He is a barker, a carnie

He is a barker, a carnie

reflected in the mirrors

in the funhouse,

his image distorted;

Spewing anger, bile,

tearing us apart

He is a barker, a carnie

exposing our inner demons

our evil, darkest nature,

tapping into, fomenting;

Spewing anger, bile,

tearing us apart

He is a barker, a carnie

seeking to woo us to his position

calling us to try a turn;

But there no kewpie doll,

no treasure, no reward

at the end of this dark ride

He is a barker, a carnie

exposing our nativist passions

making others demons

by race, by religion;

Spewing anger, bile,

tearing us apart

He is a barker, a carnie

sure of his own deception,

the cruelty of his message,

in fear, in division;

Spewing anger, bile,

tearing us apart

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edited/new name December 12, 2015

He is a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/he-is-barker-carnie.html

edited December 12, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited/new name December 10, 2015

a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a clear and present danger – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v4.html

(editing version 3)

edited December 9, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v2.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v2.html

December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v2.html

edited December 2, 2015

a clear and present danger – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v3.html

(editing version 2)

November 25, 2015

a xenophobic cancer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-xenophobic-cancer.html

November 25, 2015

a demagogue and a bully

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-demagogue-and-bully.html

edited November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger-v2.html

November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,360+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

a demagogue and a bully – v3

He is a demagogue and a bully

stoking the fires within us;

He is riding the waves of anger

our fear of attack, our vulnerability,

to pander to the prejudice

the racism within our nation

the doubt about their love

He is sowing seeds imprudent

fanning the flames of hatred

creating a wedge, taking advantage,

of division within our nation;

He is hoping to catch the wave

of the fomented revolution

seeking only to splinter, to tear at,

the fabric of our nation

He is casting pearls before swine

sowing to the whirlwind, their anger,

to milk the bitter harvest;

He is a demagogue and a bully

spewing a pack of lies

taking full advantage

of the fears in our time

edited/new name December 12, 2015

He is a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/he-is-barker-carnie.html

edited December 12, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited/new name December 10, 2015

a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a clear and present danger – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v4.html

(editing version 3)

edited December 9, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v2.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v2.html

December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v2.html

edited December 2, 2015

a clear and present danger – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v3.html

(editing version 2)

November 25, 2015

a xenophobic cancer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-xenophobic-cancer.html

November 25, 2015

a demagogue and a bully

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-demagogue-and-bully.html

edited November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger-v2.html

November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,360+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

clear-eyed about our history – v4

All of the words, of justice, of equality

those written and signed on the printed page

none of them matter, not in the least;

What really matters, what is important,

is speaking truth, of what is truly

within each of our hearts

An unvarnished accounting, honest,

the objective truth only

we must be clear-eyed about our history;

The pattern of abuse

there from the beginning

to the Native peoples

The original sin, slavery,

written into the documents

the words of equality, of liberty,

for all God’s people, a lie,

for the few, for white men alone

with land, with property only

Freedom not for all, no matter the words,

nothing of justice, in truth,

even to this day, too many, too many,

not enjoying the “American Dream”,

a lie perpetuated by those still in power

if we are clear-eyed about our history

To understand that those in power

write the history, pass the laws

that they stand on the backs of others

those they subjugate still

not free, not really, as a people

until all are given a chance

To fulfill their own dreams

here in the land of the free

and the home of the brave;

we cannot continue

with our self-serving histories

we need one clear-eyed history

For us to move forward

together as one people

within the one circle

for all to be equal,

living out our creed

for all to be free

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edited December 11, 2015

clear-eyed about out history – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v4_11.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v4_73.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v4_89.html

(editing version 2 and version 3)

&

edited November 20, 2015

clear-eyed about our history – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v3_20.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v3_74.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v3_56.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v3_83.html

(editing version 2)

edited October 30, 2015

Railing against the imbalance – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/railing-against-imbalance-v4.html

(editing version 2)

edited October 18, 2015

Railing against the imbalance – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/railing-against-imbalance-v3.html

(editing version 2, adding stanza)

edited October 17, 2015

Railing against the imbalance – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/railing-against-imbalance-v2.html

October 16, 2015

Railing against the imbalance

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/railing-against-imbalance.html

Senator Bernice Sanders

https://berniesanders.com/

https://twitter.com/SenSanders

https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/

Senator Elizabeth Warren

https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethWarren

http://www.warren.senate.gov/

http://elizabethwarren.com/

https://twitter.com/SenWarren

Blog Action Day 2015 – “Raise Your Voice”

October 16, 2015

http://blogactionday.org/

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Action%20Day

https://www.facebook.com/blogactionday

https://twitter.com/blogactionday12

https://plus.google.com/102886248124157027141

http://www.pinterest.com/blogactionday/

https://twitter.com/blogactionday (2010)

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edited October 16, 2015

clear-eyed about our history – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v2_16.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v2_71.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/clear-eyed-about-our-history-v2_74.html

July 3, 2015

clear-eyed about our history

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/clear-eyed-about-our-history.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/clear-eyed-about-our-history_3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/clear-eyed-about-our-history_41.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/clear-eyed-about-our-history_34.html

New England Conference of United Methodist Church

http://www.neumc.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NEUMC

https://twitter.com/neumc

Annual Conference 2015 (#NEAC15)

http://www.neumc.org/acsessions

https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23NEAC15

worship guides

http://www.neumc.org/2015acworshipmaterials

NEUMC Photos

https://www.facebook.com/NEUMC/photos_stream

my photos

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/pictures-from-new-england-united.html

Worship Director Marcia McFee

https://www.facebook.com/marcia.mcfee

https://twitter.com/marciamcfee

http://marciamcfee.com/

https://www.facebook.com/WorshipDesignStudio

Guest Preacher Bishop Gregory Palmer

http://www.westohioumc.org/conference/bishops-biography

http://www.westohioumc.org/

https://www.facebook.com/westohioumc

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gregory-V-Palmer/132965966742833

New England Annual Conference Resolution on shooting in Charleston

http://neumc-www.brtsite.com/files/fileshare/south+carolinea+sate.pdf

speech 6/23/2015

South Carolina State Senator Paul Thurmond (R), son of former South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, remarks on Confederate Flag. Paul Thurmond remarks on Confederate Flag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7AB8-ruaWo

Mark 4:4-8 (bible study topic on 6/17/2015 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church)

&

I forgive you  statements of victims’ family – Nadine Collier, Anthony Thompson, Felicia Sanders

https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/vb.341163402640457/848991765190949/

&

Hate Won’t Win campaign

https://www.facebook.com/HateWontWin

&

Jon Stewart’s June 18, 2015 opening monologue on Charleston shooting

https://www.facebook.com/116687955016786/videos/1027868420565397/

&

The funeral for the Reverend Clementa Pinkney 6/26/15

http://www.c-span.org/video/?326769-1/funeral-service-sc-state-senator-clementa-pinckney

&

President Barack Obama’s Eulogy (video and full text)

-          https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2015/06/26/president-delivers-honors-life-reverend-clementa-pinkney

-          https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-delivers-eulogy-honor-reverend-pinckney?source=socnet_tw_MISC_20150626_bo_Charleston_live_17&utm_medium=socnet&awesm=ofa.bo_h8h7&utm_content=20150626_bo_Charleston_live_17&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=socnet_tw_MISC_20150626_bo_Charleston_live_17

-          http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/26/obama-eulogy-full-text_n_7674406.html?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016

&

June 22, 2015

We pray for our sisters, our brothers

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/we-pray-for-our-sisters-our-brothers.html

@dreamUMC #dreamumc tweetup on Charleston shooting

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Guest Preacher Thom White Wolf Fassett

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.fassett.5  

COMMENTARY: 2012 Act of Repentance of The United Methodist Church

http://www.gccuic-umc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=356&Itemid=283

Recap of Thursday sessions

http://neumc-www.brtsite.com/newsdetail/1387285

Act of Repentance

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/1389898

by Pat Warrior Woman Parent

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story by Thom White Wolf Fassett about Willie,

an Inuit member of the Methodist Church in Nome, AK,

janitor in the school system, and revered elder,

a bridge to the modern age and a follower of ancient ways

&

Recap of Friday sessions

http://neumc-www.brtsite.com/newsdetail/1387466

extract of sermon

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/1387412

Bishop Palmer

Recap of Saturday sessions

http://neumc-www.brtsite.com/newsdetail/1390135

bible study on Luke 10 (Good Samaritan)

led by Bishop Palmer

https://soundcloud.com/ne-conference-umc/bishop-palmer-saturday-bible-study

worship

Laity Address

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/1390104

by Janet O’Neill

opening prayer for morning session on Saturday, 6/20/15

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/new-england-united-methodist-church.html

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edited July 5, 2014

A New Nation – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-new-nation-v2.html

July 4, 2008

A New Nation

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post_8239.html

edited July 4, 2014

Words of Mettle – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/words-of-mettle-v2.html

July 4, 2008

Words of Mettle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post_7314.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-4-2008-poems-at-wesley-united.html

Read before writing the series of poems on 7/4/2008:

-          Mayflower Compact,

http://mayflowerhistory.com/mayflower-compact/

-          Declaration of Independence,

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

-          Gettysburg Address,

http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm

-          Emancipation Proclamation,

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/transcript.html

-          Preamble to Constitution,

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

-          Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, 8/28/1963

http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf

written for July 4^th celebration

Wesley United Methodist Church

www.concordwumc.org

Concord, NH

In reading this, I noted that the nomination speech

of the Democratic Convention this summer

will be on the 45^th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech

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edited November 28, 2014

For America to Rise – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/for-america-to-rise-v2.html

edited November 28, 2014

shattered in a million pieces – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/shattered-in-million-pieces-v2.html

edited November 28, 2014

shattered into a million pieces

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/shattered-into-million-pieces.html

edited/ new November 28, 2014

shattered in a million pieces

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/shattered-in-million-pieces.html

(this is my 34,000th poem)

edited/ new November 28, 2014

For America to Rise

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/for-america-to-rise.html

edited November 28, 2014

We must Love our neighbors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/we-must-love-our-neighbors.html

edited November 28, 2014

Love your neighbors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/love-your-neighbors.html

edited/merged November 28, 2014

Love God and your neighbor

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/love-god-and-your-neighbor.html

November 28, 2014

Love God

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/love-god.html

November 28, 2014

Love your neighbor – 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/love-your-neighbor-2.html

Matthew 22:37

-          Deuteronomy 6:5

Matthew 22:39

-          Leviticus 19:18

Matthew 22:36-40

devotion “Two Simple Principles”

devotion by Jep Robertson

for November 20, 2014

read November 28, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Commander-Devotional-Alan-Robertson/dp/1476748683

compiled by Alan Robertson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson-duck-dynasty/601622119889439

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson/665992033453188

http://duckcommander.com/meet-the-family/al-robertson

https://twitter.com/BeardlessBro

&

edited November 28, 2014

lost in our delusions – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/lost-in-our-delusions-v6.html

(editing original again)

Black Friday 2014

edited October 16, 2014

lost in our delusions – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/lost-in-our-delusions-v5.html

edited January 4, 2014

lost in our delusions – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/lost-in-our-delusions-v4.html

(editing version 2)

Edited October 25, 2013

lost in our delusions – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/lost-in-our-delusions-v3.html

Edited October 19, 2013

lost in our delusions – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/lost-in-our-delusions-v2.html

Edited October 12, 2013

lost in our delusions

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/lost-in-our-delusions.html

&

http://rankingamerica.wordpress.com/

&

edited October 24, 2014

I love her but she is broken – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-love-her-but-she-is-broken-v4.html

(editing version 2)

Edited October 22, 2013

posted October 24, 2013

I love her but she is broken – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-love-her-but-she-is-broken-v3.html

(editing version 2)

Edited October 12, 2013

I love her but she is broken – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-love-her-but-she-is-broken-v2.html

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edited October 22, 2014

we pray for our nation – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/we-pray-for-our-nation-v8.html

(editing version 2)

Edited October 22, 2013

we pray for our nation – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-pray-for-our-nation-v7.html

(editing version 4)

edited October 19, 2013

we pray for our nation – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-pray-for-our-nation-v6.html

(editing version 4)

edited October 12, 2013

we pray for our nation – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-pray-for-our-nation-v5.html

Edited October 12, 2013

longer clip from “The Newsroom”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKrV_waE-Fs

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edited October 22, 2014

I cry for the children – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-cry-for-children-v5.html

edited October 16, 2014

I cry for the children – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-cry-for-children-v4.html

Edited October 22, 2013

I cry for the children – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-cry-for-children-v3.html

Edited October 12, 2013

I cry for the children – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-cry-for-children-v2.html

Edited October 12, 2013

I love her but she is broken – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-love-her-but-she-is-broken-v2.html

October 12, 2013

We pray for our nation – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-pray-for-our-nation-v5.html

&

Edited October 12, 2013

not in a nation state

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/not-in-nation-state.html

Edited October 12, 2013

the goodness and mercy of God

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-goodness-and-mercy.html

Edited October 12, 2013

lost in our delusions

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/lost-in-our-delusions.html

&

http://rankingamerica.wordpress.com/

&

Edited October 12, 2013

What should we tell them

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/what-should-we-tell-them.html

Edited October 12, 2013

I cry for the children

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-cry-for-children.html

Edited October 12, 2013

I love her but she is broken

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-love-her-but-she-is-broken.html

October 12, 2013

America is Broken

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/america-is-broken.html

“Why America is NOT the greatest country in the world, anymore” video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqcLUqYqrs

&

watched after reading the post by my college friend Jim Thibeau

https://www.facebook.com/jim.thibeau/posts/10202102681666789

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/12/american-decline/

&

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-america-is-not-greatest-country-in.html

&

Edited October 10, 2013

we pray for our nation – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-pray-for-our-nation-v4.html

edited July 4, 2012

we pray for our nation – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v3.html

July 2, 2012

we pray for our nation – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v2.html

extract of Prayers of the People

http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6437456#editor/target=post;postID=5705129811262611669

second of a worship series on:

“Cruising the Sacred Waters of Our Faith”

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

Theme - Where do we put Jesus in our lives?
Mark 5:21-43 (GOD’s WORD Translation)
Psalm 130 (Common English Bible)
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (NIV)

Call to Worship(Abington Worship 2012)(Psalm 130, Mark 5)

Unison Prayer

Prayer of Dedication (Mark 5:21-43) (2 Corinthians 8, Mark 5)

(adapted from GBOD 2012 and Abington Worship 2012)

Communion, UMH page 9
Sermon - What Jesus Means to Me!

by Raymond A. Foss

Suncook, NH

July 1, 2012

Fifth Sunday of Kingdomtide

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,360+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

a barker, a carnie

a barker, a carnie

the mirrors in the funhouse,

his image distorted,

spewing anger, bile,

tearing us apart

a barker, a carnie

exposing our inner demons

our evil, darkest nature,

spewing anger, bile,

tearing us apart

a barker, a carnie

seeking to woo us to his position

calling us to try a turn

but there no kewpie doll, no treasure

at the end of this dark ride

a barker, a carnie

exposing our nativist passions

making others demons

spewing anger, bile,

tearing us apart

a barker, a carnie

sure of his deception,

the cruelty of his message,

spewing anger, bile,

tearing us apart

edited/new name December 12, 2015

He is a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/he-is-barker-carnie.html

edited December 12, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited/new name December 10, 2015

a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a clear and present danger – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v4.html

(editing version 3)

edited December 9, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v2.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v2.html

December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v2.html

edited December 2, 2015

a clear and present danger – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v3.html

(editing version 2)

November 25, 2015

a xenophobic cancer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-xenophobic-cancer.html

November 25, 2015

a demagogue and a bully

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-demagogue-and-bully.html

edited November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger-v2.html

November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,360+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

A clear and present danger – v4

He constitutes a challenge

a clear and present danger

to our people, to our nation

a demagogue spewing

a cascade of lies, of anger

no hope for stopping

his polarized language, the bile,

the torrent of fear, of filth,

and hate overflowing

catching all in the maelstrom

the rising feared pitch

Raising the ante, the temperature,

with any who doubt, who we speak out

who cast aspersions, who challenge

who question his lies, his hate,

The end as in the past, repeating

when we did not stop the tyrants

the bullies on the playground

those sitting at the committee rostrums

or standing at the gate to the citadels

blocking the doors of our schools, our colleges,

of any of our places of learning

He is a clear and present danger

to all of our people, to our nation,

that will not end, that will not stop

until we defy the bully, his minions,

until we question his lies, his motives;

He will only scream louder, spreading more lies,

inciting others to violence, to rage,

fed by the polls, his ratings

by the response of his supporters

churning up the darker shades,

emotions, of our body politic

edited/new name December 12, 2015

He is a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/he-is-barker-carnie.html

edited December 12, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited/new name December 10, 2015

a barker, a carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a clear and present danger – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v4.html

(editing version 3)

edited December 9, 2015

a demagogue and a bully – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-demagogue-and-bully-v2.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v3.html

edited December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie-v2.html

December 9, 2015

a barker at the carnie

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-barker-at-carnie.html

edited December 9, 2015

a xenophobic cancer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-xenophobic-cancer-v2.html

edited December 2, 2015

a clear and present danger – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-clear-and-present-danger-v3.html

(editing version 2)

November 25, 2015

a xenophobic cancer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-xenophobic-cancer.html

November 25, 2015

a demagogue and a bully

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-demagogue-and-bully.html

edited November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger-v2.html

November 25, 2015

A clear and present danger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-clear-and-present-danger.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,360+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.