not a vessel to be filled – v2

not a vessel to be filled

but a fire to be kindled

the clay alone not enough

the metaphor too passive

inert, merely clay

a bowl, a pitcher

yes to be filled, to be poured

but more than this truly

not a vessel to be filled

as if a glass beaker only

inert, merely clay

lives to be enriched

a fire to be kindled

beauty set in motion

lives set afire;

a fire to be kindled

sent on its way

edited February 10, 2014

not a vessel to be filled – v2

new poem February 3, 2014

not a vessel to be filled

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/not-vessel-to-be-filled.html

new poem February 3, 2014

fueling the fire raging

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/fueling-fire-raging.html

edited February 3, 2014

a blaze within

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-blaze-within.html

edited February 3, 2014

a fire to kindle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-fire-to-kindle.html

February 3, 2014

a fire to be kindled

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-fire-to-be-kindled.html

edited February 3, 2014

fueled from within

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/fueled-from-within.html

February 3, 2014

stoked with ideas

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/stoked-with-ideas.html

quote in the 2/3/2014 COUGAR NEWS

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”

by Plutarch

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/31015.Plutarch

Katahdin Middle High School

https://sites.google.com/a/rsu50.org/kmhs/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Katahdin-MiddleHigh-School/547967878568510

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Katahdin-High-School-Cougars/194478501908

&

edited January 7, 2014

formed within their stone – v11

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/formed-within-their-stone-v11.html

(editing version 8)

Edited October 25, 2013

formed within their stone – v10

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone-v10.html

(editing version 7)

edited October 23, 2013

formed within their stone – v9

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone-v9.html

(editing version 4)

edited October 9, 2013

formed within their stone – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone-v8.html

(editing version 6)

Edited October 19, 2013

formed within their stone – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone-v7.html

(editing version 5)

edited October 9, 2013

formed within their stone – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone-v6.html

(editing version 2)

edited October 9, 2013

formed within their stone – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone-v5.html

(editing version 2)

edited October 9, 2013

formed within their stone – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone-v4.html

(editing version 2)

edited October 9, 2013

formed within their stone – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited October 9, 2013

formed within their stone – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone-v2.html

new poem, October 9, 2013

formed within their stone

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Plutarch

&

formed within their stone

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/formed-within-their-stone.html

Edited September 29, 2013

an onion peeling – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/an-onion-peeling-v3.html

(editing original again)

Edited September 24, 2013

an onion peeling – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/an-onion-peeling-v2.html

September 21, 2013

an onion peeling

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/an-onion-peeling.html

September 21, 2013

In the quiet moments

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/in-quiet-moments.html

teaching at Katahdin Middle/ High School

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