Feeling the peace of that moment

Sensing their spirits
in this hallowed space
the hallowed ground I walked on
feeling their warm embrace

The stillness of the dusk
the bright sun before its dying
sharing this moment with them
the saints who guard this space

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edited January 15, 2016

Entering with Them – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/entering-with-them-v8.html

(merging edits to original, version 7, version 6, version 5,

version 4, version 3, and version 2)

edited December 4, 2015

Entering with Them – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/entering-with-them-v7.html

(Editing original)

edited August 19, 2015

Entering with Them – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/entering-with-them-v6.html

(editing version 2)

edited May 9, 2015

Entering with Them – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/05/entering-with-them-v5.html

(editing original again)

Edited October 8, 2014

-          Entering with Them – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/entering-with-them-v4.html

-          The Elders Gathered – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-elders-gathered-v3.html

-          Feeling the peace of that moment – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/feeling-peace-of-that-moment-v3.html

-          Entering with Them – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/entering-with-them-v3.html

-          Stillness in the Chapel – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/stillness-in-chapel-v3.html

-          A Kiss of Their Presence – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-kiss-of-their-presence-v2.html

-          A Sense of a Presence – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-sense-of-presence-v2.html

-          A Heavy Presence – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-heavy-presence-v2.html

-          The Weight of Their Presence – v2

-          http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-weight-of-their-presence-v2.html

edited May 27, 2015

behind their eyes – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/05/behind-their-eyes-v2.html

new October 8, 2014

behind their eyes

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/behind-their-eyes.html

edited June 11, 2015

The Rough Hewn Cross – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-rough-hewn-cross-v6.html

(editing version 5)

Edited October 13, 2013

“The Rough Hewn Cross – v5”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-rough-hewn-cross-v5.html

(editing version 4)

Edited September 2, 2013

“Standing in Their Presence – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/standing-in-their-presence-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited July 16, 2013

-          “The Rough Hewn Cross – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-rough-hewn-cross-v4.html

(editing original again)

-          “The Rough Hewn Cross – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-rough-hewn-cross-v3.html

(editing version 2)

Edited November 29, 2012

-          “The Rough Hewn Cross – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-rough-hewn-cross-v2.html

-           “The Elders Gathered – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-elders-gathered-v2.html

-           “Standing in Their Presence – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/standing-in-their-presence-v2.html

-           “Feeling the Peace of that Moment – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/feeling-peace-of-that-moment-v2.html

-           “Entering with Them – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/entering-with-them-v2.html

-           “Stillness in the Chapel – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/stillness-in-chapel-v2.html

&

New poems November 29, 2012

-          “A Heavy Presence”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-heavy-presence.html

-           “A Kiss of Their Presence”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-sense-of-presence.html

-          “The Weight of Their Presence”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-weight-of-their-presence.html

-           “A Sense of Presence”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-sense-of-presence.html

about certain places seeming to have

an aura of a physical manifestation

of the spirit world

&

earlier poems, June 9, 2010:

-          Feeling the peace of that moment

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/feeling-peace-of-that-moment.html

-          The Rough Hewn Cross

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/rough-hewn-cross.html

-          Standing in Their Presence

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/standing-in-their-presence.html

-          The Elders Gathered

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/elders-gathered.html

-          Entering with Them

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/entering-with-them.html

-          Stillness in the Chapel

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/stillness-in-chapel.html

about time in the outdoor chapel

http://www.pembrokechurch.org/

at First Congregational Church of Pembroke

301 Pembroke Street

Pembroke, NH

June 7, 2010, about 7:45pm

&

Edited November 28, 2012

“Smell of Snow – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/smell-of-snow-v2.html

Friday, December 03, 2004 8:27

“Smell of Snow”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/12/smell-of-snow.html

and other poems

Edited September 20, 2012

“Snow in the Air – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/snow-in-air-v2.html

December 30, 2006 12:08

“Snow in the Air”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/snow-in-air.html

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