touching wet sand - v2

Turning East for a moment
a small detour on my travels;
Maybe stopping for 5 minutes,
feeling the pull of the sea.
 
Hearing the tides, the ocean,
walking towards the dunes;
Touching wet sand, the water,
connecting to the ancient, the primordial,
a simpler time on earth.
 
A casting in the liquid earth,
as temporary as the tides;
Lingering but for a moment
gone before I turn around.

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Edited January 23, 2023

touching wet sand – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/touching-wet-sand-v3.html

Edited January 21, 2023

touching wet sand – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/touching-wet-sand-v2.html

January 21, 2023

touching wet sand

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/touching-wet-sand.html

 

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touching wet sand

Turning East for a moment
a small detour on my travels;
Maybe stopping for 5 minutes,
feeling the pull of the sea.

 

Hearing the tides, the ocean,
walking towards the dunes;
Touching wet sand, the water,
connecting to the ancient, the primordial,
a simpler time on earth.

 

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Edited January 23, 2023

touching wet sand – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/touching-wet-sand-v3.html

Edited January 21, 2023

touching wet sand – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/touching-wet-sand-v2.html

January 21, 2023

touching wet sand

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/touching-wet-sand.html

 

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Tilt’n Hilton

A Texas twang would be better
than a yankee accent
so picture it soundin’ southern
this little story I’ll share
of the year I held on for dear life
 
I lived in the Tilt’n Hilton
or so it was known
a place that the locals were sure of
and a landmark to call your own
I was the one in the cold there
the man in the loft
on the very top floor
 
A funny name for a building
but one so richly deserved
A person could get seasick
just looking at it’s front façade
A marble would have no chance to stop
if it started on down the floor
and nothing would steady a step
as you walked on out the door
 
For the sill is going up
and the floor joints are going down
and the person with the camera
across the street
has decided to call it a day
 
Oh I lived in the Tilt’n Hilton
a place with slants and slopes
and I stayed there for a year
in the midst of my graduate stint
 

7/22/06 20:54
Tilt’n Hilton

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/tiltn-hilton.html

1983-1984

Main Street, Newmarket, NH

 

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We have made our choice – v2

In a state of war, of devastation,
a moment of reflection, of clarity,
one nation, one people, a democracy,
speaking to the whole world
 
“We have made our choice,”
His words of resolve, of defiance,
at the cusp, the start. of a new year,
the continuation of war, of invasion.
 
He made a statement for his nation
no matter what others may choose
standing defiant before the aggressor
while the missile still rain down.
 
“We have made our choice”,
even if our friends grow weary
we will regain our ground,
we will not back down,
“as long as we have breath”.
 

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Edited January 18, 2023

We have made our choice – v2

 https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice-v2.html

January 18, 2023

We have made our choice

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice.html

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmyrto Kuleba

Interview by Mary Louise Kelly

On NPR’s Consider This

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1149167871

 

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You are the Messiah, the Christ – v3

You are the Messiah, the Christ,
the Son of the Most High God;
You are the One foretold in scripture,
the One who was to come.
 
You descended from heaven,
You took on human flesh;
You fulfilled all holy scripture;
You died to give us life.
 
You rose to free us
from the bonds of sin, of death;
You were the one true sacrifice
offered once and for all time.
 

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Edited January 18, 2023

You are the Messiah, the Christ – v3

 

Edited October 17, 2022

You are the Messiah, the Christ – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/10/you-are-messiah-christ-v2.html

October 17, 2022

You are the Messiah, the Christ

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/10/you-are-messiah-christ.html

&

merged September 13, 2021

You are the Messiah – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/you-are-messiah-v2.html

edited September 13, 2021

Christ was God incarnate

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/christ-was-god-incarnate.html

September 7, 2021

He was God incarnate

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/he-was-god-incarnate.html

September 13, 2021

You are the Messiah

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/you-are-messiah.html

edited September 13, 2021

Would we Believe – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/would-we-believe-v2.html

September 13, 2021

would we believe

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/would-we-believe.html

September 13, 2021

speaking boldly, plainly

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/speaking-boldly-plainly.html

John 7

September 13, 2021

This bread is my flesh

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-bread-is-my-flesh.html

September 13, 2021

The work of God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-work-of-god.html

John 6:29-30

edited September 12, 2021

Believe in Jesus Christ – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/believe-in-jesus-christ-v2.html

edited September 12, 2021

Believe in Jesus Christ

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/believe-in-jesus-christ.html

edited September 12, 2021

I am bread, water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/i-am-bread-water.html

September 12, 2021

spiritual bread

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/spiritual-bread.html

edited September 12, 2021

Believe in Christ

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/believe-in-christ.html

September 12, 2021

Believe in the One God sent

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/believe-in-one-god-sent.html

John 6:29-30

edited September 12, 2021

a great crowd coming – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-great-crowd-coming-v2.html

September 12, 2021

a great crowd coming

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-great-crowd-coming.html

September 12, 2021

pick up your mat and walk

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/pick-up-your-mat-and-walk.html

 

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We have made our choice

“We have made our choice,”
words of resolve, defiance,
at the cusp of a new year,
the continuation of war.
 
He made a statement for his nation
no matter what others may choose
standing defiant before the aggressor
while the missile still rain down.
 
“We have made our choice”,
even if our friends grow weary
we will regain our ground,
we will not back down
“as long as we have breath”.
 

-----------------

January 18, 2023

We have made our choice

 

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmyrto Kuleba

Interview by Mary Louise Kelly

On NPR’s Consider This

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1149167871

 

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All for a lousy dollar

Standing at the register my hands shaking violently,
Crying, trying to maintain my composure
Her yelling getting louder, louder,
A viciousness unparalleled in my experience
In many years at the counter.
 
All for a lousy dollar
A fraudulent coupon rejected
Torn up, thrown back at me, demanding
That I honor its value, $1 off,
A pair of coffee pods, this instant.
 
Stepping away, sobbing, wailing,
A primal scream outside
Too frequently accepting the abuse
The manifestation of privilege
Too many in full Karen mode.
 

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January 18, 2023

All for a lousy dollar

 

Customer January 16, 2023

January 12, 2023

Grist for the mill - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/grist-for-mill.html

 

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Carrying their sticks with them - v2

Seeing them walking forward
The young, the old, the others
All with one goal, one purpose,
Like watching sharks from the shoreline
Or maybe only seeing fish out of water
Never seeing them in their natural habitat
Where they live, they thrive.
 
Crossing the parking lot, at all hours,
Every shape and size and color
Carrying their sticks with them
Some like guns to a gunfight
Others like quivers over their shoulders
Different gaits, different affects,
Until they enter the door.
 
Only, later do we see
The slight swagger of the victors
After the games, the tournament,
The constant honing of their craft.
They engage in friendly banter
All part of the fellowship
United by the sticks that they carry.
 

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Edited January 15, 2023

Carrying their sticks with them – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/carrying-their-sticks-with-them-v2.html

Adding a third stanza about after the games,

based on conversation with an English teacher about the poem

January 15, 2023

Carrying their sticks with them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/carrying-their-sticks-with-them.html

Anastasia Billiard Room

A1A S, St. Augustine, FL,

Written on day of an APA tournament

 

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Carrying their sticks with them

Seeing them walking forward
The young, the old, the others
All with one goal, one purpose,
Like watching sharks from the shoreline
Or maybe only seeing fish out of water
Never seeing them in their natural habitat
Where they live, they thrive.
 
Crossing the parking lot, at all hours,
Every shape and size and color
Carrying their sticks with them
Some like guns to a gunfight
Others like quivers over their shoulders
Different gaits, different affects,
Until they enter the door.

 

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January 15, 2023

Carrying their sticks with them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/carrying-their-sticks-with-them.html

Anastasia Billiard Room

A1A S, St. Augustine, FL,

Written on day of an APA tournament

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

 

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