a balanced perspective – v2

both true in a way

exploration and exploitation

looking at history

both right, correct

depending on the perspective

the ones discovering

seeking their fortune

the ones greeting

unaware what was to come

both of them right

from their perspective

needing balance

between the extremes

but not forgetting what happened

Edited October 14, 2013

a balanced perspective – v2

October 14, 2013

a balanced perspective

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-balanced-perspective.html

Columbus Day

ABC story –

“Columbus Day 2013: Hero, Villain or Both

http://abcnews.go.com/US/columbus-day-2013-hero-villain/story?id=20548436

and prayer

“A Prayer for October 14”

https://www.facebook.com/latrelle.millereasterling/posts/713065578721607

by Latrelle Miller Easterling

https://www.facebook.com/latrelle.millereasterling

and earlier poems

January 28, 2012

“to dream heroic dreams – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/01/to-dream-heroic-dreams-v3.html

January 28, 2012

“to dream heroic dreams – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/01/to-dream-heroic-dreams-v2.html

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 26,040+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

a balanced perspective

both true in a way

exploration, exploitation

both right, correct

depending on perspective

the ones discovering

seeking their fortune

the ones greeting

unaware what was to come

both of them right

from their perspective

needing balance

between the extremes

October 14, 2013

Columbus Day

ABC story –

“Columbus Day 2013: Hero, Villain or Both

http://abcnews.go.com/US/columbus-day-2013-hero-villain/story?id=20548436

and prayer

“A Prayer for October 14”

https://www.facebook.com/latrelle.millereasterling/posts/713065578721607

by Latrelle Miller Easterling

https://www.facebook.com/latrelle.millereasterling

and earlier poems

January 28, 2012

“to dream heroic dreams – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/01/to-dream-heroic-dreams-v3.html

January 28, 2012

“to dream heroic dreams – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/01/to-dream-heroic-dreams-v2.html

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 26,030+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

To dream heroic dreams – v3

Men like Copernicus, Columbus,
John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan
able to see, a vision beyond our boundaries
out into that bright unknown

Not stuck in our current state
bound by dust, by a sense of decay
wanting a brighter day
a hope for a better tomorrow

To dream heroic dreams
come what may
fighting to rise above
our dust, our miry clay

With God as our compass
holding onto God’s rights
liberty, with justice, compassion
seeking a brighter tomorrow

In heroic dreams for America
restored, renewed
leading the way to that future
ever stronger, beyond the horizon before us


January 28, 2012
a phrase from Newt Gingrich’s interview
(taken from Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Address,
January 20, 1981;
read – http://www.dreamheroicdreams.com/reagan_words.aspx
see – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5cEhtge_BE)
with Greta Van Susteren
“On the Record”,
January 27, 2012
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/2012/01/28/newt-prospect-president-gingrich-horrifying-washingtons-old-guard?page=3

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 20,980+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

To dream heroic dreams – v2

Copernicus, Columbus,
Kennedy, Reagan
a vision beyond our boundaries
out into the unknown

Not stuck in our current state
bound by the dust, decay
wanting a brighter day
a hope for tomorrow

To dream heroic dreams
come what may
fighting to rise above
our dust, our clay

With God as our compass
holding onto God’s rights
liberty, with justice, compassion
seeking a brighter tomorrow

In heroic dreams for America
restored, renewed
leading the way to that future
ever beyond the horizon


January 28, 2012
a phrase from Newt Gingrich’s interview
with Greta Van Susteren
“On the Record”,
January 27, 2012
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/2012/01/28/newt-prospect-president-gingrich-horrifying-washingtons-old-guard?page=3

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 15,160+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.