Future Curmudgeons

I can see them,
In my mind,
Fifty years hence
Two old friends, by then
Friendly banter, tall tales
Fish stories

There they were,
On the bank of the pond,
Seven or nine,
No more than that

Fishing poles, tackle box,
Knotted line,
And a net between them
Thick with the muck and wet
As they try to catch the big one

Hornpout and koi, and goldfish
As big as their arms
Just out of reach
In the murk
Or surfacing
Too near to forget

Seasoned veterans
Already, or so they seem.
On the their own
In the park,
Under the July sun

No waders yet;
But they will come
Along with more practiced yarns
Told with echoes of memory
When they are older

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edited November 15, 2018

Future Curmudgeons – v2

July 10, 2004

Future Curmudgeons

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/future-curmudgeons.html

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Full Strawberry Moon

Was that right, or
Maybe a rose moon
Shared that night in June
Hovering behind
A curtain of mist
Humid air
On my lenses

Stare at our satellite
See the face in orange
And dusty rose
Full moon, new blood
Across the miles
Seeing it together
Though apart

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edited November 3, 2018

Full Strawberry Moon – v2

July 8, 2004

Full Strawberry Moon

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/full-strawberry-moon.html

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Frozen Image

A walk in the woods
Down the path
Away from the road,
Bustle of the highway
Cold of winter
Catch of air
Crunch of snow
Snap of branch

A burst of downy wings
Festooned the ground
A vole track
Ended abruptly

Impressions
Catches of light and shadow
The beat of predator feathers
Pressed
Thrust into the crust

Frozen image
Fleeting, under melting
Life and death
Of the road
Down the path

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edited November 4, 2018

Frozen Image – v5

(editing version 1)

Edited June 24, 2004 19:13, adding a 4^th stanza.

Frozen Image – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/frozen-image_12.html

Edited June 24, 2004 22:02, with more of me.

Frozen Image – version 3

Edited June 30, 2004 22:41-22:52

Frozen Image – version 2

July 12, 2004

Frozen Image – v1

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/frozen-image.html

June 24, 2004 15:26, about a walk on the http://hikenh.netfirms.com/TDNinete.htm

Nineteen Mile Brook Trail

http://www.hike-nh.com/trips/carter/index.shtml

Alternate site, off Router 16 just up from the Mt. Washington Auto Road,

one January morning 5 years ago.

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Poems written year to date

I have now written 100 poems since January 1, 2004, including the 5 written tonight.

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Senioritis

Are we done
Oh, yeah
Words, lectures
Blur, babble
Stumble out of bed
Clothes, clean or dirty
Unshaven, unkempt
Skim and prepare
To get by
Mark the time
Check the calendar
Finish line
Come



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Half Staffs

D-Day and The Fourth
Bookends of a month
In the life of the Nation
The death of a President

Reminders each day
Against blue sky or grey
Of sacrifices, and lives lost
Defending our rights

Freedom isn’t free
The media doesn’t see
The good of the troops
In those lands of sand and
Minarets, martyrs
And madmen

Freedom, food, water, hope
On the line, in the chaos,
In the storm, in the desert,
In the streets of Baghdad

Snap in the breeze, or limp on the cord
Sentries marking the honor
To a man, I didn’t support
But honor, nonetheless
For his optimism, faith
In this place, this idea

The rightness of our dream
Lost for so long in the malaise
The hurt from Dallas to Tehran

On guard still,
Our finest in the field
Pawns or patriots, whatever your view

Remember to vote, to have a say
To remember them all

Snap to attention,
And pledge allegiance
To this nation

For it’s the best hope
As Reagan knew, and we do too
So whether half staff or whole
We remember the call,
The duty we share,

To herald the hope,
The dream we hold dear
This Fourth and all year.


Writtten 6/28/04 9:33pm
Edited 7/5/04 16:36, based on the way I did the reading at the Agape Café section of the Wesley United Methodist Church 4th of July celebration

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Half Masts

D-Day and The Fourth
Bookends of a month
In the life of the Nation
The death of a President
Reminders each day
Against blue sky or grey
Of sacrifices, and lives lost
Defending our rights

Freedom isn’t free
The media doesn’t see
The good of the troops
In those lands of sand and
Minarets, martyrs and madmen

Freedom, food, water, hope
On the line, in the chaos,
In the storm, in the desert, in the streets

Snap in the breeze, or limp on the cord
Sentries marking the honor
To a man, I didn’t support
But honor, nonetheless
For his optimism, faith
In this place, this idea

The rightness of our dream
Lost for so long in the malaise
The hurt from Dallas to Tehran

On guard still,
Our finest in the field
Pawns or patriots, whatever your view
Remember to vote, to have a say
To remember them all
Snap to attention,
And pledge allegiance
To this nation

For it’s the best hope
As Reagan knew, and we do too
So whether half staff or whole
We remember the call, the duty
We share, to herald the hope,
The dream we hold dear
This Fourth and all year.

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