The preceding 6 poems were written between 11pm and 11:45pm last night.
All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 18,760+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Baptismal Waters
Two pitchers, two bowls
Two pair of hands
of the pastor and the proconsul
Metaphorical markers of a life well spent
Water poured ritually from pitcher to bowl
hear it clatter and swirl
Close your eyes, feel the liquid on your skin
as you are preacher or Pilate
One dips his hands into the living water
rests them on His head in blessing, a sacrament
The counterpart cups his hands in the deep
washes his hands of him
gives the Son over to the mob,
in verdict and fulfillment
Two pair of hands
of the pastor and the proconsul
Metaphorical markers of a life well spent
Water poured ritually from pitcher to bowl
hear it clatter and swirl
Close your eyes, feel the liquid on your skin
as you are preacher or Pilate
One dips his hands into the living water
rests them on His head in blessing, a sacrament
The counterpart cups his hands in the deep
washes his hands of him
gives the Son over to the mob,
in verdict and fulfillment
-----------------
edited August
15, 2019
Holy Water –
v4
edited July
28, 2019
Holy Water –
v3
edited July
28, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v5
edited July
28, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v4
(editing
original again)
edited July
15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v3
edited January
15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v2
&
edited January
15, 2019
Holy Water –
v2
(edited after
contact by composer, Gwyneth Walker, who wanted to
use the poem
for a choir composition
&
January 11,
2006 23:25
Holy Water
Mark 1:9-13, 15
&
January 11,
2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal
Waters
Matthew
27:24-26
&
January 11,
2006 23:30
Baptism
(about Dad’t
baptism, November 1990)
All of my
poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at
Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)
for usage. See all 51,450 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
Christ, Spirit, God, Faith, love,
grace, Pastor Ruth Foss, poem, prayer, sacrifice, Messiah, manger, cross,
journey, New Year’s Resolution, WWJD,
#Christ #God #Spirit #Faith #love
#grace #poem #prayer #hope #USA #America #mercy #sacrifice #Messiah #manger
#cross #Immanuel #Emmanuel #journey #WWJD #NewYearsResolution
===============
Christ,
Spirit, God, Faith, grace, poem, prayer, Messiah, Advent, Emmanuel, Christmas,
hope, love, peace, joy, King, Epiphany, Epiphany of the Lord Sunday, star,
Magi,
#Christ #God
#Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poem #prayer #hope #communion #King #mercy
#Messiah #Advent #Immanuel #Emmanuel #Christmas #joy #peace #star #Magi
#Epiphany
===============
Christ,
Spirit, God, Faith, grace, poem, prayer, Messiah, Emmanuel, hope, love, peace,
joy, baptism, Baptism of the Lord Sunday, water, washed, water mark,
#Jesus #Christ
#God #Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poem #prayer #hope #mercy #Messiah #Emmanuel
#baptism #BaptismoftheLordSunday #water #washed #BaptismoftheLord #watermark
divine,
gospel, hope, Jordan River, journey, Messiah, Mission, salvation, Savior,
Spirit, God, Faith, grace, poem, prayer, love, baptism, Baptism of the Lord
Sunday, water, water mark,
#Jesus #Christ
#God #Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poem #prayer #hope #Messiah #baptism #water
#washed #BaptismoftheLord #JordanRiver #Savior
Baptism
A stoic Yankee
A Baptist bowl
and a lot of water
met for a moment
one November day
Some fifteen years gone bye
Back erect
Arms folded across your chest
You fell back into loving arms
joining a fellowship, a community
a new walk, a reconnection
a new life up from the waters of life
A Baptist bowl
and a lot of water
met for a moment
one November day
Some fifteen years gone bye
Back erect
Arms folded across your chest
You fell back into loving arms
joining a fellowship, a community
a new walk, a reconnection
a new life up from the waters of life
-----------------
edited August
15, 2019
Holy Water –
v4
edited July
28, 2019
Holy Water –
v3
edited July
28, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v5
edited July
28, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v4
(editing
original again)
edited July
15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v3
edited January
15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v2
&
edited January
15, 2019
Holy Water –
v2
(edited after
contact by composer, Gwyneth Walker, who wanted to
use the poem
for a choir composition
&
January 11,
2006 23:25
Holy Water
Mark 1:9-13, 15
&
January 11,
2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal
Waters
Matthew
27:24-26
&
January 11,
2006 23:30
Baptism
(about Dad’t
baptism, November 1990)
All of my
poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at
Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)
for usage. See all 51,450 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
Christ, Spirit, God, Faith, love,
grace, Pastor Ruth Foss, poem, prayer, sacrifice, Messiah, manger, cross,
journey, New Year’s Resolution, WWJD,
#Christ #God #Spirit #Faith #love
#grace #poem #prayer #hope #USA #America #mercy #sacrifice #Messiah #manger
#cross #Immanuel #Emmanuel #journey #WWJD #NewYearsResolution
===============
Christ,
Spirit, God, Faith, grace, poem, prayer, Messiah, Advent, Emmanuel, Christmas,
hope, love, peace, joy, King, Epiphany, Epiphany of the Lord Sunday, star,
Magi,
#Christ #God
#Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poem #prayer #hope #communion #King #mercy
#Messiah #Advent #Immanuel #Emmanuel #Christmas #joy #peace #star #Magi
#Epiphany
===============
Christ,
Spirit, God, Faith, grace, poem, prayer, Messiah, Emmanuel, hope, love, peace,
joy, baptism, Baptism of the Lord Sunday, water, washed, water mark,
#Jesus #Christ
#God #Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poem #prayer #hope #mercy #Messiah #Emmanuel
#baptism #BaptismoftheLordSunday #water #washed #BaptismoftheLord #watermark
divine,
gospel, hope, Jordan River, journey, Messiah, Mission, salvation, Savior,
Spirit, God, Faith, grace, poem, prayer, love, baptism, Baptism of the Lord
Sunday, water, water mark,
#Jesus #Christ
#God #Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poem #prayer #hope #Messiah #baptism #water
#washed #BaptismoftheLord #JordanRiver #Savior
Holy Water
The divine was revealed
made clean, prepared, anointed
not with a crown;
but with water
not in the Temple
but in the Jordan,
in the wilderness
Submitting to an act of trust,
a washing away of sin
in supplication and fulfillment
to begin his own journey
his mission, his fate
our savior.
made clean, prepared, anointed
not with a crown;
but with water
not in the Temple
but in the Jordan,
in the wilderness
Submitting to an act of trust,
a washing away of sin
in supplication and fulfillment
to begin his own journey
his mission, his fate
our savior.
-----------------
edited February
16, 2020
Holy Water –
v5
(editing
original again)
Gwyneth Walker’s
composer’s notes:
edited August
15, 2019
Holy Water –
v4
edited July
28, 2019
Holy Water –
v3
edited July
28, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v5
edited July
28, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v4
(editing
original again)
edited July
15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v3
edited January
15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v2
&
edited January
15, 2019
Holy Water –
v2
(edited after
contact by composer, Gwyneth Walker, who wanted to
use the poem
for a choir composition
&
January 11,
2006 23:25
Holy Water
Mark 1:9-13,
15
&
January 11,
2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal
Waters
Matthew
27:24-26
&
January 11,
2006 23:30
Baptism
(about Dad’t
baptism, November 1990)
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted
by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. All
rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)
for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems
at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
Christ, Spirit, God, Faith, love,
grace, Pastor Ruth Foss, poem, prayer, sacrifice, Messiah, manger, cross,
journey, New Year’s Resolution, WWJD,
#Christ #God #Spirit #Faith #love
#grace #poem #prayer #hope #USA #America #mercy #sacrifice #Messiah #manger
#cross #Immanuel #Emmanuel #journey #WWJD #NewYearsResolution
===============
Christ,
Spirit, God, Faith, grace, poem, prayer, Messiah, Advent, Emmanuel, Christmas,
hope, love, peace, joy, King, Epiphany, Epiphany of the Lord Sunday, star,
Magi,
#Christ #God
#Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poem #prayer #hope #communion #King #mercy
#Messiah #Advent #Immanuel #Emmanuel #Christmas #joy #peace #star #Magi
#Epiphany
===============
Christ,
Spirit, God, Faith, grace, poem, prayer, Messiah, Emmanuel, hope, love, peace,
joy, baptism, Baptism of the Lord Sunday, water, washed, water mark,
#Jesus #Christ
#God #Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poem #prayer #hope #mercy #Messiah #Emmanuel
#baptism #BaptismoftheLordSunday #water #washed #BaptismoftheLord #watermark
====================
divine,
gospel, hope, Jordan River, journey, Messiah, Mission, salvation, Savior,
Spirit, God, Faith, grace, poem, prayer, love, baptism, Baptism of the Lord
Sunday, water, water mark, Gwyneth Walker,
#Jesus #Christ
#God #Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poem #prayer #hope #Messiah #baptism #water
#washed #BaptismoftheLord #JordanRiver #Savior #GwynethWalker #poetry
Little Victories
Little miracles
blessed my way
this day, this week
Walking your path
doing your work
Here, now, in the world
Believing enough,
risking so much,
to do your will.
Hearing your quiet call
seeing your hand on my own
using your Gifts given to me
to protect them.
1/11/06 23:19
All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 18,760+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
blessed my way
this day, this week
Walking your path
doing your work
Here, now, in the world
Believing enough,
risking so much,
to do your will.
Hearing your quiet call
seeing your hand on my own
using your Gifts given to me
to protect them.
1/11/06 23:19
All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 18,760+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
God’s Eye
Through the white rims
of the slate grey clouds
this winter morning
I peered upward
and saw God’s eye
Bright round sunlight
Pearled by my mind’s eye
A pupil clear as a picture
Caressed in the cumulous flesh
Smiling on my journey
down the highway
to do His will.
1/11/06 23:15
All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 18,760+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
of the slate grey clouds
this winter morning
I peered upward
and saw God’s eye
Bright round sunlight
Pearled by my mind’s eye
A pupil clear as a picture
Caressed in the cumulous flesh
Smiling on my journey
down the highway
to do His will.
1/11/06 23:15
All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 18,760+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
The Island in my mind
(in my mind)
There is a place where only I can go
A space of solitary quietude
a singular solitude
where my thoughts can roam
Ponder and probe
Mull and meander down paths
only I would follow
Away from the noise around me
Finding a centering, a grounding
in the island of my mind.
There is a place where only I can go
A space of solitary quietude
a singular solitude
where my thoughts can roam
Ponder and probe
Mull and meander down paths
only I would follow
Away from the noise around me
Finding a centering, a grounding
in the island of my mind.
----------------------------
edited August 5,
2019
The Island in my
mind – v2
1/11/06 23:00,
edited 1/12/06 12:41
The Island in my
mind
All of my poems,
photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray
Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 51,260+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
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