Friday, April 12, 2024

Ukraine cannot wait

Too long forgotten,
Debates in Congress,
Defying our pledge,
Our sacred promise,
Doing Terrors bidding,
Letting them die, horror,
In their homes, in the streets…
 
Ukraine cannot wait,
For action, perfect legislation,
Their need our help now,
Before it is too late,
Before the tanks roll,
Before the missiles land,
In the center, at their feet…
 
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April 12, 2024
Ukraine cannot wait
 
April 4, 2024
a proxy bleeding
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-proxy-bleeding.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Ukraine must win – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-must-win-v3.html
Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v4.html
March 19, 2024
Statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3710899/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-20th-ukraine/
at Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting:
“The United States will not let Ukraine fail.
This coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and
the free world will not let Ukraine fail,”
Neither “win” or “victory” were in Austin’s opening remarks…
&
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
 
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, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, EU, proxy, Bucha, Irpin, Izium, Mariupol, Odesa, Kharkiv, terror, genocide, Discharge Petition 9,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #country #people #SlavaUkraini #US #NATO #EU #proxy #ArmUkraineNow #Bucha #Irpin #Izium #Mariupol #Kharkiv #Odesa #terror #genocide #DischargePetition9

We are called to Love – v2

We are called to Love,
To Love God, to Love our Neighbor,
To Abide in Love, in God’s Grace,
In God’s unmerited Favor…
 
We are called to Love,
To Love without ceasing,
To Pray for one another,
To be a real Blessing…
 
We are called to Love,
To be Light in the Darkness,
To Offer Forgiveness,
Redemption, Salvation…
 
We are called to Love,
To Pour out God’s Abundance,
To Love Mercy, to do Justice,
To Walk Humbly with our God…
 
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Edited April 12, 2024
We are called to Love – v2
 
April 12, 2024
We are called to Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/we-are-called-to-love.html
April 12, 2024
Reflecting God’s Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/reflecting-gods-love.html
April 12, 2024
Blanket them in Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/blanket-them-in-love.html
April 12, 2024
Love deeply
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-deeply.html
Based on 1 Peter 4:8
&
Edited April 9, 2024
With all that you are – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/with-all-that-you-are-v2.html
Edited April 4, 2024
Love your Neighbor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-your-neighbor-v2.html
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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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poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, faith, Matthew 19, Matthew 22, John 13, John 15, Deuteronomy 6, Leviticus 19, Golden Rule, New Commandment, justice, Micah 6, Mark 12, 1 Peter 4,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #Matthew19 #Matthew22 #John13 #John15 #Deuteronomy6 #Leviticus19 #GoldenRule #NewCommandment #justice #Micah6 #Mark12 #1Peter4

We are called to Love

We are called to Love,
To Love God, our neighbor,
To abide in Love, in Grace,
In God’s unmerited Favor…
 
We are called to Love,
To Love without ceasing,
To Pray for one another,
To be a Blessing…
 
We are called to Love,
To be Light in the darkness,
To offer Forgiveness,
Life, true Redemption…
 
We are called to Love,
To pour out God’s Abundance,
To walk Humbly, to Love Mercy,
To Serve, to do Justice…
 
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April 12, 2024
We are called to Love
 
April 12, 2024
Reflecting God’s Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/reflecting-gods-love.html
April 12, 2024
Blanket them in Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/blanket-them-in-love.html
April 12, 2024
Love deeply
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-deeply.html
Based on 1 Peter 4:8
&
Edited April 9, 2024
With all that you are – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/with-all-that-you-are-v2.html
Edited April 4, 2024
Love your Neighbor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-your-neighbor-v2.html
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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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poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, faith, Matthew 19, Matthew 22, John 13, John 15, Deuteronomy 6, Leviticus 19, Golden Rule, New Commandment, justice, Micah 6, Mark 12, 1 Peter 4,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #Matthew19 #Matthew22 #John13 #John15 #Deuteronomy6 #Leviticus19 #GoldenRule #NewCommandment #justice #Micah6 #Mark12 #1Peter4

Reflecting God’s Love

Reflecting God’s Love,
Grace without ceasing,
Offering forgiveness,
A redeeming word…
 
Reflecting God’s Love,
A choice in darkness,
Offering reconciliation,
A redeeming word…
 
Reflecting God’s Love,
Unmerited favor,
Offering abundance,
A redeeming word…
 
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April 12, 2024
Reflecting God’s Love
 
April 12, 2024
Blanket them in Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/blanket-them-in-love.html
April 12, 2024
Love deeply
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-deeply.html
Based on 1 Peter 4:8
&
Edited April 9, 2024
With all that you are – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/with-all-that-you-are-v2.html
Edited April 4, 2024
Love your Neighbor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-your-neighbor-v2.html
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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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poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, faith, Matthew 19, Matthew 22, John 13, John 15, Deuteronomy 6, Leviticus 19, Golden Rule, New Commandment, justice, Micah 6, Mark 12, 1 Peter 4,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #Matthew19 #Matthew22 #John13 #John15 #Deuteronomy6 #Leviticus19 #GoldenRule #NewCommandment #justice #Micah6 #Mark12 #1Peter4

Blanket them in Love

Create a bubble, a blanket,
A hedge of protection,
Cover your worries, your mistakes,
Mortal sins waged against you,
With Love overwhelming…
 
Blanket your days, your minutes,
Every moment, your breathing,
In love, with God’s abundance,
Pray over your path, your way,
With Love without ceasing…
 
Blanket everything in love,
A hedge of protection,
A garment of hope, light,
Redeeming our journey,
With Love overwhelming…
 
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April 12, 2024
Blanket them in Love
 
April 12, 2024
Love deeply
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-deeply.html
Based on 1 Peter 4:8
&
Edited April 9, 2024
With all that you are – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/with-all-that-you-are-v2.html
April 9, 2024
With all that you are
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/with-all-that-you-are.html
Based on Mark 12:30
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
&
Based on Matthew 19:19
John 13:34-35
John 15:1-17
Matthew 22:34-40
Leviticus 19:18
Micah 6:8
&
Edited April 4, 2024
Love your Neighbor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-your-neighbor-v2.html
April 4, 2024
Love your neighbor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-your-neighbor.html
Based on Matthew 19:19
John 13:34-35
John 15:1-17
Matthew 22:34-40
Deuteronomy 6:5
Leviticus 19:18
Micah 6:8
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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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poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, faith, Matthew 19, Matthew 22, John 13, John 15, Deuteronomy 6, Leviticus 19, Golden Rule, New Commandment, justice, Micah 6, Mark 12, 1 Peter 4,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #Matthew19 #Matthew22 #John13 #John15 #Deuteronomy6 #Leviticus19 #GoldenRule #NewCommandment #justice #Micah6 #Mark12 #1Peter4

Love deeply

An act of will, to love,
A choice in each moment,
Love deeply,
Love without ceasing,
Love our beginning, our ending,
Breathing Love into being…
 
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April 12, 2024
Love deeply
 
Based on 1 Peter 4:8
&
Edited April 9, 2024
With all that you are – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/with-all-that-you-are-v2.html
April 9, 2024
With all that you are
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/with-all-that-you-are.html
Based on Mark 12:30
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
&
Based on Matthew 19:19
John 13:34-35
John 15:1-17
Matthew 22:34-40
Leviticus 19:18
Micah 6:8
&
Edited April 4, 2024
Love your Neighbor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-your-neighbor-v2.html
April 4, 2024
Love your neighbor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/love-your-neighbor.html
Based on Matthew 19:19
John 13:34-35
John 15:1-17
Matthew 22:34-40
Deuteronomy 6:5
Leviticus 19:18
Micah 6:8
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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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poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, faith, Matthew 19, Matthew 22, John 13, John 15, Deuteronomy 6, Leviticus 19, Golden Rule, New Commandment, justice, Micah 6, Mark 12, 1 Peter 4,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #Matthew19 #Matthew22 #John13 #John15 #Deuteronomy6 #Leviticus19 #GoldenRule #NewCommandment #justice #Micah6 #Mark12 #1Peter4

Playing for the same team

Father and son together,
Playing for the same team,
The company logo on their chests,
One with the American pastime…
 
Stitching our history together,
The ties that bind us,
Lost to so many now,
But how we played as one…
 
A thread line connecting,
Tying us as one, one nation,
Our national pastime, baseball,
Playing for the same team…
 
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April 12, 2024
Playing for the same team
 
https://www.townofcantonct.org/collins-company-history
my grandfather Arthur Leon Foss, Sr.
and my uncle George Watson Foss
Collins Manufacturing Company baseball team
draft started April 9, 2024
&
April 9, 2024
Baseball stitches our fabric together
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/moments-in-history-remembered.html
April 8, 2024
Remembering the 715th home run of Hank Aaron, surpassing Babe Ruth
On April 8, 1974
My reply April 8, 2024
“My grandfather, who remembered Babe Ruth as a pitcher for Boston,
and I argued about who was the greater home run hitter, Aaron or Ruth...
Baseball stitches our fabric together.”
&
April 9, 2024
On the celebration of the 2004 Red Sox World Series Championship
&
“Build It, and They Will Come” speech by Terence Mann (James Earl Jones)
about Baseball in movie, “Field of Dreams”
&
March 23, 2024
Not just evocative
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/not-just-evocative.html
&
Edited March 8, 2024
Seeking to describe Color
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/seeking-to-describe-color.html
&
Edited February 25, 2024
To tell the story – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story-v2.html
February 25, 2024
To tell the story
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story.html
&
Edited February 22, 2024
Willing the ball Fair – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair-v2.html
Edited February 22, 2024
Learning to Swing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing-v2.html
&
February 17, 2024
Learning to Swing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing.html
Film from 1966, (24:48 minutes)
"Batting With Ted Williams"
sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Company
&
In 1967, as part of a promotion for a new line of
“Ted Williams Approved Baseball equipment,”
Williams and Sears released a 20-page booklet,
titled “Batting Tips from Ted: How to Be a Better Hitter”
and corresponding phonograph record,
“Tips on How to Become a Better Hitter.”
The record is narrated by Williams himself;
a copy in the Baseball Hall of Fame,
&
February 17, 2024
Willing the ball Fair
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair.html
Carlton Fisk’s 12th inning walk-off homerun,
for the Boston Red Sox, in the 6th game of the
1975 World Series, just hitting the foul pole,
October 21, 1975
&
February 2, 2024
We are there
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-are-there.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v3.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v2.html
February 2, 2024
A different palette
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
&
Edited December 29, 2023
Watching you hitting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting-v2.html
December 27, 2023
Watching you hitting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting.html
December 26, 2023
Twitter post by Wade Boggs
“Watching some kid hit by the name of Boggs.”
&
Edited August 21, 2023
Sausage – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/sausage-v4.html
&
Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.html
&
edited March 7, 2018
Cards – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/cards-v2.html
after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems
on Literary Devices site about my poetry
https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/
&
edited December 28, 2015
Sausage – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/sausage-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited  September 21, 2012
“Sausage – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/sausage-v2.html
&
Edited September 21, 2012
Red Sox Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/red-sox-win-v2.html
&
August 18, 2005 12:30
Cards
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/cards.html  
&
Thursday, October 28, 2004, 9:18
Red Sox in Four
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-in-four.html
Thursday, October 21, 2004, 10:15
Red Sox Win
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-win.html
&
posted February 14, 2004
written May 27, 2001, 8:54am
Sausage
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sausage.html
 
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, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
poetry, painting, art, nature, baseball, photography, face, portrait painting, light, sunshine, Graig Kreindler, palette, colors, color, heroes, icons, national pastime, memory, nostalgia, eternal,
 
#poetry #painting #art #nature #baseball #photography #face #portraitpainting #light #sunshine #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter #GraigKreindler #palette #colors #color #heroes #icons #nationalpastime #memory #nostalgia #eternal
 
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poetry, painting, art, baseball, photography, light, Graig Kreindler, colors, heroes, icons, national pastime, memory, nostalgia, family, joy, America, history,
 
#poetry #painting #art #Baseball #photography #light #GraigKreindler #color #heroes #nationalpastime #memory #nostalgia #family #joy #America #history
 
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Poetry, 1975 World Series, Carlton Fisk, Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Game 6, homerun, heroes, childhood, Red Sox Nation, joy, happiness, baseball, MLB, 
 
#Poetry #1975WorldSeries #WorldSeries #CarltonFisk #RedSox #CincinnatiReds #homerun #heroes #childhood #RedSoxNation #joy #happiness #baseball #MLB
 
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Poetry, Ted Williams, Red Sox, heroes, childhood, Red Sox Nation, hitting, baseball, MLB, ‎Carl Yastrzemski,
 
#Poetry #TedWilliams #RedSox #heroes #childhood #RedSoxNation #hitting #baseball #MLB #CarlYastrzemski
 
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poetry, baseball, Red Sox, pantheon, heroes, Boggs, Yastrzemski, Williams, Spring Training, Red Sox Nation, fans, mentors, Baseball Hall of Fame,
 
#poetry #baseball #RedSox #pantheon #heroes #Boggs #Yastremski #Williams #SpringTraining #RedSoxNation #fans #mentors #HOF
 
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America, Family, memories, sausage, mustard, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, taste, smells, Writing Poetry, Red Sox, Yawkey Way, Landsdowne Street, Boston, Fenway Park, hot dog,
 
#America #Family #memories #sausage #mustard #NH #taste #smells #Poetry #RedSox #RedSoxNation #Boston #FenwayPark @RedSox #writingpoetry
 
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poetry, America, faith, God, history, baseball, Yankees, Red Sox, world, nation, MLB, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Field of Dreams, playoffs, World Series,
 
#poetry #America #faith #God #history #BabeRuth #HankAaron #baseball #Yankees #RedSox #world #nation #playoffs #WorldSeries #FieldofDreams #MLB

Eighty when I was eight

Sixty-five when dad turned twenty-one,
Eighty when I was eight,
My grandfather a regal presence,
A smile upon his face…
 
Life was simpler then,
His fedora in the closet,
Sitting in his presence
Sharing a meal on Sunday…
 
Driver for the Cookie-Lady,
Violets for the shut-ins,
Together they built a life,
One hundred and ten years ago…
 
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April 12, 2024
Eighty when I was eight
 
&
edited January 21, 2016
Arthur – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/arthur-v2.html
posted February 25, 2004
writing 10/17/03 13:30 to 13:40
Edited 10/20/03, to change yankee to Puritan
Arthur
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/arthur.html
about my paternal grandfather
Arthur Leon Foss
(born 11/30/1888, died September 1978)
and his love of the Boston Red Sox
(written a year before their
2004 World Series Championship,
breaking a 84 year drought)
&
edited December 17, 2016
Open to Adoption – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/12/open-to-adoption-v3.html
merging edited to original and version 2
edited December 9, 2015
Open to Adoption – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/open-to-adoption-v2.html
July 15, 2006 23:00
Open to Adoption
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/open-to-adoption.html
About Ephesians 1:3-14 and
about the adoption at age 25 in 1913 of my grandfather,
Arthur Leon Foss by Georgiana Foss, matron of
the Faith Home orphanage in Lowell, MA.
Honoring her by taking the name he had always known.
Recognizing the consciousness of accepting
God’s offer of adoption, with its rewards and responsibilities.
&
Edited November 30, 2013
Jessie – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/jessie-v3.html
(editing original again)
May 12, 2013
Edited for Mother’s Day worship service
Jessie – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/jessie-v2.html
written 5/2/2001, posted to blog 2/12/2004
Jessie
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/jessie.html
 
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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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bread, Faith, Family, flowers, friends, garden, gifts, hands, light, love, memories, morning glories, orange, poetry, senses, sight, smells, taste, voice,
 
#bread #Faith #God #Family #flowers #friends #garden #gifts #hands #light #love #memories #morningglories #orange #poetry #senses #sight #smells #taste #voice
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Faith, Family, hope, believe, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, religious poetry, Arthur Leon Foss, Boston Red Sox, Red Sox, World Series, Red Sox Nation, Babe Ruth, Yankees, New England,
 
#Faith #Family #hope #believe #NH #poetry #BostonRedSox #RedSox #WorldSeries #RedSoxNation #BabeRuth #Yankees #NewEngland
 
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Poetry, adopted, adoption, creator, earth, Ephesians, Faith, Family, father, free will, gifts, God, hope, love, Lowell, mother, Faith Home, Georgianna Foss, Arthur L. Foss, Wright, Poetry Where You Live,
 
#poetry #adoption #adopted #Faith #Home #trust #Lowell #MA #God #love #FaithHome #GeorgiannaFoss #ArthurFoss #Wright
 

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

#Baseball is what stitches us together…

Moments in history fondly remembered,
Milestones of our pastime, the game,
That we all love that we cherish,
Ties that bind us, that stitch us together,
Remembering the rivalries, the games,
Little moments, held onto, debated,
Around the table, in front of the TV…
 
Was he safe or out, who was the greatest,
The GOAT, the best, how we live or die,
On the hill that we climb on, that we scale,
The pinnacles and the valleys, heartaches,
What is, what might have been,
Waiting till next year, maybe,
Or standing on the mountaintops…
 
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Edited April 9, 2024
Baseball is what stitches us together
 
April 9, 2024
Baseball stitches our fabric together
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/moments-in-history-remembered.html
April 8, 2024
Remembering the 715th home run of Hank Aaron, surpassing Babe Ruth
On April 8, 1974
My reply April 8, 2024
“My grandfather, who remembered Babe Ruth as a pitcher for Boston,
and I argued about who was the greater home run hitter, Aaron or Ruth...
Baseball stitches our fabric together.”
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April 9, 2024
On the celebration of the 2004 Red Sox World Series Championship
&
“Build It, and They Will Come” speech by Terence Mann (James Earl Jones)
about Baseball in movie, “Field of Dreams”
&
March 23, 2024
Not just evocative
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/not-just-evocative.html
&
Edited March 8, 2024
Seeking to describe Color
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/seeking-to-describe-color.html
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Edited February 25, 2024
To tell the story – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story-v2.html
February 25, 2024
To tell the story
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story.html
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Edited February 22, 2024
Willing the ball Fair – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair-v2.html
Edited February 22, 2024
Learning to Swing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing-v2.html
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February 17, 2024
Learning to Swing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing.html
Film from 1966, (24:48 minutes)
"Batting With Ted Williams"
sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Company
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In 1967, as part of a promotion for a new line of
“Ted Williams Approved Baseball equipment,”
Williams and Sears released a 20-page booklet,
titled “Batting Tips from Ted: How to Be a Better Hitter”
and corresponding phonograph record,
“Tips on How to Become a Better Hitter.”
The record is narrated by Williams himself;
a copy in the Baseball Hall of Fame,
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February 17, 2024
Willing the ball Fair
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair.html
Carlton Fisk’s 12th inning walk-off homerun,
for the Boston Red Sox, in the 6th game of the
1975 World Series, just hitting the foul pole,
October 21, 1975
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February 2, 2024
We are there
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-are-there.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v3.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v2.html
February 2, 2024
A different palette
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
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Edited December 29, 2023
Watching you hitting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting-v2.html
December 27, 2023
Watching you hitting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting.html
December 26, 2023
Twitter post by Wade Boggs
“Watching some kid hit by the name of Boggs.”
responding to December 25, 2023 post by Old School Boston
about Carl Yastrzemski and Ted Williams watching batting practice,
Red Sox Spring Training, March 1, 1983
My response December 27, 2023
“All 3 were great hitters, all are @RedSox royalty,
Williams, Yastrzemski, AND Boggs.”
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Edited August 21, 2023
Sausage – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/sausage-v4.html
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Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.html
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edited March 7, 2018
Cards – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/cards-v2.html
after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems
on Literary Devices site about my poetry
https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/
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edited December 28, 2015
Sausage – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/sausage-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited  September 21, 2012
“Sausage – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/sausage-v2.html
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Edited September 21, 2012
Red Sox Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/red-sox-win-v2.html
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August 18, 2005 12:30
Cards
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/cards.html  
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Thursday, October 28, 2004, 9:18
Red Sox in Four
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-in-four.html
Thursday, October 21, 2004, 10:15
Red Sox Win
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-win.html
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posted February 14, 2004
written May 27, 2001, 8:54am
Sausage
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sausage.html
 
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