a penny

Sitting outside the store
grabbing a bite of lunch
stopping for a few minutes, a break.
 
Asked where the birthday cards are
by a regular customer;
A card was in her hand when she came out.
 
She bent down beside me
a penny was her quest;
But she wordlessly put the penny
in my hand instead.
 
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January 28, 2023

A penny

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-penny.html

Edited January 26, 2023

Blocking, facing – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/blocking-facing-v2.html

Edited January 26, 2023

We see them all – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-see-them-all-v2.html

&

January 25, 2023

Blocking, facing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/blocking-facing.html

&

January 25, 2023

We see them all

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-see-them-all.html

&

Edited January 23, 2023

They brought the virus with them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/they-brought-virus-with-them.html

January 23, 2023

bringing the virus with them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/bringing-virus-with-them.html

&

December 29, 2021

Pushing freight in a pandemic

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pushing-freight-in-pandemic.html

edited October 25, 2021

Another SKU - haiku

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku-haiku.html

converted to haiku based on challenge in comments

October 25, 2021

Another SKU

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku.html

&

edited June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe-v3.html

edited June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe-v2.html

June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe.html

&

edited April 18, 2021

a chance meeting – 2 - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-chance-meeting-2-v2.html

April 15, 2021

a chance meeting - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-chance-meeting.html

&

edited March 6, 2021

God must weep - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep-v3.html

edited March 6, 2021

God must weep - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep_6.html

March 6, 2021

God must weep

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep.html

Twitter post by @JustAmyZing:

https://twitter.com/JustAmyZing/status/1368229697650319361

“I will never understand American Christianity’s

response to the pandemic. I’m so grieved by

reckless choices that lead to real life consequences

for the whole community. And I wonder in the

Church’s failure in this also grieves the heart of God.”

My reply:

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1368230798323822593

if "#Jesus wept." for the death of one friend,

Lazarus, how much more so must #God weep for this

loss of life from the pandemic.

John 11:35

“Jesus wept.”

&

edited March 23, 2020

a virus spreading – v9

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v9.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242055056016498688

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054030848819200

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054323250630659

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054493413531649

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054712423321600

 

changing order of stanzas and edits

edited March 22, 2020

a virus spreading – v8

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v8.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241873672643674112

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872235666780162

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872448527773696

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872747652943873

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872989588721671

edited March 22, 2020

a virus, spreading – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v7.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241748018652536833

part 1 of 2 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241747048631873536

part 2 of 2 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241747180429418498

CDC COVID-19 site:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

&

March 22, 2020

a hidden enemy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-hidden-enemy.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241731453228142595

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241727270533902341

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241727640551202817

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241728193440202753

 

 

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invade my body – v2

Pierce my shell
my reserve, my clay,
my desire for control;
May Your Love flood me
may your Spirit invade my body;
oh Lord, fill my soul.
 
Oh God, my Savior
wash me clean
restore me. make me whole
drench my inner self
Flood me, cleanse me;
oh Lord, fill my soul.
 

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Edited January 26, 2023

invade my body – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/invade-my-body-v2.html

&
Edited January 26, 2023

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/invade-my-heart-v2.html

January 26, 2015

invade my heart

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/invade-my-heart.html

&

March 14, 2014

invade my body

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/invade-my-body.html

Ephesians 4:19b (The Voice)

“God, may Your fullness flood through their entire beings.”

Philippians 4:13 (NRSV)

Ephesians 3:14-21

“The Love of Christ” (NCV)

(but read in The Voice bible)

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“The Strength of God’s Presence”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-03-14

https://twitter.com/URIntlMin/status/444367600278315008

by Mabel Marin

https://www.facebook.com/mabelitamarin

for March 14, 2014

read March 14, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for March and April 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/mar-apr2014

 

 

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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invade my heart - v2

crack me wide open
find a way into my spirit
pour me out, empty me,
invade my heart
my empty earthen vessel
find an eternal home
deep within me
 
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Edited January 26, 2023

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/invade-my-heart-v2.html

January 26, 2015

invade my heart

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/invade-my-heart.html

January 19, 2015 to January 25, 2015

 “+courage

Devozine for January and February 2015

https://www.facebook.com/devozinemagazine

https://twitter.com/devozinemag

http://devozine.upperroom.org/

www.devozine.org

&

Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)

devotion “Invade My Heart”

(about song, “Your Love is Strong”,

by Jon Foreman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=301S7NgAkLs

devotion by Jordan Taylor

devotion for January 20, 2015

read January 25, 2015

&

Isaiah 41:6 (NRSV)

devotion “Small Acts of Courage”

devotion by Wesley Overhults

devotion for January 19, 2015

read January 25, 2015

&

Youth Group

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Patten, ME

January 25, 2015

 

 

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Blocking, facing – v2

Blocking, facing, stretching,

with a limited supply in stock;

Creating an image, a picture,

A façade, a lie of fullness,

A movie set of retail

of more inventory here

giving customers a sense

that we can provide

all of their needs.

 

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Edited January 26, 2023

Blocking, facing – v2

 

Edited January 26, 2023

We see them all – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-see-them-all-v2.html

&

January 25, 2023

Blocking, facing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/blocking-facing.html

&

January 25, 2023

We see them all

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-see-them-all.html

&

Edited January 23, 2023

They brought the virus with them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/they-brought-virus-with-them.html

January 23, 2023

bringing the virus with them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/bringing-virus-with-them.html

&

December 29, 2021

Pushing freight in a pandemic

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pushing-freight-in-pandemic.html

edited October 25, 2021

Another SKU - haiku

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku-haiku.html

converted to haiku based on challenge in comments

October 25, 2021

Another SKU

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku.html

&

edited June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe-v3.html

edited June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe-v2.html

June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe.html

&

edited April 18, 2021

a chance meeting – 2 - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-chance-meeting-2-v2.html

April 15, 2021

a chance meeting - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-chance-meeting.html

&

edited March 6, 2021

God must weep - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep-v3.html

edited March 6, 2021

God must weep - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep_6.html

March 6, 2021

God must weep

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep.html

Twitter post by @JustAmyZing:

https://twitter.com/JustAmyZing/status/1368229697650319361

“I will never understand American Christianity’s

response to the pandemic. I’m so grieved by

reckless choices that lead to real life consequences

for the whole community. And I wonder in the

Church’s failure in this also grieves the heart of God.”

My reply:

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1368230798323822593

if "#Jesus wept." for the death of one friend,

Lazarus, how much more so must #God weep for this

loss of life from the pandemic.

John 11:35

“Jesus wept.”

&

edited March 23, 2020

a virus spreading – v9

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v9.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242055056016498688

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054030848819200

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054323250630659

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054493413531649

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054712423321600

 

changing order of stanzas and edits

edited March 22, 2020

a virus spreading – v8

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v8.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241873672643674112

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872235666780162

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872448527773696

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872747652943873

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872989588721671

edited March 22, 2020

a virus, spreading – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v7.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241748018652536833

part 1 of 2 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241747048631873536

part 2 of 2 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241747180429418498

CDC COVID-19 site:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

&

March 22, 2020

a hidden enemy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-hidden-enemy.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241731453228142595

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241727270533902341

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241727640551202817

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241728193440202753

 

 

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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We see them all – v2

We see them all
a parade of humanity
our regulars, irregulars,
some new, some off the street.
 
Let's see, there is Etchy, and Sketchy,
Itchy, and Twitchy, and a Little Bitchy
characters, curmudgeons, and the cranky;
There are Felecias and Karens by the score.
 
Some are busy, no time for chatter,
others on their cell phones
lost in conversation, oblivious,
wtmi, at least in my opinion.
 
A sea of humanity,
locals and renters, walkers,
Snowbirds in their season.
No shirt, no shoes; no problem.
 

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Edited January 26, 2023

We see them all – v2

 

January 25, 2023

We see them all

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-see-them-all.html

&

Edited January 23, 2023

They brought he virus with them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/they-brought-virus-with-them.html

January 23, 2023

bringing the virus with them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/bringing-virus-with-them.html

&

December 29, 2021

Pushing freight in a pandemic

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pushing-freight-in-pandemic.html

edited October 25, 2021

Another SKU - haiku

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku-haiku.html

converted to haiku based on challenge in comments

October 25, 2021

Another SKU

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku.html

&

edited June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe-v3.html

edited June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe-v2.html

June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe.html

&

edited April 18, 2021

a chance meeting – 2 - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-chance-meeting-2-v2.html

April 15, 2021

a chance meeting - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-chance-meeting.html

&

edited March 6, 2021

God must weep - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep-v3.html

edited March 6, 2021

God must weep - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep_6.html

March 6, 2021

God must weep

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep.html

Twitter post by @JustAmyZing:

https://twitter.com/JustAmyZing/status/1368229697650319361

“I will never understand American Christianity’s

response to the pandemic. I’m so grieved by

reckless choices that lead to real life consequences

for the whole community. And I wonder in the

Church’s failure in this also grieves the heart of God.”

My reply:

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1368230798323822593

if "#Jesus wept." for the death of one friend,

Lazarus, how much more so must #God weep for this

loss of life from the pandemic.

John 11:35

“Jesus wept.”

&

edited March 23, 2020

a virus spreading – v9

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v9.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242055056016498688

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054030848819200

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054323250630659

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054493413531649

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054712423321600

 

changing order of stanzas and edits

edited March 22, 2020

a virus spreading – v8

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v8.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241873672643674112

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872235666780162

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872448527773696

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872747652943873

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872989588721671

edited March 22, 2020

a virus, spreading – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v7.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241748018652536833

part 1 of 2 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241747048631873536

part 2 of 2 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241747180429418498

CDC COVID-19 site:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

&

March 22, 2020

a hidden enemy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-hidden-enemy.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241731453228142595

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241727270533902341

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241727640551202817

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241728193440202753

 

 

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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touching wet sand – v4

Turning East for but a quick moment
a small detour on my workday travels;
Maybe stopping for five minutes,
to go forward, to linger, to savor,
feeling the urgent pull of the sea.
 
Hearing the tides, the wind, the ocean,
walking towards the familiar dunes;
Reaching down, at the water’s edge
touching wet sand, the moving water,
connecting to the ancient, the primordial,
a simpler time on this path, this earth.
 
A casting in the liquid earth,
as temporary as the tide,
the moving waters, a breath;
Lingering but for a moment
gone before I turn ‘round.

 
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Edited January 25, 2023

touching wet sand – v4

 

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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