repost - Raising the Colors – v5

Running to one court, a quick filing,
before racing back to the office,
for a swallow of coffee, gathering papers
and another hearing at another court
that same day.
 
But between these, the motion of the day,
Stopping, pausing, watching;
Standing still, reverent,
for the raising of the colors
before the first courthouse.
 
A moment of reflection, pausing,
caught in the bright morning sun;
Time standing still;
Grateful for where I stand,
for the courage they showed.
 
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edited December 30, 2015

Raising the Colors – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/raising-colors-v5.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/raising-colors-v5_30.html

(editing version 4)

edited September 11, 2015

Raising the Colors – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4_11.html

(editing version 2)

September 11, 2015,

14^th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2015

Edited September 11, 2012

new poem – “An Audible Gasp - 2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-audible-gasp-2.html

September 11, 2012

“A Gasp”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-gasp.html

written about my experience at

Franklin Pierce Law Center

Concord, NH

on September 11, 2001

in the TV lounge

where we all stayed, transfixed by the images

&

latest 20 poems about

September 11, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/September%2011

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edited June 14, 2014

Raising the Colors – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/raising-colors-v3.html

Flag Day

edited May 26, 2014

Raising the Colors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/raising-colors-v2.html

Memorial Day

August 14, 2009

Raising the Colors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/08/raising-colors.html

8:03 AM; watching the raising of the US and POW/MIA flags

Hooksett Family Division Court

Hooksett, NH

In the park across from the court is a sign with the name

Rene Gagnon, the Hooksett resident

who helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima

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

 

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