Oh, She is Old

A Decade, double digits
and all of that
Today is her birthday
so give a cheer
for the divine Miss E
Big Sissy, and ErriKa

A girl with a knack
to push, to hug, to test
To Test, to Test
Surely you jest
to see the vein on our head
pulse and pop
a chance to see the limits
what she can do

A loving child
eager to please
and go with the flow
one who is surely in the know
so lend an ear
for we hold her
oh so dear
Miss Erica
has lived to see another year


June 16, 2006
Erica’s Birthday

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A Carpet of Clover

In the small space
the spare bedroom-sized place
between the maple tree
and the shrub, just beyond
the dandelion patch
a carpet of clover
sways in the June breeze
new blooms bursting
ready for the harvest
of little hands,
of shrieks of joy
and giggles of wonder

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edited March 8, 2018

A Carpet of Clover – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-carpet-of-clover-v3.html

edited October 12, 2014

A Carpet of Clover – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-carpet-of-clover-v2.html

June 14, 2006 6:25am

A Carpet of Clover

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/06/carpet-of-clover.html

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To the Park

To the Park

Here they are,
the giggle sisters
Mischief and Mayhem
(along with their older sister Chaos)
on the way to play
in the park with Daddy
to run and race
to climb and slide
testing his ability
to watch three of them
with two eyes
Free in the sun
after days of rain
time to put dad through his paces
while mom’s at school

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edited March 8, 2018

To the Park – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/to-park-v2.html

after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems

on Literary Devices site about my poetry

https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/

June 14, 2006 5:50am

To the Park

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/06/to-park.html

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A Thorn in My Side

I am weak; thank you God
for my humility, for the impediment
to my vanity,
that forces me to rely on you,
on Your Grace

To lean on you and to place my trust
on fertile ground, to heed your call
to do your work, in the vineyard,
calling in the wilderness,
on the distant road, in foreign lands

My trust in you Oh my God
the God of my ancestors, of Abraham
and David
Made flesh in my Savior
my guide on this path you have put me on

Like Moses, with speech
or the pain in Jacob’s hip,
I am of clay, needing your strength,
your grace, to exhort, to testify
to use my gifts
in your service

June 13, 2006 11:01
2 Corinthians 12:2-10

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God’s Grace

What a wonderful gift
undeserved and oh so great
He has given each of us
so blessed are we by the awesome
the wondrous nature of
His benevolence
His love for us
His outpouring in covenant
to His people, those who hear
and know the Master’s voice
paid by the price
of His Son’s blood
for you and me


June 13, 2006 10:49


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