with a mind like an elephant – v2

Remembering everything

with a photographic memory

remembering every word, every action;

But unable to release

even one word, one moment,

every time they wanted to scream,

“No!,” to their aggressors

for every slight, each injustice.

Able to name those who ridiculed them,

who tormented them,

those who pushed their buttons

on the bus, in the schoolyard;

With a mind like an elephant

able to repeat, verbatim,

like a tape loop, repeating,

every conversation, each injustice.

A burden remaining on them

stumbling blocks, stones,

in their way, stopping,

hindering progress;

Unable to focus,

to live in the present, carrying

chains of each memory, their past

yes, each word, each injustice.

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edited May 6, 2015

with a mind like an elephant – v2

May 6, 2015

with a mind like an elephant

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/05/with-mind-like-elephant.html

hearing the stories of many students,

and knowing my own,

when we cannot let go of our memories,

things of the past

&

May 2, 2015

Blowing up the plan

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/05/blowing-up-plan.html

edited April 25, 2015

like milking silk – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/like-milking-silk-v3.html

edited April 18, 2015

like milking silk – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/like-milking-silk-v2.html

April 17, 2015

like milking silk

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/like-milking-silk.html

the enigma of some of the students,

trying to tease out what is going on with them

on a particular day.

&

edited October 27, 2014

the liquid holding a secret – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-liquid-holding-secret-v4.html

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152791075154245

edited October 10, 2014

the liquid holding a secret – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-liquid-holding-secret-v3.html

(editing original again)

edited August 30, 2014

the liquid holding a secret – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-liquid-holding-secret-v2.html

edited August 30, 2014

the liquid holding a secret

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-liquid-holding-secret.html

edited August 29, 2014

hidden within the glass – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/hidden-within-glass-v2.html

August 29, 2014

hidden within the glass

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/hidden-within-glass.html

in response to question

about whether the horse in the liquid glass

was first in the mind of the artist or within the glass itself

https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/10152433503478003

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edited August 28, 2014

formed within the stone – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/formed-within-stone-v7.html

(editing version 2)

Edited October 14, 2013

formed within the stone – v6

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

(editing original again)

edited October 9, 2013

formed within the stone – v5

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

edited October 9, 2013

formed within the stone – v4

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

edited October 9, 2013

formed within the stone – v3

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

edited October 9, 2013

formed within the stone – v2

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

new poem, October 9, 2013

formed within the stone

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

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

http://www.kmhs.rsu50.org/

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