We are to be Love

We are to be Christ
to love as he loved
to sacrifice, to welcome
open arms, our hearts
to the others, the lost
those who God calls
who obey his commands
grafted as we are
into the vine, into Christ
our sisters and brothers
who we are to love
to love as Christ loved
all our family
our family of faith

June 16, 2012

United Methodist position on homosexuality

http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=4746363&ct=3169111

&

United Methodist Book of Discipline

Human Sexuality

http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066287&ct=6467529

calling homosexuality “incompatible with Christian teaching”

&

Letter From a Holy Friend or Why I've Lost Patience

with the United Methodist Church

http://gatordukie.blogspot.com/2012/06/letter-from-holy-friend-or-why-ive-lost.html

&

Mark 3:31-35 (The Message Bible)

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers

1 Samuel 16:14-23 (NRSV Bible)

David Plays the Lyre for Saul

Worship Theme: “Family”

Call to Worship (Abington Worship 2012)

Unison Prayer (Abington Worship 2012)

Prayer of Dedication (GBOD 2012, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1)

Offertory, Hymn, “They will know we are Christians” (UMH #402)

Hymn, “We are Called” (TFWS #2172)(Micah 6:8)

and sermon, “You Need Two Families”

by Pastor Ruth Foss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.ahandmaidenofthelord.blogspot.com 

http://pastorruth.posterous.com/ 

A Handmaiden of the Lord

http://www.suncookumc.org 

Suncook United Methodist Church

http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965

Suncook, NH

June 10, 2012

Second Sunday of Kingdomtide

&

Mark 11:15-19

Jesus cleansing the Temple

sermon by Ziegler Award winner,

Reverend Gary Richards

http://www.newcovenant-umc.org/?q=content/meet-our-pastor

speaking of the Methodist Movement as a

Resistance Movement,

something that made some people very uncomfortable

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/380

New England United Methodist Church

http://www.neumc.org/

https://twitter.com/#!/neumc

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23neumc

led by Bishop Peter Weaver

&

Mark 2:22

presentation by NEUMC delegates

to General Conference 2012

http://www.unitedmethodistreporter.com/2012/06/new-england-conference-delegation-no-common-identity-for-umc/

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/380

New England United Methodist Church

http://www.neumc.org/

https://twitter.com/#!/neumc

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23neumc

led by Bishop Peter Weaver

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/318

June 6, 2012 to June 9, 2012

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

calming the frightened deer

the eyes of our clients
panic in the hallway
the steps of the court
as an animal, a deer
caught in the woods
nowhere to run
the wolves on the hunt
not knowing what to do
only wanting to run
calming the frightened deer
to bring them back
regaining some composure
some semblance they are man
supposedly governed
by reason, by thought
yet for an instant propelled
back eons of life
returning to a more primitive state
where law has no meaning
not knowing what to do
only wanting to run

edited February 7, 2015

calming the frightened deer – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/calming-frightened-deer-v7.html

(merging edits to version 5 and version 6)

edited April 12, 2014

calming the frightened deer – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/calming-frightened-deer-v6.html

(editing original again)

Edited November 9, 2013

calming the frightened deer – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/calming-frightened-deer-v5.html

(editing version 2 again)

Edited October 1, 2013

calming the frightened deer – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/calming-frightened-deer-v4.html

(editing version 2)

Edited August 30, 2013

calming the frightened deer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/calming-frightened-deer-v3.html

Edited June 19, 2013 and June 20, 2013

calming the frightened deer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/calming-frightened-deer-v2.html

June 16, 2012

calming the frightened deer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/calming-frightened-deer.html

&

edited February 6, 2015

A hiss of the snake – v11

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-hiss-of-snake-v11.html

(editing version 8)

edited November 26, 2014

A hiss of the snake – v10

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-hiss-of-snake-v10.html

(editing version 3)

edited November 19, 2014

A hiss of the snake – v9

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-hiss-of-snake-v9.html

(editing original again)

edited May 14, 2014

A hiss of the snake – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-hiss-of-snake-v8.html

(editing version 6)

which had 17 page views on 5/14/14)

edited February 19, 2014

A hiss of the snake – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-hiss-of-snake-v7.html

(editing original again)

Edited December 24, 2013

A hiss of the snake – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-hiss-of-snake-v6.html

(editing version 2)

Edited November 29, 2013

“A hiss of the snake – v5”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-hiss-of-snake-v5.html

(editing original again)

Edited September 29, 2013

“A hiss of the snake – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-hiss-of-snake-v4.html

(editing original again)

Edited August 1, 2013

“A hiss of the snake – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-hiss-of-snake-v3.html

June 30, 2012

“A hiss of the snake – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/hiss-of-snake-v2.html

see also

edited July 2, 2012

(adding fifth verse)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/one-wakes-within-us-v3.html

started writing after reading

“one wakes within us – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/one-wakes-within-us-v2.html

July 2, 2012

at the Poet’s Corner

monthly poetry readings

Suncook Senior Center

edited July 1, 2012

&

June 30, 2012

“A hiss of the snake”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/hiss-of-snake.html

June 29, 2012

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/one-wakes-within-us.html

Chapter Two of book ,A General Theory of Love

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375709223/104-5531350-4503140

entitled “Kits, Cats, Sacks, and Uncertainty”

with Gene Wolfe quote

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/76285

&

written after attending

and beginning to read the handouts from

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

mirror neurons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

&

It Takes a Village

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village

&

It Takes a Family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Family

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 35,760+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God chooses the family

our adoption, all believers
not by our choosing
not be genetics, by blood
God chooses our family
all believers, all who obey
all our sisters, our brothers
we are called to love
as Christ loved us
not with rules or preconditions
as Christ loves us
willing to pay our price
willing to go to the cross


June 16, 2012
United Methodist position on homosexuality
http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=4746363&ct=3169111
&
United Methodist Book of Discipline
Human Sexuality
http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066287&ct=6467529
calling homosexuality “incompatible with Christian teaching”
&
Letter From a Holy Friend or Why I've Lost Patience
with the United Methodist Church
http://gatordukie.blogspot.com/2012/06/letter-from-holy-friend-or-why-ive-lost.html
&
Mark 3:31-35 (The Message Bible)
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
1 Samuel 16:14-23 (NRSV Bible)
David Plays the Lyre for Saul
Worship Theme: “Family”
Call to Worship (Abington Worship 2012)
Unison Prayer (Abington Worship 2012)
Prayer of Dedication (GBOD 2012, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1)
Offertory, Hymn, “They will know we are Christians” (UMH #402)
Hymn, “We are Called” (TFWS #2172)(Micah 6:8)
and sermon, “You Need Two Families”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss
http://www.ahandmaidenofthelord.blogspot.com
http://pastorruth.posterous.com/
A Handmaiden of the Lord
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
June 10, 2012
Second Sunday of Kingdomtide
&
Mark 11:15-19
Jesus cleansing the Temple
sermon by Ziegler Award winner,
Reverend Gary Richards
http://www.newcovenant-umc.org/?q=content/meet-our-pastor
speaking of the Methodist Movement as a
Resistance Movement,
something that made some people very uncomfortable
Annual Conference
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/380
New England United Methodist Church
http://www.neumc.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/neumc
https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23neumc
led by Bishop Peter Weaver
&
Mark 2:22
presentation by NEUMC delegates
to General Conference 2012
http://www.unitedmethodistreporter.com/2012/06/new-england-conference-delegation-no-common-identity-for-umc/
Annual Conference
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/380
New England United Methodist Church
http://www.neumc.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/neumc
https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23neumc
led by Bishop Peter Weaver
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/318
June 6, 2012 to June 9, 2012

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 18,740+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Losing all perspective

coming together with a plan
how we are to argue
to win the day in court
our moment to reach conclusion
a word said a certain way
a muscle twitched in answer
sending them into a spin
caught by ancient emotion
losing all perspective
fear gripping one
the other blathering in anger

June 16, 2012
written after attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html
http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html
http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253
http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
June 14, 2012
&
triune brain
http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html
http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm
&
Amygdala hijack - wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack
&
subliminal persuasion
priming
video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

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 18,740+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Governed by the snake

Thinking we are so evolved
able to reason, to think
but in panic, in fear
we are governed by the snake
Our breathing rapid
our heart rate brisk
unable to reason, unable to think
in the grip of the moment
Lost in our fear, primal
as so long ago
reverting to the primitive
survival, where to go

June 16, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Self-aware

A myth we believe
told, reinforced
that we know what we want
self-aware of ourselves
Yet truly a mystery
the mind, our emotions
our link to the distant past
our lives on the savannah

June 16, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Bounded Individuals

Free of connection
each man an island
the fallacy of independence
when we must be nurtured
when we are born

Bounded individuals
refined by reason, by logic
as if we can survive alone
as if we also make good choices

June 16, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,500+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Rational by nature

Believing our own lies
the myth of reason
that we are rational by nature
above passions, emotions
our lives under control
our brains elevated
enlightened, thinking
far above the animals

June 16, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,500+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Reacting

Encoded, programmed
no time for decision
fight or flight, movement
instinctive, a primitive level
All in a split second
reacting - go or no go
primal brain for survive
attached to the spinal cord

June 16, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Feeling

Social creatures
caring for our young
they are vulnerable, helpless
needing a parent’s love
More than that, community
part of a band, a pack
all of us linking, emotion
holding our family up

June 16, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,500+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Thinking

Our highest brain
social, reason
about to think, to balance
to come to resolution

Our highest brain
what truly makes us human
above the feelings alone
above our instinct below

June 16, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

When a big dog attacks – v2

I have seen them, losing control
their response engrained
the stimuli perhaps hidden
from my sight, subtle
but instant, visceral, reacting
as when a big dog attacks
seeing the manifestation
body language, reason
changed in an instant
the programmed reactions
deep within their brains
something instinctive
primal, primitive
learned long before
when the big dog attacks
the same in the court
in settlement, resolution
on cue devolving,
by a word, an action,
a mere twitch of a micro-muscle
back into survival, not thinking
losing perspective, losing control
losing their case

June 16, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live
.

When a big dog attacks

Their response engrained
the stimuli perhaps hidden
as when a big dog attacks
seeing the manifestation
body language, reason
changed in an instant
the programmed reactions
deep within their brains
something instinctive
primal, primitive
learned long before
when the big dog attacks
the same in the court
in settlement, resolution
on cue devolving
losing perspective, the case


June 15, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

mirror neurons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

&

It Takes a Village

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village

&

It Takes a Family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Family

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Exposed Nerves

The masks, the layers
reverting to an earlier state
their comfort, their reason,
all of these peeled away

His face red, swearing
her words incoherent
with decibels rising
their baby’s clenched fists

Amygdala hijack
rising, in full flower;
no chance at compromise
for another two hours

As if on the savannah
hunted, as prey,
running from the lions
heart racing all day


June 15, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack
&

June 16, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Amygdala hijack

Her face red
his words incoherent
decibels rising
their baby’s clenched fists

Amygdala hijack
in full flower
no chance at compromise
for another two hours

June 15, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack
&

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Compromised Parties

Maybe with advanced degrees
with high IQ’s together
yet primitive brains
compromised parties
on the courthouse steps
Entering into negotiation
with their snake brains
Amygdala hijack well underway

June 15, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack
&
written after attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html
http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html
http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253
http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
June 14, 2012

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 18,730+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Emotional Overload

Reason overwhelmed
panic, fear, overload
bringing us down,
into the stem
our primitive brain

Thinking impossible
wanting to run
synapses shut down
needing to step back
to reason, to think


June 15, 2012
written after attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html
http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html
http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253
http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
June 14, 2012

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 18,730+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

without thinking

reverting to deeper
more primal reacting
without thinking
deep within
fight or flight
prey or predator
our reason gone
held by the snake

June 15, 2012
written after attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html
http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html
http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253
http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
June 14, 2012

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 20,020+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

preserved in amber

hate, division
sorrow, regret
some of these preserved
in the words written down
preserved in amber
the court orders, the decrees
the ruptures never healed
the children on their knees


June 15, 2012
written after attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html
http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html
http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253
http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
June 14, 2012

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 18,730+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The rational voice

We think we are superior
evolved, reasoned
far above the snake,
the animals of the field
yet the rational voice
within our brains
the softest voice in the chorus
of the other voices there
ready in an instant
when we are gripped by fear

June 15, 2012
written after attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html
http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253
http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
June 14, 2012

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 18,730+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Our emotions manifest

Subtle movement, twitches
unconscious, uncontrollable
we are human primates,
not so far from the savannah,
able to reason, to think, to ponder
considering our options
self-aware of our situation
yet deeper yet, primitive
our brains, our emotions
manifest in our bodies
outside of our control
exposed prey or predators
rational man forgotten
deep within us animals
seeking to survive


June 15, 2012
written after attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html
http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253
http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
June 14, 2012

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 18,730+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

mysteries to ourselves

if we pull off our masks
the illusion of reason
we expose ourselves
not self-aware
understanding our motivations
we are mysteries to ourselves
reacting with sheer emotion


June 15, 2012

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,490+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.