On the side of their house – v3

On the side of their house,
around the bulkhead,
between their yard,
and their neighbor’s driveway,
not much there in general,
A forgotten space…
 
But there, as they were long before,
the sweet nectar of the lilies,
Lilies of the Valley, ready
which went in her bouquet,
when she became his wife,
there still long after, fragrance,
rising to my eyes, to my nose,
A delight for my senses…
 
Picking them, pulled,
out of the earth, pebbles and moss,
below the gutters of the house,
Running in their backdoor, breathless,
through the porch, over the threshold,
and around the dogs, jumping,
handing her my little bouquet,
her face smiling, aglow…
 
Back outside, into the sun,
running with siblings and cousins,
playing, running, hiding,
spending part of the day,
at my grandparents’ home,
Maybe when I was six or seven…
 
---------------------
Edited June 18, 2024
On the side of their house – v3
 
My mother and grandmother
Edited May 30, 2024
On the side of their house – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/on-side-of-their-house-v2.html
February 12, 2010
On the side of their house
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/on-side-of-their-house-repost.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-side-of-their-house.html
Mid to later in the 1960’s
15 Bates Street, Westfield, MA
Edited May 29, 2024
A Line of Chartreuse Blooms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-line-of-chartreuse-blooms-v3.html
edited April 7, 2022
Little White Bells – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/little-white-bells-lanterns-hanging.html
edited April 6, 2022
Gathering her mother’s lilies – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v3.html
&
October 9, 2010
In Their Fragrance and Their Colors
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-their-fragrance-and-their-colors.html
written as birthday gift
for my mother, Patricia Cobb,
on the occasion of her 75th birthday
October 9, 2010
&
May 21, 2009
Little White Bells
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html
corner of Prospect and Broadway,
Suncook, NH
&
May 1, 2008
A Line of Chartreuse Blooms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html
&
May 22, 2005
Lily of the Valley – 1999
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.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.
 
poetry, family, memories, nature, senses, Poetry Where You Live, sun, God, creation, grace, beauty, faith, smell, lily of the valley, bouquet, flowers, mother, grandmother, wedding, lilies,
 
#poetry #family #memories #nature #senses #sun #God #creation #grace #beauty #faith #smell #lilyofthevalley #bouquet #flowers #mother #grandmother #wedding #lilies

On the side of their house – v2

On the side of their house,
around the bulkhead,
between their yard,
and their neighbor’s driveway,
not much there in general,
A forgotten space…
 
But there, as they had been long before,
the sweet nectar of the lilies,
Lilies of the Valley,
which went in her bouquet,
when she became his wife,
there still long after, fragrance,
rising to my eyes, to my nose,
A delight for my senses…
 
Picking them, pulled,
up out of the earth,
small rocks and moss,
below the gutters of the house,
Coming in their backdoor,
through the porch, the threshold,
and around the dogs, jumping,
handing her my little bouquet,
Her face smiling, aglow…
 
Back outside, into the sun,
running with siblings and cousins,
playing, running, hiding,
spending part of the day,
at my grandparents’ home,
Maybe when I was six or seven…
 
---------------------
Edited May 30, 2024
On the side of their house – v2
 
February 12, 2010
On the side of their house
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/on-side-of-their-house-repost.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-side-of-their-house.html
Mid to later in the 1960’s
15 Bates Street, Westfield, MA
Edited May 29, 2024
A Line of Chartreuse Blooms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-line-of-chartreuse-blooms-v3.html
edited April 7, 2022
Little White Bells – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/little-white-bells-lanterns-hanging.html
edited April 6, 2022
Gathering her mother’s lilies – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v3.html
&
October 9, 2010
In Their Fragrance and Their Colors
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-their-fragrance-and-their-colors.html
written as birthday gift
for my mother, Patricia Cobb,
on the occasion of her 75th birthday
October 9, 2010
&
May 21, 2009
Little White Bells
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html
corner of Prospect and Broadway,
Suncook, NH
&
May 1, 2008
A Line of Chartreuse Blooms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html
&
May 22, 2005
Lily of the Valley – 1999
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.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.
 
poetry, family, memories, nature, senses, Poetry Where You Live, sun, God, creation, grace, beauty, faith, smell, lily of the valley, bouquet, flowers, mother, grandmother, wedding, lilies,
 
#poetry #family #memories #nature #senses #sun #God #creation #grace #beauty #faith #smell #lilyofthevalley #bouquet #flowers #mother #grandmother #wedding #lilies

A Line of Chartreuse Blooms – v3

Chartreuse blooms, living for a week at most,
flowers of the maple trees lining Maple Street
little bells, green lilies of the valleys,
bright yellow-green buttercups on the branches,
striving, yearning skyward, joyful, emotive,
bouquets, bursting, shining in the April-May sun…
 
Soon they will fall away and the supple new leaves
will stiffen, turgid like butterfly wings,
with Kelly green, darker hues of summer
But for a regal moment, even the trees bloom
in vivid bright colors, awakening,
a line of chartreuse blooms alive, glowing....
 
----------------
Edited May 29, 2024
A Line of Chartreuse Blooms – v3
 
edited April 7, 2022
Little White Bells – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/little-white-bells-lanterns-hanging.html
edited April 6, 2022
Gathering her mother’s lilies – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v3.html
&
October 9, 2010
In Their Fragrance and Their Colors
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-their-fragrance-and-their-colors.html
written as birthday gift
for my mother, Patricia Cobb,
on the occasion of her 75th birthday
October 9, 2010
&
February 12, 2010
On the side of their house
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-side-of-their-house.html
Mid to later in the 1960’s
15 Bates Street, Westfield, MA
&
May 21, 2009
Little White Bells
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html
corner of Prospect and Broadway,
Suncook, NH
&
May 1, 2008
A Line of Chartreuse Blooms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html
&
May 22, 2005
Lily of the Valley – 1999
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.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.
 
poetry, family, memories, nature, senses, Poetry Where You Live, sun, God, creation, grace, beauty, faith, smell, lily of the valley, bouquet, flowers, mother, grandmother, wedding, lilies,
 
#poetry #family #memories #nature #senses #sun #God #creation #grace #beauty #faith #smell #lilyofthevalley #bouquet #flowers #mother #grandmother #wedding #lilies

On the side of their house - repost

On the side of their house
around the bulkhead
between their yard
and their neighbor’s driveway
not much there in general
 
But there, as they had been long before
the sweet nectar of the lilies
Lilies of the valley
which went in her bouquet
when she became his wife
there still long after
coming to my eyes, my nose
in delight for my senses
 
Picking them,
up out of the earth
the small rocks and moss
below the gutters of the house
Coming in their backdoor
through the porch
and around the dogs, jumping
handing her my little bouquet
her face smiling, aglow
 
Back outside, into the sun
running with siblings and cousins
spending part of the day
at my grandparents
Maybe when I was six or seven
 
---------------------

February 12, 2010

On the side of their house

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-side-of-their-house.html

Mid to later in the 1960’s

15 Bates Street, Westfield, MA

edited April 7, 2022

A Line of Chartreuse Blooms – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-line-of-chartreuse-blooms-v2.html

edited April 7, 2022

Little White Bells – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/little-white-bells-lanterns-hanging.html

edited April 6, 2022

Gathering her mother’s lilies – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v3.html

edited April 6, 2022

Gathering her mother’s lilies – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v2.html

April 6, 2022

Gathering Her mother’s lilies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies.html

&

October 9, 2010

In Their Fragrance and Their Colors

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-their-fragrance-and-their-colors.html

written as birthday gift

for my mother, Patricia Cobb,

on the occasion of her 75th birthday

October 9, 2010

&

May 21, 2009

Little White Bells

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html

corner of Prospect and Broadway,

Suncook, NH

&

May 1, 2008

A Line of Chartreuse Blooms

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html

&

May 22, 2005

Lily of the Valley – 1999

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.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, and 2022. 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, family, memories, nature, senses, Poetry Where You Live, sun, God, creation, grace, beauty, faith, smell, lily of the valley, bouquet, flowers, mother, grandmother, wedding, lilies,

 

#poetry #family #memories #nature #senses #sun #God #creation #grace #beauty #faith #smell #lilyofthevalley #bouquet #flowers #mother #grandmother #wedding #lilies

Little White Bells - v2

Little white bells, lanterns,
hanging from each stem
where there would have been a lawn
a sea of lily of the valley instead.
 
A fog of scent
greeting our walk
home from the school
to start each day.
 
----------------

edited April 7, 2022

Little White Bells – v2

 

edited April 6, 2022

Gathering her mother’s lilies – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v3.html

edited April 6, 2022

Gathering her mother’s lilies – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v2.html

April 6, 2022

Gathering Her mother’s lilies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies.html

&

October 9, 2010

In Their Fragrance and Their Colors

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-their-fragrance-and-their-colors.html

written as birthday gift

for my mother, Patricia Cobb,

on the occasion of her 75th birthday

October 9, 2010

&

February 12, 2010

On the side of their house

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-side-of-their-house.html

Mid to later in the 1960’s

15 Bates Street, Westfield, MA

&

May 21, 2009

Little White Bells

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html

corner of Prospect and Broadway,

Suncook, NH

&

May 1, 2008

A Line of Chartreuse Blooms

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html

&

May 22, 2005

Lily of the Valley – 1999

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.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, and 2022. 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, family, memories, nature, senses, Poetry Where You Live, sun, God, creation, grace, beauty, faith, smell, lily of the valley, bouquet, flowers, mother, grandmother, wedding, lilies,

 

#poetry #family #memories #nature #senses #sun #God #creation #grace #beauty #faith #smell #lilyofthevalley #bouquet #flowers #mother #grandmother #wedding #lilies

 

Gathering her mother's lilies - v3

Finding a piece of ribbon
remembering the family stories
gathering her mother's lilies
pulling the tiny stems, lilies of the valley,
 
Verdant canes of bells, of beauty,
from along the hidden side
their house's foundation
where we rarely walked,
 
Tying a bouquet, a clutch,
copied from her wedding pictures,
children of what she held, hopeful,
on that wonderful fateful day.
 
---------------------

edited April 6, 2022

Gathering her mother’s lilies – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v3.html

edited April 6, 2022

Gathering her mother’s lilies – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v2.html

April 6, 2022

Gathering Her mother’s lilies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies.html

&

October 9, 2010

In Their Fragrance and Their Colors

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-their-fragrance-and-their-colors.html

written as birthday gift

for my mother, Patricia Cobb,

on the occasion of her 75th birthday

October 9, 2010

&

February 12, 2010

On the side of their house

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-side-of-their-house.html

Mid to later in the 1960’s

15 Bates Street, Westfield, MA

&

May 21, 2009

Little White Bells

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html

corner of Prospect and Broadway,

Suncook, NH

&

May 1, 2008

A Line of Chartreuse Blooms

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html

&

May 22, 2005

Lily of the Valley – 1999

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.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, and 2022. 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, family, memories, nature, senses, Poetry Where You Live, sun, God, creation, grace, beauty, faith, smell, lily of the valley, bouquet, flowers, mother, grandmother, wedding, lilies,

 

#poetry #family #memories #nature #senses #sun #God #creation #grace #beauty #faith #smell #lilyofthevalley #bouquet #flowers #mother #grandmother #wedding #lilies

Gathering her mother's lilies - v2

Finding a piece of ribbon
remembering the family stories
gathering her mother's lilies
the tiny flowers, lilies of the valley,
 
Verdant canes of bells, of beauty,
from along the hidden side
their house's foundation
where we rarely walked,
 
Tying a bouquet, a clutch,
copied from her wedding
children of what she held, hopeful,
on that fateful day.
 
---------------------

edited April 6, 2022

Gathering her mother’s lilies – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v2.html

April 6, 2022

Gathering Her mother’s lilies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies.html

&

October 9, 2010

In Their Fragrance and Their Colors

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-their-fragrance-and-their-colors.html

written as birthday gift

for my mother, Patricia Cobb,

on the occasion of her 75th birthday

October 9, 2010

&

February 12, 2010

On the side of their house

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-side-of-their-house.html

Mid to later in the 1960’s

15 Bates Street, Westfield, MA

&

May 21, 2009

Little White Bells

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html

corner of Prospect and Broadway,

Suncook, NH

&

May 1, 2008

A Line of Chartreuse Blooms

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html

&

May 22, 2005

Lily of the Valley – 1999

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.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, and 2022. 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, family, memories, nature, senses, Poetry Where You Live, sun, God, creation, grace, beauty, faith, smell, lily of the valley, bouquet, flowers, mother, grandmother, wedding, lilies,

 

#poetry #family #memories #nature #senses #sun #God #creation #grace #beauty #faith #smell #lilyofthevalley #bouquet #flowers #mother #grandmother #wedding #lilies

Gathering her mother's lilies

Finding a piece of ribbon
remembering the family stories
gathering her mother's lilies
the tiny flowers, lilies of the valley,
canes of bells, of beauty,
from along the hidden side
their house's foundation
where we rarely went.
 
---------------------

April 6, 2022

Gathering Her mother’s lilies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies.html

&

October 9, 2010

In Their Fragrance and Their Colors

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-their-fragrance-and-their-colors.html

written as birthday gift

for my mother, Patricia Cobb,

on the occasion of her 75th birthday

October 9, 2010

&

February 12, 2010

On the side of their house

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-side-of-their-house.html

Mid to later in the 1960’s

15 Bates Street, Westfield, MA

&

May 21, 2009

Little White Bells

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html

corner of Prospect and Broadway,

Suncook, NH

&

May 1, 2008

A Line of Chartreuse Blooms

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html

&

May 22, 2005

Lily of the Valley – 1999

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.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, and 2022. 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, family, memories, nature, senses, Poetry Where You Live, sun, God, creation, grace, beauty, faith, smell, lily of the valley, bouquet, flowers, mother, grandmother, wedding, lilies,

 

#poetry #family #memories #nature #senses #sun #God #creation #grace #beauty #faith #smell #lilyofthevalley #bouquet #flowers #mother #grandmother #wedding #lilies

An #explosion of #purple - v2

Each blossom a firework
an explosion of purple
a bouquet, a bunch,
pristine, perfect.
 
An explosion of purple
a royal saturation
alive with the color
of holy communion.
 
Each blossom alive
ablaze in this moment
calling us to look
to drink in color.
 
------  

edited December 16, 2021

an explosion of purple – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/an-explosion-of-purple-v2.html

December 16, 2021

an explosion of purple

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/an-explosion-of-purple.html

 

poetry, God, flowers, lilies, purple, bouquet, fireworks,

 

#poetry #God #flowers #lily #purple #bouquet #fireworks

 

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, and 2021. 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. 

An #explosion of #purple

each blossom a firework

an explosion of purple

the bouquet, the bunch,

pristine, perfect.

an explosion of purple

a royal saturation

alive with the color

of holy communion.

------  

edited December 16, 2021

an explosion of purple – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/an-explosion-of-purple-v2.html

December 16, 2021

an explosion of purple

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/an-explosion-of-purple.html

 

poetry, God, flowers, lilies, purple, bouquet, fireworks,

 

#poetry #God #flowers #lily #purple #bouquet #fireworks

poems, photographs, & 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. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

#Saturated with New #Color – v2

Seemingly wet, alive

dripping, overflowing,

saturated with new color,

each flower giving, sharing,

pouring out, into the wings

of the regal swallowtail.

 

More than painted,

much more than reflected,

dripping with living color

transferred in the instant,

the moment it lowered,

landing on each bloom.

 

Momentarily truly different,

the butterfly changing,

infused, permeated, dripping,

immersed in the liquid color,

the wings of the morning

the butterfly more than a canvas.

 

Living color moving

a chemical transfer

from flower to its wings

alive and enduring

so powerful, living,

in my memory.

 

-----------------

edited June 10, 2021

Saturated with New Color – v2

 

edited June 10, 2021

Infused with Their Color – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/infused-with-their-color-v2.html

August 2, 2010

Buoyed by Your Love

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/08/buoyed-by-your-love.html

July 12, 2010

Saturated with New Color

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/saturated-with-new-color.html

July 12, 2010

I was really struck by how saturated the

wings of the butterfly were by these colors,

from the flowers it landed on, not just

as if it was reflected onto the outside of the wing
but as if it was infused into the wing itself,

changing its very color for the moments

in time it stayed on each flower.

July 9, 2010

Infused with Their Color

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/infused-with-their-color.html

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/30877

our backyard

Suncook, NH

Pembroke, NH

July 9, 2010

 

 

family, sun, butterfly, marigold, zinnia, New Hampshire, Pembroke NH, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, senses, Suncook NH, lilies, yellow, orange, colors, Faith, God, memories, creation, nature,

 

#poetry #butterfly #God #nature #color #water

Poems, photographs, & 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. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Infused with Their #Color – v2

A yellow swallowtail

catching my attention

elegant butterfly moving

dancing on the humid air

flitting within the garden.

 

Alighting, resting,

perching on each flower

standing on the skin of water

the sun shining brightly

on every bloom, alive.

 

Infused with their color

soaked in their wings -

yellow of the zinnia,

pumpkin of the marigold,

the blaze of the lily.

 

Color painted, saturated,

in shimmering reflection

living canvas of their wings

aglow, singing Your praises,

Creator of all there is.

 

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June 10, 2021

Infused with Their Color – v2

 

August 2, 2010

Buoyed by Your Love

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/08/buoyed-by-your-love.html

July 12, 2010

Saturated with new color

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/saturated-with-new-color.html

July 9, 2010

Infused with Their Color

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/infused-with-their-color.html

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/30877

our backyard

Suncook, NH

Pembroke, NH

July 9, 2010

 

 

family, sun, butterfly, marigold, zinnia, New Hampshire, Pembroke NH, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, senses, Suncook NH, lilies, yellow, orange, colors, Faith, God, memories, creation, nature,

 

#poetry #butterfly #God #nature #color #water

Poems, photographs, & 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. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

light obscures line – v2

light obscures line

burring color, a fragrance

a fog of light, of mood,

overwhelming my ability

to breathe it all in

shining too brightly

in real-time ablaze

within the fog, the mist,

to drink more fully

of the image within

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edited August 19, 2018

light obscures line – v2

August 19, 2018

light obscures line

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/light-obscures-line.html

inspired by the ½ of 4^th line

of 4^th stanza of poem
“Dunkeld”

by Michael R. Brown

&

edited August 19, 2018

Drinking in the Spirit – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/drinking-in-spirit-v2.html

August 19, 2018

Drinking in the Spirit

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/drinking-in-spirit.html

inspired by the last 3 lines

of the 3^rd stanza of poem
“Dunkeld”

by Michael R. Brown

&

edited January 28, 2016

Immersed – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3_29.html

(editing original and version 2)

edited January 23, 2016

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2_23.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 19, 2015

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2.html

July 15, 2013

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/seeing-monets-lily-pads.html

breakfast 6/14/13

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/813

http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/AC_Agenda_Z8XEJV7M.pdf

New England United Methodist Church

http://www.neumc.org/

https://twitter.com/#!/neumc

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23neumc

2013 Theme: Strangely Warmed; Formed by God

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening scripture to us?”

--Luke 24:13-35 led by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/318

sermons:

“Recognizing the Holy”, 6/13/2013 (by Reverend Hand),

reflection on Luke 24:13-35, the Walk to Emmaus

“Episcopal Address, 6/13/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

“A Word about Work” , 6/14/2013 (by Reverend Hand)

“Do you see . . . ?”, 6/14/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

Honored Guests - http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/814

Conference Preacher – Rev. Stephanie Moore Hand –

http://providenceumc.org/contact/our-staff/rev-stephanie-moore-hand

June 12, 2013 to June 15, 2015

&

Edited December 24, 2013

Immersed – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/immersed-v2.html

July 20, 2006 19:31

Immersed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/immersed.html

Monet – 1998 – inside the room of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)

 with wall sized paintings –

http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=634, http://www.thegavel.net/2016.html

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 47,510 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Christ, Faith, God, grace, love, purpose, Savior, Methodist, Pastor Ruth Foss, Claude Monet, Monet, Father, Son, NEUMC, justice, equality, inclusion, Luke 24, Emmaus, mercy,

#Drinking #Spirit  #creator #faith #poetry #God #home #painting #sight #water #Monet #lilies #beauty #art #impressionism #joy #ClaudeMonet #lilypads #color #bleeding #illusion #art #mystery #mood #Scotland #fog #mist #ancient #history #ancestry #hope

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creator, faith poetry, faith, poetry, Family, God, home, July, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, sight, water, Monet, lilies, beauty, art, Claude Monet,

#creator #faith #poetry #God #home #painting #sight #water #Monet #lilies #beauty #art #impressionism #joy #ClaudeMonet #lilypads #color #bleeding #illusion

light obscures line

light obscures line

burring color, a fragrance

overwhelming my ability

to breathe it all in

shining too brightly

in real-time ablaze

to drink more fully

of the image within

================

edited August 19, 2018

light obscures line – v2

August 19, 2018

light obscures line

inspired by the ½ of 4^th line

of 4^th stanza of poem
“Dunkeld”

by Michael R. Brown

&

edited August 19, 2018

Drinking in the Spirit – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/drinking-in-spirit-v2.html

August 19, 2018

Drinking in the Spirit

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/drinking-in-spirit.html

inspired by the last 3 lines

of the 3^rd stanza of poem
“Dunkeld”

by Michael R. Brown

&

edited January 28, 2016

Immersed – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3_29.html

(editing original and version 2)

edited January 23, 2016

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2_23.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 19, 2015

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2.html

July 15, 2013

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/seeing-monets-lily-pads.html

breakfast 6/14/13

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/813

http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/AC_Agenda_Z8XEJV7M.pdf

New England United Methodist Church

http://www.neumc.org/

https://twitter.com/#!/neumc

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23neumc

2013 Theme: Strangely Warmed; Formed by God

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening scripture to us?”

--Luke 24:13-35 led by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/318

sermons:

“Recognizing the Holy”, 6/13/2013 (by Reverend Hand),

reflection on Luke 24:13-35, the Walk to Emmaus

“Episcopal Address, 6/13/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

“A Word about Work” , 6/14/2013 (by Reverend Hand)

“Do you see . . . ?”, 6/14/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

Honored Guests - http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/814

Conference Preacher – Rev. Stephanie Moore Hand –

http://providenceumc.org/contact/our-staff/rev-stephanie-moore-hand

June 12, 2013 to June 15, 2015

&

Edited December 24, 2013

Immersed – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/immersed-v2.html

July 20, 2006 19:31

Immersed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/immersed.html

Monet – 1998 – inside the room of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)

 with wall sized paintings –

http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=634, http://www.thegavel.net/2016.html

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 47,510 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Christ, Faith, God, grace, love, purpose, Savior, Methodist, Pastor Ruth Foss, Claude Monet, Monet, Father, Son, NEUMC, justice, equality, inclusion, Luke 24, Emmaus, mercy,

#Drinking #Spirit  #creator #faith #poetry #God #home #painting #sight #water #Monet #lilies #beauty #art #impressionism #joy #ClaudeMonet #lilypads #color #bleeding #illusion #art #mystery #mood #Scotland #fog #mist #ancient #history #ancestry #hope

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creator, faith poetry, faith, poetry, Family, God, home, July, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, sight, water, Monet, lilies, beauty, art, Claude Monet,

#creator #faith #poetry #God #home #painting #sight #water #Monet #lilies #beauty #art #impressionism #joy #ClaudeMonet #lilypads #color #bleeding #illusion