 23, 2004

Reds

Rich vibrant, living color
Dying on the branch
In glory as I drive by
A canopy over my way
Or buttresses along the living border
Of the blacktop I traverse

Saturated, tickling synapses
Charming my eyes, beguiling
Oranges, yellows, and reds:
Candy apple, empire, merlot, barn and fire engine
Fighting for their share, their due
On the canvas

Tree after tree, mile on mile
On the ground, the road, the sky
In clouds and whirls
Filling my vision
Sun sky clouds frame the mood
Backdrop and highlight
Juxtaposed light and shadow
Fall clouds, showers and rainbow
Over the harvested corn field,
Ground turned over
And rolling hills beyond
A curtain call of October
For the failing blood
The fleeting chlorophyll
Gone for another season, another cycle

Neither etched nor burned into memory
But part of the collective
The knowing - fall near and at home
Warm and enduring again
Comfort food for other senses

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edited September 30, 2017

Reds – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/reds-v3.html

edited January 8, 2016

Reds – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/reds-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written October 17, 2001 15:30 to 15:40

Reds

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/reds.html

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 45,040 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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Law School

Discipline
Time management
Confidence -
Shutting out doubt
Focus, for once focus
Eyes on the prize

New world,
New place, new words
Student again
Possibilities and risk
Getting my feet under me
Seeing the format before me
Taking time to absorb

Organization,
Schedule
Reading, notes
Preparing,
Studying,
Writing
Debate
Competition

Discussing but working alone,
After years of teamwork
Keeping my voice,
Correct paradigm,
Clear authority
Precise citations
And rewriting

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edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004