Raymond A. Foss, a poem by Zachary Collie

Raymond Foss is the poet I chose.
According to his poems only heaven knows.
He was born April 1, 1960.
We don’t know if his parent’s were fifty.

Westfield, Massachusetts was where he was born.
I think that his daddy may have blown his horn.
He has four sisters and brothers.
We know that there were no others.

The University of New Hampshire he did attend.
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science earned in the end.
He also earned a Master of Public Administration.
He graduated from Pierce Law Center with great admiration.

He married Ruth Foss.
He will tell you that it was anything but a loss.
Erica, Shayanne, and Shanequa three girls they had.
They were both so very glad.

He practiced law to earn a living.
Poetry was his true giving.
11,434 poems he has written.
With his love for poetry, he is like a kitten.

He said that his poetry is a gift from GOD.
No one would think that this is odd.
He created a site called Poetry Where You Live.
All he wants to do is give, give, and give.

He said that with poetry you can paint a picture.
You can capture a moment in an adventure.
A smell, a scene in a handful of words you can create.
When writing poetry he will not hesitate.

His favorite book is The Bible.
It is the one thing that is still reliable.
His love for his family is unending.
His love for his GOD is without an ending.

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Copyright Zachary Collie, 2011; all rights reserved.
used with permission,
written for a student project
Mrs. Graves' class
Dillard Middle School
Blanch, NC

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