Quiet

Quiet
in the law school
Late at night,
after papers, exams
Between time
Late March,
Early April
Still halls
Empty rooms
Tidy, Calm
Lights hum
Vents blow
A silent nod
Curt conversation
Rain falling
Warm and wet
Enveloping
Ensuring
Quiet

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Bliss

Cup a Joe
bench, turned to the sun
head cocked to the rays
photograys
friendly banter
warmth on my face
time to kill
between studies


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Image sizes

I discovered that I got a little too ambitious in increasing the sizes of the pictures on the site. I have reduced them again and will check to see how they display on my laptop. I think I'll use that as my template. I didn't want the images all to fall to the bottom, which seems to be happening for smaller screens. Please email me Ray Foss if it is happening to you and I will fine tune the sizing. Thanks.

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Plans

For the future
for after
taking shape
buzz in the halls –

Do you know what you’re doing?
Do you have a job?

So much to do, so many moments await
after we wake from the three-year bubble
the pause in the road
For lawyer training

So many paths among us
Wondering, hoping


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Sons and Daughters

Uncle Ray! Uncle Ray!
Uncle Ray’s here!
Excited voices,
Greeting my arrival home.

Shouts of my
Nieces and nephews,
Bearing witness to
Their innocence, their love
Filling my heart

Eleven unique, precious souls
Blood of my blood
True individuals
Cherished, loved

Knowing you now
After so many lost years
Giving me more
Than I share with you
Time, wonder, moments

Boys and girls still
But my teachers
Each of you
On how to live my life
Thrilled to share special time
With you

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Palmetto

A slower pace
On the Banks
Palmettos sway
Translucent green
Or tawny papyrus
brown
Mesmerize
A northerner
Away from the beach

Under the cabana
Shade, drink, a stack of books
Novels, mysteries –
Spencer novels
Luxuriate in the chair

Summer reading
To while the hours
In the warm
Without watch or watcher
To steal the mood

Bare feet in the sand
A motion over the book
A cord of pelicans slid by
Through the heat waves
Muting the horizon

Warm water,
Flush with jellyfish
Twinges around the ankles
Not refreshing
Slippery water
Saw grass sings
From sand in the breeze
A smell of summer
Before the palmettos
By the house

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edited November 2, 2018

Palmetto – v2

March 23, 2004

Palmetto

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/palmetto.html

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