Poetry Where You Live: 10/13/2013

Saturday, October 19, 2013

The word King on Christ’s sign – v10

Pilate’s bold assertion

the speaking of truth

having it written down

to shame, to teach them a lesson

the word, “King”, on Christ’s sign

not something less than that

Pilate proclaiming, speaking

the title of the Savior

the Messiah, the Christ

the truth to their power

naming their crime, blasphemy;

they were killing the Son of the living God

Edited October 19, 2013

The word King on Christ’s sign – v10

Edited September 28, 2013

The word King on Christ’s sign – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-word-king-on-christs-sign-v8.html

(editing original again)

Edited September 22, 2013

The word King on Christ’s sign – v7

(editing original again)

Edited September 13, 2013

The word King on Christ’s sign – v6

Edited September 3, 2013

The word King on Christ’s sign – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-word-king-on-christs-sign-v3.html

March 31, 2012

The word King on Christ’s sign

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/word-king-on-christs-sign.html

John 19:21

bible study with Jean Anocibar on March 27, 2012

John 18:19-24

The High Priest Questions Jesus

John 18:25-27

Peter’s Second and Third Denials

John 13:38

Matthew 26:71

Mark 14:69

Luke 22:58

John 18:28-40

Jesus Before Pilate

1 Corinthians 1:22

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

John 19:1-16

Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified

Leviticus 24:16 (blasphemy)

Exodus 20

Judges 17:6

1 Samuel 12:12

John 19:17-27

The Crucifixion of Jesus

Psalm 22:18

Mark 3:21

Mark 3:31:35

Acts 1:14

Acts 1:12-14

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 26,080+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The word King on Christ’s sign – v9

Words of defiance, to shame them

The bold assertion, the power

the speaking of truth to their claim

Caesar’s emissary, oppressor

sticking his thumb in their eye

The word, “King”, on Christ’s sign

Not something less than that

Pilate proclaiming, speaking

truth to their power, false

Naming their crime, blasphemy

not seeing, eyes blind,

Killing the Son of God

Edited October 19, 2013

“The word King on Christ’s sign – v9”

Edited September 13, 2013

“The word King on Christ’s sign – v5”

Edited August 7, 2013

“The word King on Christ’s sign – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-word-king-on-christs-sign-v3.html

March 31, 2012

“The word King on Christ’s sign”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/word-king-on-christs-sign.html

John 19:21

bible study with Jean Anocibar on March 27, 2012

John 18:19-24

The High Priest Questions Jesus

John 18:25-27

Peter’s Second and Third Denials

John 13:38

Matthew 26:71

Mark 14:69

Luke 22:58

John 18:28-40

Jesus Before Pilate

1 Corinthians 1:22

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

John 19:1-16

Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified

Leviticus 24:16 (blasphemy)

Exodus 20

Judges 17:6

1 Samuel 12:12

John 19:17-27

The Crucifixion of Jesus

Psalm 22:18

Mark 3:21

Mark 3:31:35

Acts 1:14

Acts 1:12-14

Welcoming Christ – v8

Not judging our neighbor

the church must be open

welcoming Jesus

into our presence

Open to all

fully inclusive

to all of God’s children

all over the world

Edited October 19, 2013

Welcoming Christ – v8

Edited September 28, 2013

Welcoming Christ – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/welcoming-christ-v5.html

(editing original again)

Edited September 19, 2013

Welcoming Christ – v4

(editing original again)

Edited September 16, 2013

Welcoming Christ – v3

Edited April 23, 2013

“Welcoming Christ – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/welcoming-christ-v2.html

after Austin Masterson

included the original in a student assignment

Roswell, NM

June 13, 2011

“Welcoming Christ”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/06/welcoming-christ.html

Edited September 7, 2013

“Making the secular Holy – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/making-secular-holy-v2.html

new poem September 7, 2013

“Making the secular Holy”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/making-secular-holy.html

https://www.facebook.com/StandWithFrank/posts/324730717671030

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This poem is about my wife and me when we got married

in a civil service on December 17, 2004 in Concord, NH in White Park

and then before our church family at

Wesley United Methodist Church in Concord, NH

http://www.concordwumc.org

on April 23, 2005.

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We celebrate 2 anniversaries because they both mean a great

deal to us, in very different ways.

I grieve for those who are able to marry civilly in so many

states now, such as NH, but are unable to marry in their

United Methodists churches and for the clergy who are put on trial

for choosing to go against the Discipline to marry them.

trials of Rev. Frank Schaefer

http://www.unitedmethodistreporter.com/2013/09/rcm-another-clergy-member-facing-church-trial/

and Rev. Thomas Ogletree

http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5259669&ct=13119911

and Rev. Steve Heiss

http://www.rmnblog.org/2013/08/rev-steve-heiss-.html

Edited September 7, 2013

For Offering Love – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/for-offering-love-v2.html

June 22, 2011

For Offering Love

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/06/for-offering-love.html

Love on Trial,

http://www.loveontrial.org/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-On-Trial/190582754298364

the case against the Reverend Amy DeLong,

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000572962166

which begins on June 20, 2011

http://www.rmnetwork.org/amy-delong/

John 8:1-11

Samuel Thompson’s

http://www.facebook.com/#!/keleayon

Inclusion Essay

shared at the New England United Methodist Church

Annual Conference

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

in response to call by Reconciling Ministries Network

http://www.rmnetwork.org/

for essays describing, “My vision for an inclusive church”,

June 10, 2011

in part inspired by conversations with

the Reverend John Makokha

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=556451505

Riruta UMC

http://rirutaumc.org

http://www.rmnetwork.org/

Other Sheep Afrika-Kenya http://www.othersheep.org/OSEA_CL_Other_Sheep_Kenya.html

Children of Africa Hope Mission Project in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. http://rirutaumc.homestead.com/children_of_africa.html

Matthew 25:31-46

The Sheep and the Goats

&
Matthew 28:18-20

Great Commission

under their boot – v2

so much of the world

held in check, in chains

under their boot

the heel of the tyrants

too many people

all over the world

under oppression

abuse of power

too many children

crying in the night

under the blanket

the cover of darkness

too many innocents

dying in secret

by their hands

Edited October 19, 2013

under their boot – v2

October 16, 2013

under their boot

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/under-their-boot.html

Blog Action Day 2013 – Human Rights

October 16, 2013

http://blogactionday.org/

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Action%20Day

https://www.facebook.com/blogactionday

https://twitter.com/blogactionday12

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https://twitter.com/blogactionday (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 26,090+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

the weight of this moment – v2

a burden unanswered

the truth before us

looking in the mirror

calling us to vision

to imagine his dream

to see more clearly

the divide remaining

the haves and have-nots

the work yet unfinished

the Dream unfulfilled

so many yet hungry

so many without promise

no jobs, no life, no hope

a burden remaining

weighing heavy, a stone

on our hearts

Edited October 19, 2013

the weight of this moment – v2

August 28, 2013

the weight of this moment

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-weight-of-this-moment.html

speech of President Obama

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/28/remarks-president-let-freedom-ring-ceremony-commemorating-50th-anniversa

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Full-Text-Video-of-I-Have-a-Dream-Speech-50-Years-Later-221466841.html

at 50^th anniversary of

the “I Have A Dream” speech

http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf

by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

8/28/1963

earlier poems

January 21, 2013

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

and his final speech before his assassination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be

and Inauguration of the President

Barack Hussein Obama

Invocation

by Myrlie Evers-Williams

http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy

Inaugural Address

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html

quote in the speech, “"Our journey is not complete until our

gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law"”

https://twitter.com/whitehouse/status/293404632171048962/photo/1

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html

several poems written in 2009

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King

on the juxtaposition of the

80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

and the inauguration of Barack Obama

as President of the United States of America

The Vipers in Power – v3

The vipers John called out

seated in power, in judgment

claiming their path righteous

while they stand on their neighbors

the poor, the downtrodden, the infirm,

those who count on us, those in need

The language he used

denying their piety

their repentance hollow

empty words only, nothing,

when compared to their actions

hurting those in need

So in this time, our nation, our states

the vipers in power, truly,

wielding the mace

putting us in chains

denying the aid, the comfort

what they really need

The voice of the innocents

the poor, the downtrodden, the infirm,

the imbalance of society

the haves taking their pound of flesh

from those who have nothing

those just struggling for life

What would Jesus say to them

if he stood in the committee room

would he overturn the tables

as he did in the temple

would he weep for this generation

lost in depravity

Edited October 19, 2013

The Vipers in Power – v3

Edited August 27, 2013

The Vipers in Power – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-vipers-in-power-v2.html

March 16, 2011

The Vipers in Power

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/03/vipers-in-power.html

Cuts approved by the NH House Finance Committee and

Constitutional Amendment proposed by Rep. Neal Kirk

to remove safety net of town welfare

Luke 3:1-9

JOHN THE BAPTIST AND THE BROOD OF VIPERS

calling on the NH Legislature

and the Governor

to spare those without a voice

those who need us

from the severe budget cuts

that are currently planned

in HB1 and HB2, etc.

in part based on the testimony

http://www.nhepiscopal.org/index.php?view=article&id=125:testimony&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=

of The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson,

Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire

March 10, 2011

testimony of Kathy Needleman, Esq. (testifying as a parent)

March 10, 2011

testimony of Katherine Stearns, Esq.

March 10, 2011

Raymond A. Foss, Esq.

Law Offices of Raymond A. Foss, PLLC

Poetry Where You Live

160 Main Street

Suncook, NH 03275-1206

something ancient, sacred – v2

something ancient, sacred

speaking to my spirit

connected to this place

something familiar

as I walk among the trees

I have been here before

among the ferns, the pines

something ancient, sacred

something familiar

touching my heart and mind

Edited October 19, 2013

“something ancient, sacred – v2”

July 21, 2013

“something ancient, sacred”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/something-ancient-sacred.html

about fishing trip

July 17, 2013

A Beat in Concord – v6

I was sitting there in the traffic, waiting for the light

the heat and humidity building in her van,

one window open to the moist air after the flooding

Only there for a moment, in shadows, but enough to remember

caught by that sight, his movements, with a purpose

under the highway, waiting for the light

I saw a character, a caricature, a man out of time

a frozen specter, a cartoon character,

on the sidewalk, under the underpass, half in shadow

He was a Beat, a throwback, caught in time

not a Ginsberg, no he wouldn’t Howl,

a modern day Kerouac, or someone who aspired to be

It was his affect, his walk, his gait, his hair, his clothes

a slouched walk, bath sandals that had been worn outside too long

hunched shoulders, time spent in dimly lit libraries,

Before glowing computer screens, shaded lamps

an oversized blazer from the thrift store, elbows patched

over a frock prom shirt, frilled and with cranberry edging

I could sense the latte on his breath

smell of clove cigarettes in the wool of the coat

too warm for the day around him, swelter

A mop of coarse black hair

that hadn’t seen a brush in days

sunken eyes, and a certainty, a knowing

He’d written lines far darker than these

in journey, in notebooks, dog-eared from use

words that would confuse and provoke

Unfairness of the mundane, inertia

the bleakness of his bourgeois existence

unaware of his place, his role in the intelligentsia

A yawn at the coffee house, or maybe a demigod

hard to say across the street, as I was

driving by his path for those few seconds

Before my light went green and I went on down the road

away from the college-aged, but no-longer-in-college Beat

walking, on the street in Concord

Edited October 19, 2013

“A Beat in Concord – v6”

Edited July 2, 2013

“A Beat in Concord – v5”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-beat-in-concord-v5.html

based on original version

further edits June 30, 2012

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/beat-in-concord-v4.html

(turning the poem to the present tense)

further edits June 30, 2012

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/beat-in-concord-v3.html

further edited June 6, 2012 (with edited by Elisha and Marshall Burns)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/beat-in-concord-v2-2.html

edited June 6, 2012

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/beat-in-concord-v2.html

written May 18, 2006 5:59pm

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/05/beat-in-concord.html

written about someone I saw under the Exit 14 underpass, Concord, NH

a world crying – v2

a world crying

in slavery, in pain

under the thumb of oppression

war in the nations

crime in the streets

storm clouds rising

where is the peace

tension in divisions, factions

too many hurting

without enough to eat

Edited October 19, 2013

a world crying – v2

October 16, 2013

a world crying

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-world-crying.html

Blog Action Day 2013 – Human Rights

October 16, 2013

http://blogactionday.org/

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Action%20Day

https://www.facebook.com/blogactionday

https://twitter.com/blogactionday12

http://blogactiondayoffical.tumblr.com/

https://plus.google.com/102886248124157027141

http://www.pinterest.com/blogactionday/

https://twitter.com/blogactionday (2010)

a world without water – v2

a world without water

when we are so comfortable

where is our outrage

where is our mercy

what will make us

stand up, take notice

how will we join

in justice for them

will we remain complacent

fat and lazy, the same

will we join with them

demanding their rights

who will stand up

who will speak out

where there is need

let there be light

Edited October 19, 2013

a world without water – v2

October 16, 2013

a world without water

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-world-without-water.html

Blog Action Day 2013 – Human Rights

October 16, 2013

http://blogactionday.org/

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Action%20Day

https://www.facebook.com/blogactionday

https://twitter.com/blogactionday12

http://blogactiondayoffical.tumblr.com/

https://plus.google.com/102886248124157027141

http://www.pinterest.com/blogactionday/

https://twitter.com/blogactionday (2010)

we are witnesses too – v3

as heirs with them

we join with Peter

with the first disciples

the followers of Christ

to shine His light

we are witnesses

of God’s might, God’s power

the One man crucified

whom God raised from the dead

we heirs with them

sharing their mission

to bring Christ with us

to the ends of the earth

to share his message

His light shining

we are the light

a note to the world

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Edited October 19, 2013

We are witnesses too – v3

(editing original again)

edited April 12, 2013

“we are witnesses too – v2”

April 9, 2013

“we are witnesses too”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/we-are-witnesses-too.html

Acts 5:32

Worship Theme: “Something bigger than ourselves”

Revelations 1:4-8 (Common English Bible)

John 20:19-31 (God’s Word Bible)

Act 5:27-32 (Common English Bible)

Call to Worship (see Psalm 150)

Unison Prayer (Praising God of Many Names, UMH #104)

Prayer of Dedication (GBOD April 7, 2013)

Communion liturgy

and sermon “The Power of the Resurrection”

http://pastorruth.posterous.com/the-power-of-the-resurrection

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

April 7, 2013

Second Sunday of Easter

Eastertide

The Heads Opening – v3

The necks of the ferns

rising in the warm ground

the fiddleheads opening

like the wings of butterflies

Blood making them rigid

colors becoming richer

the ferns unfurling

like massive sails of the undergrowth

Warming even without sunlight

filtered in the mist of the morning

a blanket in the forest

green an endless sight

Edited October 19, 2013

The Heads Opening – v3”

Edited October 12, 2013

The Heads Opening – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-heads-opening-v2.html

May 23, 2011

The Heads Opening

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/05/heads-opening.html

driving on Route 93

New Hampshire

May 23, 2011

A favored Child of God – v2

we all are, as she is,

we should sing with Mary

the Magnificat

our worship

our praises to God

we all are

no matter what

as she is, still,

a favored Child of God

redeemed by His blood

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Edited October 19, 2013

A favored Child of God – v2

January 8, 2013

A favored Child of God

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-favored-child-of-god.html

2 Kings 14

Book of Hosea

Hosea 3:1

Hosea and Gomer

God and Man

Spirit Study,

around session 3,

“Scandalous Love”

of video series:

“A Different Kind of Christmas: Living and Giving Like Jesus”

http://www.thethoughtfulchristian.com/Products/9781426753541/a-different-kind-of-christmas-dvd-w-leader-guide.aspx

by Reverend Mike Slaughter

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=4257

and companion book,

“Christmas Is Not Your Birthday: Experience the Joy of Living and Giving like Jesus”,

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=1005372

also by Reverend Mike Slaughter,

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

December 30, 2012

First Sunday after Christmas

Poetry Where You Live

Saturday, October 19, 2013

The word King on Christ’s sign – v10

The word King on Christ’s sign – v9

Welcoming Christ – v8

under their boot – v2

the weight of this moment – v2

The Vipers in Power – v3

something ancient, sacred – v2

A Beat in Concord – v6

a world crying – v2

a world without water – v2

we are witnesses too – v3

The Heads Opening – v3

A favored Child of God – v2

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