Apricot and Periwinkle – v2

Apricot and periwinkle

Robin’s egg and salmon.

Moments, seconds, of

Yesterday’s sunset

Frozen in my mind

Captured forever.

No Nikon or Kodak,

No disposable or instamatic.

Images captured on

Rods and cones this time,

Not on emulsion.

Fine grained

And enduring.

Synapses growing.

Soft shadows

And wispy clouds.

Bands of color and mood

Share the sky

With small birds

And a damselfly,

Before the dark.

Stars create a canopy

After the light fails.

The sunset now

A part of my

Memory.

To cherish

forever.

==============

edited May 5, 2018

Apricot and Periwinkle – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/apricot-and-periwinkle-v5.html

(editing version 4, adding 1^st stanza)

edited September 28, 2017

Apricot and Periwinkle – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/apricot-and-periwinkle-v4.html

edited January 18, 2016

Apricot and Periwinkle – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/apricot-and-periwinkle-v3.html

(merging edits to version 2 and original)

edited June 21, 2014

Apricot and Periwinkle – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night

Apricot and Periwinkle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sunset-seeing-colors.html

Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night 

Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH

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Faith, hope, light, memories, Nature, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, sky, sun, sunset, lake, water, summer, National Poetry Day,

#Faith #hope #light #shadow #memories #Nature #poetry #sky #sun #sunset #lake #water #summer #America #NationalPoetryDay #poem #color #feeling #senses #eye #sight #vision #mood #memory #camera #photograph #writingpoetry #edit #creation #creator #God

An Individual Sarcophagus of Snow – v2

Entombed in the driveway

Like whales beached on the sand

covered in the dunes, the drifts

each car, like an archaeological dig

ancient Egypt, layers to cut through

a treasure discovered

found buried alive

as if forgotten by time

an individual sarcophagus of snow

the layer of sand, of time

pushed away, carefully, gently

markings of make, model

vanity plates, some kind of code

all giving way, slowly,

to the shovel, the brush

the rays of the sun, warming,

falling on the part of the world

melting the snow of yesterday’s storm

exposing the bodies, lying, waiting,

from inside the sarcophagi of snow

----

edited June 21, 2014

An Individual Sarcophagus of Snow – v2

January 13, 2011

An Individual Sarcophagus of Snow

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/01/individual-sarcophagus-of-snow.html

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A Thread in the Web – v2

Not separate, alone

each of us woven

a thread in the web

connected to all life

from the beginning

All of creation

part of the same order

all of us connected

the universe, the world

all part of God’s plan

The rules of the cosmos

the intricate design

all woven together

into the Creator’s

web of life

====

edited June 21, 2014

A Thread in the Web – v2

April 18, 2010

A Thread in the Web

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/04/thread-in-web.html

Matthew 7:24-27

Psalm 19:1-14

Responsive Call to Worship

Worship Theme: “God has given us the care of the earth”

and sermon, “One Small Change Makes a Big Difference”

by Reverend Huntley Halvorson

Genesis 1:1-31 (KJV)

with introduction about Apollo 8

reading of part of this passage

from around the Moon, Christmas 1968

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo8_xmas.html

and reference to experiments of Dr. Edward N. Lorenz

who counted the phrase “butterfly effect”,

in his research on chaos theory, studying the behavior of

dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions.

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

the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the pastoral letter from the Council of Bishops, “God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action,”

and the study guide, etc., based on this letter:  

http://hopeandaction.org/main/

http://hopeandaction.org/main/resources/basic-documents/

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

April 18, 2010

Second Sunday After Easter

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A Soul Set Free – v2

A new and perfect body

has entered into paradise

a soul has left this struggle

and entered eternal rest

A life has ceases its moral beating

and heaven has gained a saint

for soul has been set free

and has joined eternity

----

edited June 21, 2014

A Soul Set Free – v2

March 1, 2008

A Soul Set Free

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/03/soul-set-free.html

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A Silent Squadron – v2

A formation of geese

coming out of the fog

flying low over the playground

silently flying, hushed,

seemingly without effort

hand signals not honking

to savor the stillness

the world encased in fog

as if preserved in ice

=====

edited June 21, 2014

A Silent Squadron – v2

October 15, 2010 (corrected 10/18/10)

A Silent Squadron

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/silent-squadron.html

Pembroke Village School

Pembroke, NH

October 13, 2010

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A Rain of Color – v2

A rain of color, the leaves of the maples,

different kinds, red, sugar, swamp,

all torquing, canting, twisting,

inexorably, falling

to the warming, the change

the frost and the sun, conspiring

to create a dance of leaves

meandering, lingering in the still air

not so much a fall as a dance to earth

each a balsa glider,

caught on thermals, on breezes

wet leaves, clear crisp morning

a bright sky, polarized light

a rain of red, yellow, orange,

a remnant of green,

showering down from heaven

-----

edited June 21, 2014

A Rain of Color – v2

October 18, 2008

A Rain of Color

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/10/rain-of-color.html

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a piece of himself – v2

unable to find the words

the truth of God’s love

putting a piece of himself

within us, His breath,

His spark, His mark

His Spirit within us

part of the Creator, the universe

captured and placed

within us, in our cells

in our lives, to be shared

crying out, calling, urging,

reaching others, the piece of God

within them too

edited June 21, 2014

a piece of himself – v2

August 16, 2013

a piece of himself

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-piece-of-himself.html

Worship Service in the Park – 8/11/2013

https://www.facebook.com/events/610706165616894/

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NIV)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Habakkuk+3%3A17-19&version=NIV
¹⁷ Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,
¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.

¹⁹ The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.”

and sermon “There Is Hope In Community”

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=417472318359129&id=174161846023512

http://pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2013/08/there-is-hope-in-community.html?spref=fb

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

&

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (rewritten by me, one version)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/though-mills-may-be-shuttered.html

17 Though the mills may be shuttered

and the forests are empty,

though the fields do not provide

their bounty, their harvest,

though the young are departing

for greener pastures,

18 yet I rejoice in my God

I will be joyful in Christ my Savior.

19 The Creator of the universe is my rock

I am like the deer, its hooves

steady on the Mountain.

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

August 11, 2013

&

Jeremiah’s Corner

Jeremiah 29:11

https://www.facebook.com/events/198527150311755/

https://www.facebook.com/events/552057154852386/

led by Ellen Alward Dickinson

https://www.facebook.com/ellen.alwarddickinson

presentation:

“The Power of Making Good Choices”

by Lois Flewelling

https://www.facebook.com/lois.v.flewelling

http://www.empoweringlife.org/our-staff.html

from Empowering Life Ministries

http://www.empoweringlife.org/about-us.html

&

opening prayer 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

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

August 5, 2013

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A Field of Ferns – v2

Above the bluff, the scar,

the clear-cut of the power lines,

where the deer come to graze

a forest of pine opens

to the north, an expanse

Surrounded by conifers,

a field of ferns, rising on sturdy

erect stalks, broad leaves

to drink the shafts of light

falling briefly, through the canopy

The tall mast pines, straight and true

red-brown needles, a carpet between

the ferns, the regal trees, an evenness

of surface, a short pile rug

across the whole expanse;

Green ferns, red-brown needles,

green-brown trunks, bright green needles

above, reaching to blue sky

the arc of the dome.

----

edited June 21, 2014

A Field of Ferns – v2

August 31, 2006 9:30am

A Field of Ferns

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/field-of-ferns_31.html

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A Cup of Berries – v2

Hand-picked, small

blackberries

each one fully-ripe,

cool in the take-out coffee cup,

sitting in the dark fridge.

Open and inviting,

calling me to pick,

crimson stain on my fingers

ripe berry past my lips

August fruit,

ripe summer fruit

kept from spoiling,

enticing me again

to reach in for more.

==============

edited November 28, 2019

living goblets – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v3.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1200054728463396864

edited November 27, 2019

living goblets – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1199849246901645312

November 27, 2019

living goblets

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-of-juice-of-nectar-no.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1199839536009887745

&

edited August 22, 2019

A Cup of Berries – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-cup-of-berries-v3.html

edited June 21, 2014

A Cup of Berries – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-cup-of-berries-v2.html

August 10, 2008

A Cup of Berries

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/cup-of-berries.html

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blackberries, blood, coffee, colors, creator, crimson, Faith, Family, fingers, fire, fruit, God, hands, hope, Nature, raspberries, red, ripe, summer, Lori Eldridge,

#blackberries #blood #coffee #colors #crimson #Faith #Family #fingers #fire #fruit #God #hands  #Nature #raspberries #ripe #summer

you harvest what you sow – v2

sow your seeds wisely

walking on the earth

scatter your seeds richly

a harvest for God

sow to the Spirit

not to the world

sow wisely all of you

sow to the Lord

sow seeds carefully

you harvest what you sow.

if you sow to the flesh

you will harvest thorns.

                  

------

edited June 21, 2014

you harvest what you sow – v2

February 14, 2014

you harvest what you sow

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/you-harvest-what-you-sow.html

Galatians 6:10

Galatians 6:7-10

“Life Is like Planting a Field”

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“Sanctuary”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-02-13

by Roland Peter Rink (Gauteng, South Africa)

https://www.facebook.com/roland.rink.9

http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Roland-Rink/347662925

for February 13, 2014

read February 13, 2014

for January and February 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/jan-feb2014

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leaving family, comfort

leaving family, comfort

to follow the Gospel

to share the Good News

the story of Jesus

hearing His challenge

to truly follow

choosing the way of Christ

over family.

====

June 21, 2014

leaving family, comfort

Matthew 10:34-39

Matthew 10:24-39

Micah 7:6

Upper Room Disciplines for 2014

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-22987.htm

for June 21, 2014

read June 21, 2014

&

June 16, 2014 to June 22, 2014

“Letting Go”

by Missy Buchanan

http://www.missybuchanan.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Missy-Buchanan/e/B001JSBAMO

https://www.facebook.com/missy.buchanan.5

https://twitter.com/MissyBuchanan

http://books.upperroom.org/author/missy-buchanan/

http://books.upperroom.org/2014/06/16/letting-go-3/

&

overview page

Genesis 21:8-21

Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17

Romans 6:1b-11

“Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ” (NCV)

Matthew 10:24-39

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the door may have closed

the door may have closed

at a fork on my path

venturing forward

but able to look back

to remember in love

the path I have journeyed

the door may be closed

but the memory goes with me.

------

June 21, 2014

the door may have closed

Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)

Isaiah 43:16-21

“God Will Save His People Again”

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“New Strength for a New Day”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-06-21

by Laila Karen Geitz

for June 21, 2014

read June 21, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for March and April 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/may-jun%202014

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venturing forward

safe within the walls

the pews of the sanctuary

but venturing forward

beyond the church walls

an artificial divide

an imaginary boundary

the church extending far beyond

its place on the map.

====

June 21, 2014

venturing forward

“Boundaries Weekend”

“Boundaries can…”

-          “create space or build walls”

devotion by Wesley Overhults

-          “Hold Us Back”

devotion by Keri Pappas

for June 21, 2014

read June 21, 2014

Devozine for June 16, 2014 to June 22, 2014

“+boundaries”

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

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room to grow

room to grow

space to breath

within walls

yet open, ready

not cages to wall out

to divide God’s people;

boundaries to build

a connection, attachment

held within the arms

of our loving Savior

====

June 21, 2014

room to grow

“Boundaries Weekend”

“Boundaries can…”

-          “create space or build walls”

devotion by Wesley Overhults

-          “Hold Us Back”

devotion by Keri Pappas

for June 21, 2014

read June 21, 2014

Devozine for June 16, 2014 to June 22, 2014

“+boundaries”

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

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our hope in the Lord

our hope in the Lord

to rise on wings like eagles

to rise above the firmament

the troubled waters

our hope in the Lord

never to grow tired

weary in the world

but sure of God’s presence

------

June 21, 2014

Isaiah 40:28-31

“God’s Renewable Energy”

devotion by Si Robertson

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSiRobertson

https://www.facebook.com/unclesilasrobertson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Si-Robertson-Duck-Dynasty/131668150326345

https://www.facebook.com/si.robertson.942

https://www.facebook.com/si.robertson.796

https://twitter.com/Siduckdynasty

https://twitter.com/SiDuckDynasty2

for June 21, 2014

read June 21, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Commander-Devotional-Alan-Robertson/dp/1476748683

compiled by Alan Robertson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson-duck-dynasty/601622119889439

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson/665992033453188

http://duckcommander.com/meet-the-family/al-robertson

https://twitter.com/BeardlessBro

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