Looking up through the skylight
hearing the scratch of the leaves,
the branches, the acorns,
In the canopy of the scrub oaks
Summer on the Vineyard.
Nowhere else to be…
A cup of black coffee
Staring into the branches
On the deck or in the bedroom
In the canopy of the scrub oaks
Summer on the Vineyard.
Nowhere else to be…
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Edited May 15, 2023
In the canopy of the scrub oaks – v2
May 15, 2023
In the canopy of the scrub oaks
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/in-canopy-of-scrub-oaks.html
1995 or 1995
Chilmark,
Martha’s Vineyard
&
Edited February 14, 2023
leftover chowder – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/leftover-chowder-v2.html
February 12, 2022
leftover chowder
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/leftover-chowder.html
written after reading “Bluefish”,
by Mary Oliver
written about making chowder on Martha’s Vineyard
in the mid-1990’s
&
edited February 12, 2022
A Cup of Berries – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-cup-of-berries-v5.html
edited
February 11, 2022
living
goblets – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/living-goblets-v4.html
Edited after reading "Blackberries",
by Mary Oliver
&
edited
November 28, 2019
living
goblets – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v3.html
edited
November 27, 2019
living
goblets – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v2.html
November 27,
2019
living
goblets
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-of-juice-of-nectar-no.html
&
edited
November 28, 2019
A Cup of
Berries – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-cup-of-berries-v4.html
edited
August 22, 2019
A Cup of
Berries – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-cup-of-berries-v3.html
edited
June 21, 2014
A Cup of
Berries – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-cup-of-berries-v2.html
August
10, 2008
A Cup of
Berries
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/cup-of-berries.html
&
edited
February 10, 2022
Apricot
and Periwinkle – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/apricot-and-periwinkle-v7.html
edited after reading “Little Sister Pond”,
by Mary Oliver
&
edited March 21, 2021
Apricot and Periwinkle - v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/apricot-and-periwinkle-v6.html
edited May 5, 2018
Apricot and Periwinkle – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/apricot-and-periwinkle-v5.html
(editing version 4, adding 1st stanza)
edited September 28, 2017
Apricot and Periwinkle – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/apricot-and-periwinkle-v4.html
edited January 18, 2016
Apricot and Periwinkle – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/apricot-and-periwinkle-v3.html
(merging edits to version 2 and original)
edited June 21, 2014
Apricot and Periwinkle – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Apricot and Periwinkle
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sunset-seeing-colors.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH
&
February
10, 2022
where
they bedded for the night
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/where-they-bedded-for-night.html
written
after reading “Little Sister Pond”,
by
Mary Oliver
&
Edited
February 10, 2022
something
ancient, sacred - v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v6.html
February
10, 2022
Gathering
another branch
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/gathering-another-branch.html
written
after reading "A Meeting"
by
Mary Oliver
&
edited
February 8, 2022
Building
their nest – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/building-their-nest-v2.html
February
7, 2022
Building
their nest
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/building-their-nest.html
&
edited
February 10, 2022
something
ancient, sacred – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v5.html
edited
February 10, 2022
something
ancient, sacred – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v4.html
edited February 9, 2022
something ancient, sacred – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v3.html
edited after reading, “Crossing the Swamp”,
by Mary Oliver
&
Edited October 19, 2013
something ancient, sacred – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/something-ancient-sacred-v2.html
July 21, 2013
something ancient, sacred
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/something-ancient-sacred.html
about fishing trip
July 17, 2013
&
edited February
9, 2022
drawn to
the source – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/drawn-to-source-v2.html
February
9, 2022
drawn to
the source
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/drawn-to-source.html
written after
reading, “The Fish” and
“Honey at
the Table”,
by Mary
Oliver
&
edited February
9, 2022
Wooing
the Darkness to Sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/wooing-darkness-to-sleep-v2.html
February
9, 2022
Wooing
the Darkness to Sleep
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/wooing-darkness-to-sleep.html
written
after reading, “White Night”,
by Mary
Oliver
&
edited February 9,
2022
Her Lady Slipper –
v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/her-lady-slipper-v3.html
edited after reading
“May”,
by Mary Oliver
&
edited
February 9, 2022
at the
edge of the lake – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v4.html
edited February
9, 2022
at the
edge of the lake – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v3.html
edited February
9, 2022
at the
edge of the lake – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v2.html
edited
February 9, 2022
onto the
water – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water-v2.html
February
8, 2022
onto the
water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water.html
about
summer 2000,
written
after reading "Blossom"
by Mary
Oliver
&
February
8, 2022
at the
edge of the lake
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake.html
about
summer 2000,
written
after reading "Morning on Great Pond"
by Mary
Oliver
&
edited
February 8, 2022
in the
woods I wandered – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v3.html
edited
February 8, 2022
in the
woods I wandered – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v2.html
February
8, 2022
in the
woods I wandered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered.html
written
after reading “Spring”
by Mary
Oliver
&
edited
February 8, 2022
The
bramble enticing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing-v2.html
February
8, 2022
the
bramble enticing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing.html
Written
after reading "Skunk Cabbage"
by Mary
Oliver
&
February
6, 2022
Diatomaceous
earth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diatomaceous-earth.html
Written
after reading "Rain in Ohio",
By Mary
Oliver
&
February
6, 2022
The raptors,
their carrion
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-raptors-their-carrion.html
Written
after reading "Vultures" by Mary Oliver.
&
January
3, 2022
A squadron
of geese
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese.html
written
after reading Clapp’s Brook by Mary Oliver
&
January
3, 2022
The bear
cub
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bear-cub.html
About
drive out of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
after
2019 Stars Over Katahdin dark skies event.
Drafted
after reading first part of poem "Clapp's Brook" by Mary Oliver.
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