A week on your mountain – v2 #Sugarloaf

years melted away,
a week on your mountain,
just up from the Blue Ox,
spending time together,
as one, a family…
 
skiing together,
old ways so familiar,
smelling the wax,
heading for the slopes,
one more time…
 
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Edited February 14, 2024
A week on your mountain – v2
 
&
Edited February 8, 2024
A Clear Day – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-clear-day-v2.html
Edited February 8, 2024
Like tears in rain – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/like-tears-in-rain-v4.html
February 8, 2024
A Clear Day
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-clear-day.html
About the Sunday before Mom passed on Friday
(see highlighted notes below)
and after reading the poem, “Alzheimer’s”
by Anthony Walton
&
Edited June 28, 2022
Like tears in rain – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/like-tears-in-rain-v3.html
Edited June 27, 2022
Like tears in rain – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/like-tears-im-rain-v2.html
Edited June 26, 2022
Like tears in rain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/like-tears-in-rain.html
Edited June 25, 2022
Like tears in the rain – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/like-tears-in-rain-v2.html
June 25, 2022
(Like) Tears in the rain
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/tears-in-rain.html
&
edited March 13, 2015
Struggle – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/struggle-v3.html
edited November 27, 2014
Struggle – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/struggle-v2.html
Thanksgiving Day
August 18, 2004 21:53
Struggle
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/struggle.html
&
Edited January 14, 2024
Dripping with memory – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/dripping-with-memory-v2.html
January 19, 2022
Dripping with memory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/dripping-with-memory.html
&
January 11, 2022
Older than dad ever was
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/older-than-dad-ever-was.html
January 4, 2022
just before the mandates, the pandemic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/just-before-mandates-pandemic.html
January 10, 2020
Obituary for Patricia Ann Ring Foss Cobb
https://www.cremationsocietyofsc.com/obituaries/Patricia-Cobb-2/#!/Obituary
https://www.eagletimes.com/obituaries/patricia-a-ring-foss-cobb/article_648ce713-d56b-541f-b6c2-ba2932501331.html
January 25, 2020
my Facebook post:
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/10157231482093003
So blessed to be able to attend and participate in the Celebration of Life for mom today at Grace River. I cannot express how much I appreciate the love and caring shown by those who attended and/or those who sent flowers, thoughts, and prayers to our family over the last two weeks.
Here are my notes for my time of sharing - for Celebration of Life of Patricia Ann Ring Foss Cobb:
Good morning, thank you for coming, for showing us all your love for Mom and for us all by being here today. For those who don’t know me, I’m Ray, mom and dad’s oldest. When I came along on April Fool’s Day 1960, Mom was twenty-five. A fact that was really problematic when I myself was twenty-five, because that meant mom was FIFTY…
I am definitely Mom and Dad’s son – analytical like dad (wanting to do it right), but I start tasks like mom (want it done)… Unfortunately that means (for me), that I am great at starting things, but not so good at finishing (sort of like the custom kitchen cabinets that dad started building for mom in the kitchen that weren’t done until shortly before we moved…).
When I got the call from Sandy and Becky that Mom had gone home to heaven two weeks ago today at about midnight, I was sad that she was gone but I was so joyful for the end of this journey for mom, just as I had been for Grammy Ring.
I was so happy for the clear day that God had gifted us the prior Sunday when I got to talk with mom twice, saying I love you and her saying I love you, how Sandy and I made a joyful noise singing Jesus Loves Me to her. She said a strong “Yes” when we talked a second time that she knew she was a child of God, that she was ready to go home to heaven, that she knew God the Father, Jesus, and all her loved ones who had gone before were waiting to greet her home.
Mom was the first one who loved me, who taught me about God and Jesus. She was active in her faith. My first memory of that was in the Methodist church in Westfield, at some young adults youth group or something. After we moved to Second Congregational, she was active there too. I never doubted her love for me, her encouraging me all throughout my life, and I always knew just how strong her depth of faith was, how important God and Christ were in her life.
She was my first teacher, the one who taught me to love books, who pushed me to do more in school. She was my typist too, before I learned to type. I don’t know how many times she and I were up late or up early working on a school paper I pushed to the last minute.
Mom was my constant in my life. She was the homeroom parent when I went to Abner Gibbs School. Years later she laughed in sharing with me that I called her Mrs. Foss when she was at school and mom when she was at home. I guess I needed both of them.
One special thing we shared, started with my Sunday School and Grammy Foss was May Day baskets. On May 1 every year for 55 years, I would give mom a May Day basket. In the early years on Squawfield Road, they would be maple tree flowers, tulips and dandelions. One year, when she was working for Dave, her “basket” was faxed to her at Communication Connections.
More than her faith, if that is possible, family was everything to mom, something that the Ring family certainly taught her. The connection was so real, the love and joy so palpable, even when we were all crammed into their small dining room as the family grew. That was so special.
Like everything, mom didn’t do things halfway. She worked hard in everything she did. That was something she learned from her mom and dad too. When Grampa got done with the YMCA in Westfield, they replaced him with three people.
Like Grammy Foss, who was known as the Cookie Lady in Springfield, mom cared for others, offering her life to share love with others, starting with family, through her faith life, and continuing as a CNA after she cared for Grammy Ring.
One story about her wanting things done… I came home from YMCA Camp Shepard in Westfield one summer day to find mom and Grampa Ring, one with a crowbar and one with a pry-bar, getting ready to take down the outside wall between the kitchen and the porch. Dad, if memory serves, came in to have it done his way. And I remember the work to do the transition between the floors of the kitchen and the porch (because they didn’t match).
Mom always showed her love in so many ways. In 1969, I had to have knee surgery. She was there with me throughout the three months I was at home in my full-length cast. She even took me around for trick or treat for UNICEF, because I wasn’t going to go out at night for regular trick or treating. The only downside was that the TV and my chair were in the same room, so I watched her soap operas too.
I left home at 18 years old in 1978 to go to UNH. I remember leaving mom and dad almost at the curb when I checked into my dorm, Gibbs Hall. They had taught me and had given me wings. I was ready to fly.
I went home in summer of 1979 and worked at Holsum Bakery on the roll oven. That was the last time I lived at home. I worked crazy hours and I’m sure I must have been a grumpy older brother to Matt and Becky, as the tv room was next to my bedroom.
Mom taught me civic mindedness, something that led me to student government at UNH, to working with and for non-profits through my work life and running for the School Board. She and I would often talk politics, which was always interesting because we often voted differently.
I remember so well mom and dad being Baptized here in the fall of 1990. I was so glad to be here with my siblings to watch that moment, as I was so glad to be here for mom and Richard’s wedding fifteen years after dad died.
I am so joyful for the way God gifted all of us for the time in January 1991, after Sandy and Peter and family were gifted time that Christmas, with mom and dad at Sugarloaf. We all got to be together sharing skiing and family time on that mountain dad loved. I remember so well mom posing for pictures in her outfit that fit her so well. And I so remember the last time I saw mom and dad together, when all of the rest of us headed home. They stayed an extra day at Sugarloaf Inn. The last image I have of them was mom and dad like a pair of teenage lovers skiing off together with smiles on their faces.
Mom and I returned to Sugarloaf March 2, 2001, to spreading dad’s ashes there. We spoke aloud her name and the names of all of us children as we released his remains to the mountain and to the wind.
And, Mom, we will be going back to that mountain later this year to spread yours remains there too, joining your physical body with dad’s, just as you today are at home in heaven with him and all of our loved ones who passed before you did.
&
edited February 20, 2021
A perfect week – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-perfect-week-v2.html
merged, edited February 20, 2021
In the arms of the mountain – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/in-arms-of-mountain-v2.html
February 20, 2021
in the arms of the mountain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/in-arms-of-mountain.html
February 20, 2021
A week on your mountain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-week-on-your-mountain.html
February 20, 2021
A perfect week
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-perfect-week.html
&
June 17, 2018
It seems like yesterday
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/it-seems-like-yesterday.html
Fathers’ Day
about our ski trip together January 1991
before my father’s black ice fatal accident
Valentine’s Day – February 14, 1991
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Sugarloaf, Maine, poem, poetry, skiing, father, God, love, memories, mountain, Nature, Poetry Where You Live, snow, winter, mile marker 19, family, Valentine’s Day,
 
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poetry, God, Alzheimers, Blade Runner, legacy, faith, Spirit, soul, time, memories, life, immortality, eternal, struggle, dementia, disease, Alzheimer, Alzheimer’s Disease,
 
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Dripping with memory – v2

A moment fleeting,
gone in an instant,
dripping with memory
now more than 30 years distant
yet as close as breath.
 
Just as they were,
when they were dating
30 some years earlier
almost forgetting all of us
at our leave taking.
 
A treasured moment,
because none of us were aware
of the future before us
how he would be gone
in one month, so soon.
 
--------------------
Edited January 14, 2024
Dripping with memory – v2
 
January 19, 2022
Dripping with memory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/dripping-with-memory.html
&
January 11, 2022
Older than dad ever was
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/older-than-dad-ever-was.html
January 4, 2022
just before the mandates, the pandemic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/just-before-mandates-pandemic.html
January 10, 2020
Obituary for Patricia Ann Ring Foss Cobb
https://www.cremationsocietyofsc.com/obituaries/Patricia-Cobb-2/#!/Obituary
https://www.eagletimes.com/obituaries/patricia-a-ring-foss-cobb/article_648ce713-d56b-541f-b6c2-ba2932501331.html
January 25, 2020
my Facebook post:
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/10157231482093003
So blessed to be able to attend and participate in the Celebration of Life for mom today at Grace River. I cannot express how much I appreciate the love and caring shown by those who attended and/or those who sent flowers, thoughts, and prayers to our family over the last two weeks.
Here are my notes for my time of sharing - for Celebration of Life of Patricia Ann Ring Foss Cobb:
Good morning, thank you for coming, for showing us all your love for Mom and for us all by being here today. For those who don’t know me, I’m Ray, mom and dad’s oldest. When I came along on April Fool’s Day 1960, Mom was twenty-five. A fact that was really problematic when I myself was twenty-five, because that meant mom was FIFTY…
I am definitely Mom and Dad’s son – analytical like dad (wanting to do it right), but I start tasks like mom (want it done)… Unfortunately that means (for me), that I am great at starting things, but not so good at finishing (sort of like the custom kitchen cabinets that dad started building for mom in the kitchen that weren’t done until shortly before we moved…).
When I got the call from Sandy and Becky that Mom had gone home to heaven two weeks ago today at about midnight, I was sad that she was gone but I was so joyful for the end of this journey for mom, just as I had been for Grammy Ring.
I was so happy for the clear day that God had gifted us the prior Sunday when I got to talk with mom twice, saying I love you and her saying I love you, how Sandy and I made a joyful noise singing Jesus Loves Me to her. She said a strong “Yes” when we talked a second time that she knew she was a child of God, that she was ready to go home to heaven, that she knew God the Father, Jesus, and all her loved ones who had gone before were waiting to greet her home.
Mom was the first one who loved me, who taught me about God and Jesus. She was active in her faith. My first memory of that was in the Methodist church in Westfield, at some young adults youth group or something. After we moved to Second Congregational, she was active there too. I never doubted her love for me, her encouraging me all throughout my life, and I always knew just how strong her depth of faith was, how important God and Christ were in her life.
She was my first teacher, the one who taught me to love books, who pushed me to do more in school. She was my typist too, before I learned to type. I don’t know how many times she and I were up late or up early working on a school paper I pushed to the last minute.
Mom was my constant in my life. She was the homeroom parent when I went to Abner Gibbs School. Years later she laughed in sharing with me that I called her Mrs. Foss when she was at school and mom when she was at home. I guess I needed both of them.
One special thing we shared, started with my Sunday School and Grammy Foss was May Day baskets. On May 1 every year for 55 years, I would give mom a May Day basket. In the early years on Squawfield Road, they would be maple tree flowers, tulips and dandelions. One year, when she was working for Dave, her “basket” was faxed to her at Communication Connections.
More than her faith, if that is possible, family was everything to mom, something that the Ring family certainly taught her. The connection was so real, the love and joy so palpable, even when we were all crammed into their small dining room as the family grew. That was so special.
Like everything, mom didn’t do things halfway. She worked hard in everything she did. That was something she learned from her mom and dad too. When Grampa got done with the YMCA in Westfield, they replaced him with three people.
Like Grammy Foss, who was known as the Cookie Lady in Springfield, mom cared for others, offering her life to share love with others, starting with family, through her faith life, and continuing as a CNA after she cared for Grammy Ring.
One story about her wanting things done… I came home from YMCA Camp Shepard in Westfield one summer day to find mom and Grampa Ring, one with a crowbar and one with a pry-bar, getting ready to take down the outside wall between the kitchen and the porch. Dad, if memory serves, came in to have it done his way. And I remember the work to do the transition between the floors of the kitchen and the porch (because they didn’t match).
Mom always showed her love in so many ways. In 1969, I had to have knee surgery. She was there with me throughout the three months I was at home in my full-length cast. She even took me around for trick or treat for UNICEF, because I wasn’t going to go out at night for regular trick or treating. The only downside was that the TV and my chair were in the same room, so I watched her soap operas too.
I left home at 18 years old in 1978 to go to UNH. I remember leaving mom and dad almost at the curb when I checked into my dorm, Gibbs Hall. They had taught me and had given me wings. I was ready to fly.
I went home in summer of 1979 and worked at Holsum Bakery on the roll oven. That was the last time I lived at home. I worked crazy hours and I’m sure I must have been a grumpy older brother to Matt and Becky, as the tv room was next to my bedroom.
Mom taught me civic mindedness, something that led me to student government at UNH, to working with and for non-profits through my work life and running for the School Board. She and I would often talk politics, which was always interesting because we often voted differently.
I remember so well mom and dad being Baptized here in the fall of 1990. I was so glad to be here with my siblings to watch that moment, as I was so glad to be here for mom and Richard’s wedding fifteen years after dad died.
I am so joyful for the way God gifted all of us for the time in January 1991, after Sandy and Peter and family were gifted time that Christmas, with mom and dad at Sugarloaf. We all got to be together sharing skiing and family time on that mountain dad loved. I remember so well mom posing for pictures in her outfit that fit her so well. And I so remember the last time I saw mom and dad together, when all of the rest of us headed home. They stayed an extra day at Sugarloaf Inn. The last image I have of them was mom and dad like a pair of teenage lovers skiing off together with smiles on their faces.
Mom and I returned to Sugarloaf March 2, 2001, to spreading dad’s ashes there. We spoke aloud her name and the names of all of us children as we released his remains to the mountain and to the wind.
And, Mom, we will be going back to that mountain later this year to spread yours remains there too, joining your physical body with dad’s, just as you today are at home in heaven with him and all of our loved ones who passed before you did.
&
edited February 20, 2021
A perfect week – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-perfect-week-v2.html
merged, edited February 20, 2021
In the arms of the mountain – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/in-arms-of-mountain-v2.html
February 20, 2021
in the arms of the mountain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/in-arms-of-mountain.html
February 20, 2021
A week on your mountain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-week-on-your-mountain.html
February 20, 2021
A perfect week
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-perfect-week.html
&
June 17, 2018
It seems like yesterday
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/it-seems-like-yesterday.html
Fathers’ Day
about our ski trip together January 1991
before my father’s black ice fatal accident
Valentine’s Day – February 14, 1991
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Sugarloaf, Maine, poem, poetry, skiing, father, God, love, memories, mountain, Nature, Poetry Where You Live, snow, winter, mile marker 19, family,
 
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the forest evoking memories - v6

A torrent of emotions, of feelings
a cascade of images, of memory
smells of the lodges, cold air,
tastes even, of hot chocolate, of chili,
something tangible,
rich with love, with family,
seeing the snow on the branches
the deep green of the pines and the white
as we drive by, northward, homeward.
 
The forest evoking memories
of forty, of fifty years ago,
when we went skiing as a family,
joy in that time spent together,
so much memory, in those moments,
the long drives, the fresh fallen snow,
the firsts to touch the fresh powder,
Oh, how Dad was focused just so…
 
Wanting to carve the fresh powder,
to cling to our edges on the boilerplate
needing to leave so early,
so many miles to go,
heading for the slopes
sometimes sleeping in the car
so much memory, excitement,
the smell of the hot wax, the klister,
the jockeying in the main lodge.
 
Burning my mouth on piping-hot chocolate,
eating Colombo blueberry or peach yogurts,
music overhead, “My Sweet Lord”, and so many others,
the wood fires, the feeling, the taste of saltines in my chili,
riding the lifts as a “single!”, jumping the lines,
climbing up into the forests, on the chairlifts,
covered with white, with snow,
before the start of each run.
 
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Edited January 6, 2024
the forest evoking memories – v6
 
after talking to customer today about going on our wild ski vacation
to Vail, Colorado, Thanksgiving 1971
&
edited March 6, 2021
the forest evoking memories – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-forest-evoking-memories-v5.html
edited March 5, 2021
the forest evoking memories – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-forest-evoking-memories-v4.html
edited February 20, 2021
A perfect week – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-perfect-week-v2.html
merged, edited February 20, 2021
In the arms of the mountain – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/in-arms-of-mountain-v2.html
February 20, 2021
in the arms of the mountain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/in-arms-of-mountain.html
February 20, 2021
A week on your mountain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-week-on-your-mountain.html
February 20, 2021
A perfect week
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-perfect-week.html
&
June 17, 2018
It seems like yesterday
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/it-seems-like-yesterday.html
Fathers’ Day
about our ski trip together January 1991
before my father’s black ice fatal accident
Valentine’s Day – February 14, 1991
&
edited February 4, 2021
the forest evoking memories - v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-forest-evoking-memories-v3.html
edited February 4, 2021
the forest evoking memories - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-forest-evoking-memories-v2.html  
edited February 4, 2021
the forest evoking memories
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/editedfebruary-4-2021-theforest-evoking.html
February 3, 2021
the forest evoking memory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-forest-evoking-memory.html
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Sugarloaf, Maine, poem, poetry, skiing, father, God, love, memories, mountain, Nature, snow, winter, family, Vail,
 
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Below the Peak – v2

Below the peak, the heights,
in the shadow of the Mountain,
My refuge on one of the lesser peaks,
growing like stalagmites below
their ever-watchful parent.
 
I climb, I climb, with my daily provisions,
ancient path upward, upward,
so familiar to me...
 
I watch the sky, the transit of the sun,
the changing of the seasons
from my mountain home,
high up in the family,
the Mountain, the lesser peaks….
 
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Edited December 3, 2023
Below the Peak – v2
 
December 3, 2023
Below the Peak
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/below-peak.html
December 2, 2023
My response to photo writing prompt below
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1731094423151231211
December 2, 2023
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1731025465685754255
How poetic can you be? Take a few minutes
to write a short poem about what you see!
Have fun and be creative!
&
Edited October 29, 2023
sitting with her – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/sitting-with-her-v2.html
January 1, 2019
sitting with her
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/01/sitting-with-her.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1080143436756512768
sitting Shiva
January 1, 2019
my response
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1080137643734765568
December 30, 2018
writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1079500653519548416
a picture with two people sitting holding hands
&
April 12, 2023
In the theatre
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-theatre.html
https://www.realisticpoetry.com/communitypage/poetry-picture-prompts/how-poetic-can-you-be-take-a-few-minutes-to-write-a-short-poem-about-what-you-see-have-fun-and-be-creative-4
&
edited March 10, 2020
bursting, alive with color – v3
writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1237378850062913544
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/bursting-alive-with-color-v3.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1237391065344143363
adding second stanza
edited March 10, 2020
bursting, alive with color – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/bursting-alive-with-color-v2.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1237384907195912196
March 10, 2020
bursting, alive with color
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1237383519988379649
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/bursting-alive-with-color.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1237382842608488448
my response
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1237379756737417217
March 10, 2020
writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1237378850062913544
picture of a field alive with magenta colored flowers
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
&
edited November 27, 2018
the phone on the desk
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-phone-on-desk.html
November 27, 2018
the old black phone on the desk
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-old-black-phone-on-desk.html
11/27/18
my response
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1067561766274641927
November 27, 2018 1:44am
writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1067308157465051136
black and white photo of very old desk rotary phone
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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August 19, 2018
the call not coming
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-call-not-coming.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031150492368482310
8/19/18 writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1031015130438414336
picture of old black rotary dial phone on desk (looks very old)
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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edited November 29, 2018
our planet is warming – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/our-planet-is-warming-v3.html
stanza 1 & 2 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1068103446316888064
stanza 3 & 4 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1068103920554262528
edited November 26, 2018
our planet is warming – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/our-planet-is-warming-v2.html
edited November 25, 2018
our planet is warming
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1066854995612626944
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/our-planet-is-warming.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1066853697341276161
November 25, 2018
is the planet warming
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/is-planet-warming.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1066848524069978112
11/25/18
my response
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1066765775438934016
November 25, 2018
writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1066761739276963840
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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edited October 13, 2018
Hopeful Love – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/hopeful-love-v3.html
edited October 13, 2018
Hopeful Love – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/hopeful-love-v2.html
October 13, 2018
Hopeful love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/hopeful-love.html
10/13/18
my response
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1051076117531160576
October 12, 2018
writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1050880230628290560
photograph of two new gold wedding bands
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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edited October 12, 2018
color pulled from heaven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/color-pulled-from-heaven.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1050707075993673728
edited October 12, 2018
a boldness of the colors – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-boldness-of-colors-v2.html
edited October 12, 2018
walking away – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/walking-away-2-v2.html
October 11, 2018
colors pulled from the heavens
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/colors-pulled-from-heavens.html
October 11, 2018
a boldness of the colors
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-boldness-of-colors.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1050531705218617349
my response
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1050530094446465024
October 11, 2018
writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1050434074047705089
photograph of what look like colored pencils in bold colors of the rainbow
with rain drops on them
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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October 11, 2018
my castle a dungeon
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-castle-dungeon.html
October 10, 2018
a call from the heavens
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-call-from-heavens.html
my response October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1050160505439117319
October 10, 2018
writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://www.realisticpoetry.com/communitypage/poetry-picture-prompts/how-poetic-can-you-be-write-a-short-poem-about-what-you-see-215
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1049373353394331648
photograph or painting of what appears to be a cave/castle with moonlight
shining in upon a person standing there
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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edited September 20, 2018
not race but defiance – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/not-race-but-defiance-v5.html
(editing version 3)
edited September 20, 2018
not race but defiance – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/not-race-but-defiance-v4.html
(editing version 2)
edited August 22, 2018
not race but defiance – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/not-race-but-defiance-v3.html
edited August 21, 2018
not race but defiance – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/not-race-but-defiance-v2.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1032053250806243328
(cut to 288 characters for Twitter)
August 21, 2018
not race but defiance
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/not-race-but-defiance.html
August 21, 2018
their hands tell their story
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/their-hands-tell-their-story.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1032038025856000000
8/21/18 writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1031934352546881536
photograph of a couple with engagement ring and matching
wedding bands; one African American, one Caucasian
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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edited August 21, 2018
after she said yes
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/after-she-said-yes-v2.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031868594177671168
August 21, 2018
after she said yes
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/after-she-said-yes.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031861531204562944
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1031615349819469824
picture of a couple kissing in front of the sun
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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August 19, 2018
our quest continues
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/our-quest-continues.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031334974258143233
8/11/18 writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1028347525554528256
picture or drawing of blue crystals creating a cave or tunnel
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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August 19, 2018
walking away - 2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/walking-away-2.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031328897000980480
8/12/18 writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1028810687168966659
picture of young man walking away from camera on rural road
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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August 19, 2018
hey baby
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031325837646290944
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031326425599668229
August 19, 2018
long time no see
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/long-time-no-see.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031320633571987456
8/14/18 writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1029463426051887104
picture of two ladybugs meeting on a leaf
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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August 19, 2018
hot as the sun
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/hot-as-sun.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031315791709437952
8/15/18 writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1031015130438414336
silhouette of a couple before a flaming heart
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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August 19, 2018
the call not coming
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-call-not-coming.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1031150492368482310
8/19/18 writing prompt
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1031015130438414336
picture of old black rotary dial phone on desk (looks very old)
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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edited August 7, 2018
sending a signal – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/sending-signal-v2.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1026776682743701504
August 7, 2018
sending a signal
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/sending-signal.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1026771286503174145
writing prompt
August 7, 2018
a picture of a person shining a flashlight up into the night sky
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1026707376940834816
How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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August 6, 2018
Open and inviting
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/08/open-and-inviting.html
August 5, 2018
my reply
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1026279624072937474
August 5, 2018
writing prompt, “How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
a closeup picture of blueberries, red raspberries, and blackberries
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1026107637639725056
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
Rev. Lori Eldredge’s kitchen
North Kingstown, RI
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July 29, 2018
bursting from the water
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/bursting-from-water.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1023724506924376064
photo writing prompt of a hummingbird bursting from a pool of water
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1023711549624442880
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edited July 28, 2018
negotiating with the Beast – v12
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/negotiating-with-beast-v12.html
edited June 13, 2018
edited July 28, 2018
a tear in the fabric – v9
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-tear-in-fabric-v9.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1023314623481765889
July 28, 2018
writing prompt on Realistic Poetry
“We can’t be silent about sexual assault/abuse and domestic violence.
 So if you are reading this statement, we ask that you write a poem,
letter or inspirational message related to the topic of domestic violence
or sexual assault/abuse.”
https://www.realisticpoetry.com/thevoiceofpoets/we-can-t-be-silent-about-sexual-assault-abuse-and-domestic-violence
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1023306761556582400
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July 28, 2018
looking down – 3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/looking-down-3.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1023292554295615489
July 28, 2018
an angel chained
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/an-angel-chained.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1023290211537768448
photo writing prompt of an angel statue with its left hand up
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1023279600858591233
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July 20, 2018
the hilt of the knife – v2
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1020453891094253579
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-hilt-of-knife-v2.html
July 20, 2018
the hilt of the knife
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1020453282685255680
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-hilt-of-knife.html
July 20, 2018
a knife cut
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1020454067267670016
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-knife-cut.html
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poetry prompt:
7/20/18
How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see
(a small bright yellow sun in an orange sky with a narrow cloud
cutting across the horizon line and face of the sun)
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1020320226070605824
https://www.realisticpoetry.com/communitypage/poetry-picture-prompts/how-poetic-can-you-be-write-a-short-poem-about-what-you-see-167
Realistic Poetry
https://www.realisticpoetry.com/members/realistic-poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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July 14, 2018
Flight
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/flight.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1018172958186057730
https://www.realisticpoetry.com/members/raymondafoss
challenge question on Realistic Poetry twitter page
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://www.realisticpoetry.com/communitypage/poetry-picture-prompts/how-poetic-can-you-be-write-a-short-poem-about-what-you-see-164
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1018133945827774464
picture of woman stretching as high as she could
on the very top edge of a log in a field
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edited July 9, 2018
the demon too big for his body – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-demon-too-big-for-his-body-v2.html
July 9, 2018
the demon too big for his body
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-demon-too-big-for-his-body.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1016469297483452417
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1016471691332063232
Post 7/6/18 of ghost or some other spectre
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1015448364886863873
on Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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edited July 9, 2018
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/pearls-jewels-of-water-on-each-blossom.html
edited July 9, 2018
each droplet breathed, a prayer – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-droplet-breathed-prayer-v3.html
edited July 9, 2018
each droplet breathed, a prayer – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-droplet-breathed-prayer-v2.html
edited July 9, 2018
each droplet breathed, a prayer
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-droplet-breathed-prayer.html
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edited July 7, 2018
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v7
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v7.html
(merging edits to versions 5 and 6)
edited July 7, 2018
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v6
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v6.html
(editing original)
Edited November 20, 2014
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v5.html
(editing version 3)
edited October 6, 2014
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v4.html
Edited October 25, 2013
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v3.html
edited November 14, 2011
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/11/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v2.html
May 21, 2009
As threadbare as old cheesecloth
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth.html
title saved 12/27/08
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edited July 7, 2018
late spring, early summer – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/late-spring-early-summer-v2.html
edited July 7, 2018
the skin of an ancient reptile – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-skin-of-ancient-reptile-v3.html
adding a third stanza
edited July 7, 2018
the skin of an ancient reptile – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-skin-of-ancient-reptile-v2.html
July 7, 2018
late spring, early summer
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/late-spring-early-summer.html
July 7, 2018
the living map rolled out – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-living-map-rolled-out-v2.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1015571474508341248
July 7, 2018
the living map rolled out
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-living-map-rolled-out.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1015567765057474560
July 7, 2018
the skin of an ancient reptile
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-skin-of-ancient-reptile.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1015560459808894976
challenge post on twitter page
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
picture of a leaf
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1015271966268198912
Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/
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edited July 4, 2018
each drop breathed, a prayer
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-drop-breathed-prayer.html
edited July 4, 2018
each drop a prayer – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-drop-prayer-v3.html
edited July 4, 2018
each drop a prayer – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-drop-prayer-v2.html
July 3, 2018
each drop a prayer
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-drop-prayer.html
July 2, 2018
Pearls and Jewels of Water on the Bloom
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/pearls-and-jewels-of-water-on-bloom.html
July 2, 2018
post on the Realistic Poetry Twitter page,
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry
a picture of a orange lily covered in rain water
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1013841347558572033
edits to last stanza of prior poem
edited June 26, 2014
After the Shower – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/after-shower-v2.html
June 6, 2007 6:50
After the Shower
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/06/after-shower.html
Wesley United Methodist Church
www.concordwumc.org
Concord, NH
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CWUMC/
 
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fire, passion, love, husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, coming together, joy, romance, kiss, proposal, poetry, Realistic Poetry, imagination, marriage, wedding bands, bi-racial,
 
#love #husband #wife #girlfriend #boyfriend #lust #sun #flames #comingtogether #joy #romance #satisfaction #consummation #poetry #RealisticPoetry #imagination #marriage #rings #engagement #biracial #AfricanAmerican #Caucasian
 
#love #husband #wife #girlfriend #boyfriend #lust #sun #flames #comingtogether #joy #romance #satisfaction #consummation #poetry #RealisticPoetry #imagination #marriage #rings #engagement #biracial #AfricanAmerican #Caucasian
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poetry, Realistic Poetry, imagination, photo, cave, castle, person, moon, moonlight, glow,
 
#poetry #RealisticPoetry #imagination #photo #cave #castle #person #moon #moonlight #glow #PoetryWhereYouLive @raymondafoss #cloistered #hidden #walls #room #prison #message #poem #writingprompt #light #darkness #mystery #alone
 
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poetry, Realistic Poetry, imagination, photo, colors, pencils, rainbow, rain, droplets,water, bow, arc, light, crayola, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss,
#boldness of the #color  #poetry #RealisticPoetry #imagination #photo #PoetryWhereYouLive @raymondafoss #poem #writingprompt #light #darkness #color #rainbow #water #rain #drops #droplets #pencils #brash #eyes #heavens #sky #dome #original #light #loud #crayola
 
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fire, passion, love, husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, coming together, joy, romance, kiss, proposal, poetry, Realistic Poetry, imagination, marriage, wedding bands,
 
#Hopeful #love #husband #wife #girlfriend #boyfriend #comingtogether #joy #romance #satisfaction #consummation #poetry #RealisticPoetry #imagination #marriage #rings #engagement #union #wedding #bands #writingprompt @RealisticPoetry #together #circle #joy
 
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.
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fire, smoke, landscape, green, burnt, poetry, Realistic Poetry, imagination, global warming, climate change, erosion, dust,
 
#fire #smoke #landscape #poetry #RealisticPoetry #imagination #writingprompt @RealisticPoetry #globalwarming #climatechange #erosion #dust #wildfire #burning #wasteland #mist #sunrise #grass #nature #destruction #superstorms
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imagination, photograph, photography, poem, poetry, Realistic Poetry, God,  creator, image, phone, rotary dial, old, antique, call, answer,  doctor,
 
#imagination #photograph #photography #poem #poetry #God #RealisticPoetry #creator #image #phone #rotarydial #old #antique #answer #telephone #office #desk #silence #depression #sorrow #sadness #ache #call #doctor
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imagination, photograph, photography, poem, poetry, Realistic Poetry, God,  creator, image, flowers, magenta, morning, writing prompt, Poetry Where You Live, landscape, color,
 
#imagination #photograph #photography #poem #poetry #God #RealisticPoetry #creator #image #morning #writingprompt #landscape #color
 
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Poetry, poetic picture prompts, Realistic Poetry, writing prompts, @RealisticPoetry, mountain, home, refuge, Europe, Alps,
 
#poetry #PoeticPicturePrompts #RealisticPoetry #writingprompts @RealisticPoetry #mountain #home #refuge #Europe #Alps