a living painting – v3

how can I best describe

the young lives I am touching

none of them are truly a blank slate

they all come with history, emotion

each a living painting

adding hue and color

by their own hands

layer upon layer

as each grows into the person

they are meant to be

adding what we can

giving them the tools

the paints, the brushes

setting them free

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edited June 27, 2015

a living painting – v3

(merging edits to original and version 2)

edited March 14, 2015

a vessel of their flame – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-vessel-of-their-flame-v5.html

(merging edits to version 3 and version 4)

Edited October 14, 2013

a vessel of their flame – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-vessel-of-their-flame-v4.html

Edited October 11, 2013

a vessel of their flame – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-vessel-of-their-flame-v3.html

 (editing original again)

edited September 14, 2013

a vessel of their flame – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-vessel-of-their-flame-v2.html

edited September 13, 2013

“each a work of art – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/each-work-of-art-v3.html

new poem September 12, 2013

a vessel of their flame

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-vessel-of-their-flame.html

new poem September 12, 2013

a temple of their spirit

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-temple-of-their-spirit.html

new poem September 12, 2013

a victory for them

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-victory-for-them.html

new poem September 12, 2013

a sturdy tool

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-sturdy-tool.html

edited September 8, 2013

“each a work of art – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/each-work-of-art-v2.html

new poem, edits, September 7, 2013

“wooing the symphony”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/wooing-symphony.html

new poem, September 7, 2013

“coaxing the story”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/coaxing-story.html

Edited September 7, 2013

“each a work of art”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/each-work-of-art.html

New poem, September 7, 2013

a work of art

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/reading-pages_7.html

merging poems:

-          “reading the pages”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/reading-pages.html

-          “within the stones”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/within-stones.html

-          “a living painting”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-living-painting.html

teaching at Katahdin Middle/ High School

(first three days – 9/4 to 9/6/2013)

&

Edited April 28, 2013

“A ribbon of children”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-ribbon-of-children.html

Edited April 24, 2013

“Ribbons of Children – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/ribbons-of-children-v2.html

August 29, 2008

“Ribbons of Children”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/ribbons-of-children.html

Pembroke Village School

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