Disturbing the Spiders – v2

For a few moments, aware,

on the side of the house

the main thing I was doing

wasn’t painting, not even scraping.

I was disturbing the spiders,

big fat spiders, the residents

of the wall, over the aged, peeling paint

They hovered expectantly waiting for prey

protecting their egg sacks, their children,

and I was the intruder into their world,

not the other way around.

Edited May 6, 2013

“Disturbing the Spiders – v2”

August 6, 2007 22:40

“Disturbing the Spiders”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/disturbing-spiders.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Knocking on the Door – v2

When we make the conscious act

to say yes to our Savior

opening the gift, transformed

move into the home, the house of God

Answering the call of the father

ever present welcome

and offer of justifying grace

Where we can live, grow,

find our call, our gifts,

our place in the kingdom

this is what God gives

Edited May 6, 2013

“Knocking on the Door – v2”

August 6, 2007 21:40

“Knocking on the Door”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/knocking-on-door.html

A poem on justifying grace

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Make Love Come Alive – A Prayer – v2

Lord, how easy it is

to speak of love,

to say, to pledge,

undying, unending love

claiming to understand,

to appreciate the meaning

Real love; oh we see but

only a foggy image

Love in the mirror, a weak shadow

full flowering of Your love.

Help us Lord, to take steps,

on the strength of Your foundation,

even tentative, faltering steps,

even in our infancy,

To make love come alive for another,

through unexpected, kind words,

a genuine smile, signs of real respect,

true appreciation, servanthood.

Help us put others before ourselves,

to wait for all, not just our turn.

Remind us Lord to

Take the time to find the good in each

and speak words of love,

whenever we speak, in whatever we do.

Amen.

Edited May 6, 2013

“Make Love Come Alive – A Prayer – v2”

August 6, 2007 22:21, edited on August 7, 2007 7:07am

“Make Love Come Alive – A Prayer”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/make-love-come-alive-prayer.html

to use as a prayer during devotion time

1 Corinthians 13 and

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Make Love Come Alive – v2

How easy it is Lord

to speak of love,

to say, to pledge,

undying, unending love

claiming to understand,

To appreciate the meaning

of real love; oh we see but

only a foggy image of

Love in the mirror,

incomplete, fuzzy

a weak shadow of

full flowering of Your love.

We can take steps, strides

even tentative, faltering steps,

even in our infancy, this life

to make love come alive for another,

through unexpected, kind words,

A genuine smile, signs of real respect,

true appreciation, servanthood.

To put others before ourselves,

to wait for all, not just our turn.

Take the time to find the good in each

and speak words of love, caring,

whenever we speak, in whatever we do.

Edited May 6, 2013

“Make Love Come Alive – v2”

August 6, 2007 22:21

“Make Love Come Alive”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/make-love-come-alive.html

1 Corinthians 13 and

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Carpenter – A Prayer - v2

Dear Lord,

Before you were the Good Shepherd,

you were the carpenter’s son,

a carpenter yourself.

We can learn much, from you

the carpenter, even as

the fishermen did,

after your rising.

Cutting with the grain,

planing the boards level,

sanded smooth, measuring,

Planning, drafting and

redrafting, before the first cut,

long before the nailing.

Help us be your hands, using the tools,

our skills, the blueprint,

for this work and our lives

and for the people we are helping.

Guide us Lord to follow

the plans of the Carpenter

and Creator, the Master Architect.

Amen.

Edited May 5, 2013 and May 11, 2013

“The Carpenter – A Prayer – v2”

August 5, 2007 10:25am, edited August 8, 2007 8:30am

“The Carpenter – A Prayer”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/carpenter-prayer.html

for the prayer for devotion time

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Carpenter – v2

Before He was the Good Shepherd,

he was the carpenter’s son,

We can learn much,

From the Carpenter, even as

the fishermen did,

after his rising.

Cutting with the grain,

planing the boards level,

sanded smooth, measuring,

planning, drafting and

redrafting, before the first cut,

long before the nailing.

Being the hands, using the tools,

the skills, the blueprint,

for this work and their lives.

Following the plans of the Carpenter

and his heavenly Father,

Creator, the Master Architect.

Edited May 5, 2013

“The Carpenter – v2”

August 5, 2007 10:25am

“The Carpenter”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/carpenter.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

A Greater Whole – v2

Together we are here,

together we can achieve,

serve the community

these people, together

we can do more we are more,

than as individuals.

Together we are stronger,

more able to meet challenges

able to use disparate gifts,

different experience,

understanding, for the work,

to do more together

Edited May 5, 2013

“A Greater Whole – v2”

August 5, 2007 22:45

“A Greater Whole”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/greater-whole.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

All My Days – v2

I believe the words, the hope

of the psalmist from so long ago

sharing their assurance

of Your design, Your providence,

Your knowing of all of my days,

even before I was born,

knowing my choices, my free will

before I caught a single breath

Edited May 5, 2013

“All My Days – v2”

August 5, 2007 11:13am

“All My Days”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/all-my-days.html

Psalm 139:16 and Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Mason – v2

The work of the mason,

building the foundation,

the rock, the stone, the level place

upon which the house,

the whole structure dependent

Using his skill to craft,

to create, to fill the cracks

the foundation, the walls

to make smooth, even, level

to anchor the rest,

securely in place.

Edited May 5, 2013

“The Mason – v2”

August 5, 2007 10:15am

“The Mason”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/mason.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Loading the Van – v2

Fidgety, that is probably

the best way to describe us

a ragtag gathering by the van

loading a week’s supplies, provisions,

All that we need, packed,

Pacing in place, antsy for the start,

the getting underway, embarking

on our mission trip,

Anticipating, expectant,

ready to go, to do, to be

The Master’s instruments,

His Hands, heading Downeast.

Edited May 5, 2013

“Loading the Van – v2

August 5, 2007 10:09am

“Loading the Van

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/loading-van.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Unique Within Creation – v2

The devotional asked, posed,

a different, a challenging question,

asking how I am “unique in creation”

A thought not easily answered in simple terms

our DNA, our fingerprints may be unique;

but what of our experience, our thoughts,

our dreams for our future. I am

created, molded, evolving

everything I have seen, tasted, smelled,

heard, felt; everything I have done,

everything I have chosen not to do.

My mother’s son, my wife’s husband,

father to my girls. Poet, attorney, prophet,

accountant, neighbor, and more.

I am unique in creation

because I exist and just as God

is found in the great I Am,

a statement of ownership, of being

so we, each of us, born in the image,

more than mere flesh, our clay

alive, an embodiment

the image of God, each I, is unique.

Edited May 6, 2013

“Unique Within Creation – v2”

August 5, 2007 22:58

“Unique Within Creation”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/unique-within-creation.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

911 – haiku – 2 – v2

We will choose our path

to hate or to love our neighbor

but God will choose love

edited May 10, 2013

“911 – haiku – 2 – v2

and story of Cleveland kidnapping for 10 years

&

September 9, 2010

911-haiku – 2”

http://www.inspirationalstories.com/poems/911-haiku-2-raymond-a-foss-poem/

Ezekiel 2:7

“You must speak my words to them,

whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.”

Ezekiel 1:1-2:10

http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS

Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study

for Septmber 8, 2010, read September 8, 2010

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Painting the Rain

Colors upon the raindrops

the arc of the morning

a little splashing upon us

brushes flowing

A little rain wasn’t going to stop us;

No, we were there to scrape,

to prime the house, ready

to help out, make it great.

Laughing as the rain ran off the roof

and down my back,

holding the ladder, an anchor,

for the scraping above me

even spiders found places out of the storm

But we were undaunted, for a time,

and kept painting the rain

until the showers became

ever more serious

renamed, edited May 10, 2013

“Painting the Rain”

Edited May 5, 2013

“Painting in the Rain – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/painting-in-rain-v2.html

Title 8/8/07, poem started 8/11/07 11:30, finished August 12, 2007 20:26

“Painting in the Rain”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/painting-in-rain.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

In the Circle – v2

We gathered again

in the circle, our place

to join in Your Word

to still the chatter,

stop our other work,

center us in our mission,

our purpose here, on earth.

Sharing time in the circle

drawing closer to one another

closer to you, oh Lord

to do your work, our calling

with clear vision, new eyes

early in the morning, at night

in the one circle, together,

Edited May 6, 2013

“In the Circle – v2

August 6, 2007 8:12am

“In the Circle”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-circle.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Architect – v2

Out of the creation

an order, a place for each

a selection, a role to play

We too, each with different gifts

different roles in creation,

in building the kingdom,

Already written, our lives

part of the architect’s plan

all along, from the beginning

Edited May 5, 2013

“The Architect – v2”

August 5, 2007 10:49am

“The Architect”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/architect.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Front Porch – v3

God sets out a welcome, an invitation

a gift ever ready, wrapped,

a bountiful front porch before us

expansive and always present

a front porch, maybe open

with a homemade pie cooling

Or maybe a bouquet, prepared

fresh cut flowers arranged

a mat before the unlocked door

His prevenient grace, ready when we are

By these we know the love of the owner

the open arms of the Father, the Master

open to every Prodigal Son, Prodigal Daughter,

ignoring, forgiving our sins, our past

welcoming us through the door.

Edited May 9, 2013

“The Front Porch – v3”

Edited May 6, 2013

“The Front Porch – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-front-porch-v2.html

August 6, 2007 21:25

“The Front Porch

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/front-porch.html

a poem on prevenient grace

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Front Porch – v2

God sets out a welcome, an invitation

a gift ever ready

a bountiful front porch before us

expansive and always present

a front porch, maybe open

with a homemade pie cooling

Or maybe a bouquet, prepared

fresh cut flowers arranged

a mat before the unlocked door

His prevenient grace, ready when we are

By these we know the love of the owner

the open arms of the Father, the Master

open to every Prodigal Son, Prodigal Daughter,

ignoring, forgiving our sins, our past

welcoming us through the door.

August 6, 2007 21:25

a poem on prevenient grace

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,260+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

A thin line of pelican

seeming a mirage

in the vapor trails only

a ribbon together

moving o’er the ocean

a thin line of pelican

pulling my gaze

from my light reading

an image repeating

in the hot summer

new poem May 6, 2013

“A thin line of pelican”

Hilton Head Island, 1988 and

opening title scene from “The Pelican Brief” movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP2V-Cgyaq4

beginning at 1:20

&

new poem May 6, 2013

“On the hot sand”

about East Beach, Chappaquiddick,

Wallis Sands in Rye, NH and

Hilton Head Island

drafted in response to the following

&

Edited May 6, 2013

“In the Wet Wood – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-wet-wood-v3.html

edited at Poets Corner

Suncook Senior Center

May 6, 2013

&

August 6, 2007 19:30

“In the Wet Wood – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-wet-wood.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,250+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

On the hot sand

Seeking the water

the porridge on the margin

the thick wet sand, slogging

on the edge of the water

The squeak before, 

each step on the shoreline

my feet swollen, pumiced,

almost callused

walking on the hot sand

in the middle of August

new poem May 6, 2013

“On the hot sand”

about East Beach, Chappaquiddick,

Wallis Sands in Rye, NH and

Hilton Head Island

drafted in response to the following

&

Edited May 6, 2013

“In the Wet Wood – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-wet-wood-v3.html

edited at Poets Corner

Suncook Senior Center

May 6, 2013

&

August 6, 2007 19:30

“In the Wet Wood – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-wet-wood.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,250+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

In the Wet Wood – v4

Evergreen forest, wet fragrance

after the cooling shower

sweet scent of pine, of balsam

caught in wisps of air

Mixing with other

more earth tones

of peat, of decay, cool

wafting on the breeze

Damp night falling

around me as I walk

he wet dirt road

in the northern wood

Edited May 7, 2013

“In the Wet Wood – v4”

Edited May 6, 2013

“In the Wet Wood – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-wet-wood-v3.html

edited at Poets Corner

Suncook Senior Center

May 6, 2013

&

August 6, 2007 19:30

“In the Wet Wood – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-wet-wood.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,250+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

In the Wet Wood – v3

Evergreen forest, wet fragrance

after the cooling shower

sweet scent of pine

caught in wisps of air

Mixing with other

more earth tones

of peat, of decay, cool

wafting on the breeze

Damp night falling

around me as I walk

he wet dirt road

in the northern wood

Edited May 6, 2013

“In the Wet Wood – v3”

edited at Poets Corner

Suncook Senior Center

May 6, 2013

&

August 6, 2007 19:30

“In the Wet Wood – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-wet-wood.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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 23,250+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

By Human Hands – v2

Off the road, into the woods

a makeshift lean-to

fallen, dry, peeling bark

a phalanx of dead pine saplings

leaning too uniform

against an unseen beam

seemingly felled by human hands

Placed too neatly, too surely

by nature, by randomness

in the thawing woods, March in Maine

too far from the road, placed there

too quick a glance to be sure

but it was a little too perfect, too planned

to be there but by human hands

Edited May 5, 2013

“By Human Hands – v2”

March 14, 2008

“By Human Hands”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/03/by-human-hands.html

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 23,250+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Cave Man Food – v2

Mmmm… good.

Beating our chests

Large, cold,

20-pound turkey legs.

finger food, caveman style.

Laughing, the three of us

as we held them high.

Eating at the beach

early caveman style.

Edited May 5, 2013

“Cave Man Food – v2

Title 8/9/07, poem August 10, 2007 8:57am

“Cave Man Food”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/cave-man-food.html

Me, Curtis, and Corey, on our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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