Seeing the Words – v26

For me, for my spirit, inspiration,

writing is so much about seeing,

capturing the lightning, the sparks,

seeing the words, the constellations,

hearing their cadence, their rhythm

clear points of light against the black sky,

stitches, threads of the tapestry

individual bursts of color, dancing

in the mind’s eye of unconsciousness

dreams retained, written, scribed,

pulled from the imagination, the air

Knitting the words into the tapestry,

the fabric they were meant to be

gossamer wings and steely gravitas

blended or plucked from the ether

cotton candy of clouds collected,

as if in a net, merely gathered,

fine grains of wonder, of life

gathered on the emulsion, of memory

gaining form, substance before me

printed upon a permanent page

Forming a whole, revealing,

the threads gathered, an elixir,

saved for eternity, for a purpose

such is the process of inspiration

finding the words, already stitched together

written in heaven, upon stones

woven tight with strong bonds, with cords

phrases and thoughts tied together

already formed, ready to be discovered

seen and scribed, stenciled,

printed onto the page

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merged / edited January 9, 2016

Seeing the Words – v29

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v29.html

(merging edits to version 28, version 15, version 16, version 17,

version 18, version 19, version 20, version 21 version 22, version 23,

version 24, version 25, version 26, and version 27)

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edits of individual poems

edited January 9, 2016

Seeing the Words – v28

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v28.html

(editing version 14)

edited January 9, 2016

Seeing the Words – v27

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v27.html

(editing version 13)

edited January 9, 2016

Seeing the Words – v26

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v26.html

(editing version 12)

edited January 9, 2016

Seeing the Words – v25

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v25.html

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edited January 9, 2016

Seeing the Words – v24

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v24.html

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Seeing the Words – v23

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v23.html

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Seeing the Words – v22

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v22.html

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Seeing the Words – v21

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v21.html

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Seeing the Words – v20

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v20.html

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Seeing the Words – v19

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v19.html

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Seeing the Words – v18

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v18.html

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edited January 9, 2016

seeing the words – v17

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v17.html

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edited January 9, 2016

Seeing the Words – v16

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v16.html

(editing original)

edited January 9, 2016

Seeing the Words – v15

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-words-v15.html

(editing version 11)

edited April 10, 2015

seeing the words – v14

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/seeing-words-v14.html

(editing version 10)

edited January 31, 2015

seeing the words – v13

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/seeing-words-v13.html

(editing original)

edited January 31, 2015

Seeing the Words – v12

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/seeing-words-v12.html

(editing original and version 11)

edited May 28, 2014

“Seeing the Words – v11

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/seeing-words-v11.html

edited February 15, 2014

“seeing the words – v10”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/seeing-words-v10.html

(editing version 4)
Edited October 26, 2013

“seeing the words – v9”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/seeing-words-v9.html

(editing version 7)

Edited October 25, 2013

“seeing the words – v8”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/seeing-words-v8.html

(editing version 3 again)

Edited October 23, 2013

“seeing the words – v7”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/seeing-words-v7.html

(editing version 3)

Edited October 19, 2013

“seeing the words – v6”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/seeing-words-v6.html

(editing version 3)

Edited October 12, 2013

“seeing the words – v5”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/seeing-words-v5.html

(editing version 4)

Edited October 11, 2013

“seeing the words – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/seeing-words-v4.html

(editing version 3)

Edited October 5, 2013

“seeing the words – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/seeing-words-v3.html

(editing the original again)

Edited July 22, 2013

“seeing the words – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/seeing-words-v2.html

December 4, 2007 12:25pm

“seeing the words”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/12/seeing-words.html

about writing poetry, when it is a gift of God,

transcribing the words God already wrote

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