A double A-frame

A double A-frame,
a fork in the road,
a path not taken,
a choice by necessity
an opportunity lost.
 
A way going forward,
in the city, not the country,
a path we chose to take
a choice by necessity
an opportunity lost.
 
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November 26, 2023
A double A-frame
 
In the summer of 1976, dad got a job
as Manager of Manufacturing Engineering
at Joy Manufacturing
in Claremont, NH.
We almost bought a double A-frame
on a large lot in Ascutney, VT,
But there were issues with water rights,
with the well on another parcel and
the owner lived in Australia at the time…
My folks bought a home in Claremont instead.
We had discussed me doing all the landscaping,
clearing the lot in Ascutney, but that never happened.

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.

 
Poetry, land, landscaping, opportunity, roads not taken, Claremont, Ascutney,
 
#poetry #land #landscaping #opportunity #roadsnottaken #Claremont #Ascutney

Sometimes land, sometimes water - v3

Mud flats, tidal marshes
below the bridge, the roadway,
my path, the way to work and home,
watching the daily changes,
the urgent ebb and flow.
 
Sometimes land, sometimes water,
as I drive, as I journey, as I travel,
seeing the tidal forces, the estuary,
plants and creatures dwelling
between water and land.
 
Silt and flooding, changing,
as I look, as I ponder, as I sojourn,
drinking in the vista, the primordial soup,
watching the tidal motion,
the urgent ebb and flow.
 
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Edited May 15, 2023

Sometimes land, sometimes water – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/sometimes-land-sometimes-water-v3_13.html

Edited May 12, 2023

Sometimes land, sometimes water – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/sometimes-land-sometimes-water-v3.html

May 12, 2023

Sometimes land, sometimes water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/sometimes-land-sometimes-water.html

&

Edited March 16, 2023

There are secrets in those dark waters – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-are-secrets-in-those-dark-waters_16.html

Edited March 15, 2023

There are secrets in those dark waters – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-are-secrets-in-those-dark-waters_15.html

March 10, 2023

There are secrets in those dark waters

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-are-secrets-in-those-dark-waters.html

March 2, 2023

they are no longer there

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/they-are-no-longer-there.html

Edited February 27, 2023

What secrets do these waters hold – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-secrets-do-these-waters-hold-v2.html

Edited/ merged February 27, 2023

By the side of the road I travel – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-side-of-road-i-travel-v2.html

&

February 27, 2023

What secrets do these waters hold

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-secrets-do-these-waters-hold.html

learned that this spot is near the former home of William Lindsey’s mother

and adjacent to where he dumped the body of Lisa Foley,

his first serial murder victim

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lindsey-william-darrell.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Darrell_Lindsey

&

February 26, 2023

By the side of the road I travel

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-side-of-road-i-travel.html 

West Pope Road

&

Edited February 26, 2023

Liquid mud flats – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/liquid-mud-flats-v2.html

February 24, 2023

Liquid mud flats

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/liquid-mud-flats.html

Crossing the 312 bridge

Between Anastasia Island and the mainland,

St. Augustine Beach to St. Augustine, FL.

 

 

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.

 

Poetry, driving, nature, water, tides, tidal, intercoastal, mud flats, rushes, moon, St. Augustine, Florida,

 

#Poetry #driving #nature #water #tides #tidal #intercoastal #mudflats #rushes #moon #StAugustine #Florida

 

 

Poetry, driving, nature, water, wetlands, swamp, birds, development, St. Augustine, Florida, Treaty Park,

 

#Poetry #driving #nature #water #wetlands #swamp #birds #StAugustine #Florida #TreatyPark #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity

 

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Poetry, nature, marsh, murder, bodies, evidence, secrets, William Lindsey, serial murder,

 

#poetry #nature #marsh #murder #bodies #secrets #WilliamLindsey #evidence #serialmurder

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poetry, St. Augustine, tidal, water, land, Florida, tidal marsh, mud flats,

 

 

#poetry #staugustine #tidal #water #land #Florida #tidalmarsh #mudflats

 

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.

Sometimes land, sometimes water - v2

Mud flats, tidal marshes
below the bridge, the roadway,
my path, the way to work and home,
watching the daily changes,
the urgent ebb and flow.
 
Sometimes land, sometimes water,
as I drive, as I journey, as I travel,
seeing the tidal forces, the estuary,
plants and creatures dwelling
between water and land.
 
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Edited May 12, 2023

Sometimes land, sometimes water – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/sometimes-land-sometimes-water-v3.html

May 12, 2023

Sometimes land, sometimes water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/sometimes-land-sometimes-water.html

&

Edited March 16, 2023

There are secrets in those dark waters – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-are-secrets-in-those-dark-waters_16.html

Edited March 15, 2023

There are secrets in those dark waters – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-are-secrets-in-those-dark-waters_15.html

March 10, 2023

There are secrets in those dark waters

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-are-secrets-in-those-dark-waters.html

March 2, 2023

they are no longer there

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/they-are-no-longer-there.html

Edited February 27, 2023

What secrets do these waters hold – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-secrets-do-these-waters-hold-v2.html

Edited/ merged February 27, 2023

By the side of the road I travel – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-side-of-road-i-travel-v2.html

&

February 27, 2023

What secrets do these waters hold

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-secrets-do-these-waters-hold.html

learned that this spot is near the former home of William Lindsey’s mother

and adjacent to where he dumped the body of Lisa Foley,

his first serial murder victim

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lindsey-william-darrell.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Darrell_Lindsey

&

February 26, 2023

By the side of the road I travel

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-side-of-road-i-travel.html 

West Pope Road

&

Edited February 26, 2023

Liquid mud flats – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/liquid-mud-flats-v2.html

February 24, 2023

Liquid mud flats

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/liquid-mud-flats.html

Crossing the 312 bridge

Between Anastasia Island and the mainland,

St. Augustine Beach to St. Augustine, FL.

 

 

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.

 

Poetry, driving, nature, water, tides, tidal, intercoastal, mud flats, rushes, moon, St. Augustine, Florida,

 

#Poetry #driving #nature #water #tides #tidal #intercoastal #mudflats #rushes #moon #StAugustine #Florida

 

 

Poetry, driving, nature, water, wetlands, swamp, birds, development, St. Augustine, Florida, Treaty Park,

 

#Poetry #driving #nature #water #wetlands #swamp #birds #StAugustine #Florida #TreatyPark #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity

 

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Poetry, nature, marsh, murder, bodies, evidence, secrets, William Lindsey, serial murder,

 

#poetry #nature #marsh #murder #bodies #secrets #WilliamLindsey #evidence #serialmurder

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poetry, St Augustine, tidal, water, land, Florida, tidal marsh, mud flats,

 

#poetry #staugustine #tidal #water #land #Florida #tidalmarsh #mudflats

 

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.

Sometimes land, sometimes water

The mud flats, the tidal marshes
below the bridge, the roadway,
my path, the way to work and home
watching the daily changes,
the urgent ebb and flow.
 
Sometimes land, sometimes water,
as I drive, as I journey, as I travel,
seeing the tidal forces, the estuary,
the plants and creatures dwelling
between water and land.
 
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May 12, 2023

Sometimes land, sometimes water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/sometimes-land-sometimes-water.html

&

Edited March 16, 2023

There are secrets in those dark waters – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-are-secrets-in-those-dark-waters_16.html

Edited March 15, 2023

There are secrets in those dark waters – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-are-secrets-in-those-dark-waters_15.html

March 10, 2023

There are secrets in those dark waters

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-are-secrets-in-those-dark-waters.html

March 2, 2023

they are no longer there

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/they-are-no-longer-there.html

Edited February 27, 2023

What secrets do these waters hold – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-secrets-do-these-waters-hold-v2.html

Edited/ merged February 27, 2023

By the side of the road I travel – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-side-of-road-i-travel-v2.html

&

February 27, 2023

What secrets do these waters hold

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-secrets-do-these-waters-hold.html

learned that this spot is near the former home of William Lindsey’s mother

and adjacent to where he dumped the body of Lisa Foley,

his first serial murder victim

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lindsey-william-darrell.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Darrell_Lindsey

&

February 26, 2023

By the side of the road I travel

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-side-of-road-i-travel.html 

West Pope Road

&

Edited February 26, 2023

Liquid mud flats – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/liquid-mud-flats-v2.html

February 24, 2023

Liquid mud flats

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/liquid-mud-flats.html

Crossing the 312 bridge

Between Anastasia Island and the mainland,

St. Augustine Beach to St. Augustine, FL.

 

 

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.

 

Poetry, driving, nature, water, tides, tidal, intercoastal, mud flats, rushes, moon, St. Augustine, Florida,

 

#Poetry #driving #nature #water #tides #tidal #intercoastal #mudflats #rushes #moon #StAugustine #Florida

 

 

Poetry, driving, nature, water, wetlands, swamp, birds, development, St. Augustine, Florida, Treaty Park,

 

#Poetry #driving #nature #water #wetlands #swamp #birds #StAugustine #Florida #TreatyPark #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity

 

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Poetry, nature, marsh, murder, bodies, evidence, secrets, William Lindsey, serial murder,

 

#poetry #nature #marsh #murder #bodies #secrets #WilliamLindsey #evidence #serialmurder

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poetry, St Augustine, tidal, water, land, Florida, tidal marsh, mud flats,

 

 

#poetry #staugustine #tidal #water #land #Florida #tidalmarsh #mudflats

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.

Water becoming woods

surrounding the lake, the woodlands,
the swamp if we are honest;
Water becoming woods
slack black water
thick with peat, with moss,
the runoff of beavers
their efforts to tame
to control the landscape
gathering the water to them
making the lake a grave;
Killing this generation
the brush, the trees,
feeding the cycle

Repeating an ancient refrain...
 
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Edited February 12, 2023

Water becoming woods

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/water-becoming-woods.html

February 12, 2022

surrounding the lake, the woodlands

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/surrounding-lake-woodlands.html

written after reading "In Blackwater Woods",

by Mary Oliver

&

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 1^st 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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poetry, nature, pool, memories,

 

#poetry #nature #pool #memories

 

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poetry, Florida, nature, raptors, birds, carrion,

 

#poetry #Florida #nature #raptors #birds #carrion

 

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poetry, blackberry, blackberries, nature, harvest, bramble,

 

#poetry #Blackberry #blackberries #nature #harvest #bramble

 

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poetry, walk, woods, explore, exploration,

 

#poetry #walk #woods #explore #exploration

 

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poetry, dawn, God, promise, lake, night, darkness, sunrise, sleep, wake, circadian rhythm,

 

#poetry #dawn #God #promise #lake #night #darkness #sunrise #sleep #wake

 

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poetry, God, nature, humanity, connection, woods, table, food, hunger, fish, honey, Mary Oliver,

 

#poetry #God #nature #humanity #connection #woods #table #food #hunger #fish #honey #MaryOliver

 

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.

 

 

poetry, Faith, home, hope, house, leaves, light, Nature, Maine, orange, Poetry Where You Live, sky, sun, water, rain, thunder, forest,

 

#poetry #Faith #home #hope #leaves #light #Nature #ME #sky #sun #water #memory #forest #ancestor

 

 

poetry, God, seagull, flight, flying, wings, hawks, nature, raptors, birds, creation, Florida, osprey, nest,

I’m not moving – v2

“I don’t know about you,

but I’m good

I’m not moving;

my feet are hurting…

and I am tired.”

Was this the dialogue

her bold statement

between a wife and husband -

the birth of farming

many thousand years ago?

Was it just because someone

liked the view before them

the place seemed good to them

they were tired

and their feet hurt too?

Dropping the seeds

in the bags they carried

into verdant soil

the Fertile Crescent

ablaze with grains of life.

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edited October 4, 2018

I’m not moving – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/im-not-moving-v2.html

I’m not moving

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/im-not-moving.html

imagining the conversation

that led to the birth of farming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_agriculture

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,740 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Agriculture, farming, nomadic, hunter, gatherer, domestication, crops, land, land ownership, fields, farms, Neolithic, grains, history of agriculture, history, fertile crescent, Mesopotamia, creation, Eden, God,

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I’m not moving

I don’t know about you

but I’m good

I’m not moving;

I am tired

my feet are hurting…

was this the dialogue

the birth of farming

was it just because someone

liked the view

the place seemed good

that they were tired

that their feet hurt too

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October 4, 2018

I’m not moving

imagining the conversation

that led to the birth of farming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_agriculture

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,740 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Agriculture, farming, nomadic, hunter, gatherer, domestication, crops, land, land ownership, fields, farms, Neolithic, grains, history of agriculture, history, fertile crescent, Mesopotamia, creation, Eden, God,

#Agriculture #birth #farming #nomadic #hunter #gatherer #domestication #crops #land #landownership #fields #farms #Neolithic #grains #historyofagriculture #history #fertilecrescent #Mesopotamia #creation #Eden #God #Levant #crops #birthoffarming #creator