each child a seed – v2

each child a seed,
flung into the ether,
words gifted to me
gathered on the page, the screen,
scattered to the winds…
 
musings, scribbles,
inspiration, perspiration,
made ready, scattered,
longing to find fertile soil,
to be gleaned, gathered in…
 
-------------
Typed and posted October 28, 2024
each child a seed – v2
 
Written and posted October 9, 2024
each child a seed
typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/each-child-seed_24.html
&
Edited September 25, 2024
Words call me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/words-call-me-v2.html
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v2.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirit, soul,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirit #soul

each child a seed

each child a seed,
flung into the ether,
gathered on the page, the screen,
scattered to the wind…
 
the musings, the scribbles,
inspiration, perspiration,
longing to find fertile soil
to be gathered in…
 
-------------
Written and posted October 9, 2024
each child a seed
typed October 16, 2024
 
&
Edited September 25, 2024
Words call me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/words-call-me-v2.html
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v2.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirit, soul,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirit #soul

Words call me – v2

Words call me, urgent,
I am their servant,
I turn toward them,
leaning into the message,
their cry to my spirit,
to my hands beginning to write…
 
Words speak to me
they are my muse,
words call me, now,
when I am not ready,
when I pay attention,
driving, walking about…
 
Words call me, suddenly,
they woo, they challenge me,
they cry out in despair,
sometimes they shout for joy,
urgent, passionate, emotive words,
words of power, of light…
 
Words will not wait,
I must stop, I must write,
I must remember, to save them,
for the words can be fleeting,
gossamer pulled from the ether,
to be capture, to be written down…
 
-------------
Edited September 25, 2024
Words call me
 
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v2.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirit, soul,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirit #soul
 
 

Words call me

Words speak to me
they are my muse,
words call me, now,
when I am not ready,
when I pay attention,
driving, walking about…
 
Words call me, suddenly,
they woo, they challenge me,
they cry out in despair,
sometimes they shout for joy,
urgent, passionate, emotive words,
words of power, of light…
 
The words will not wait,
I must stop, I must write,
I must remember, to save them,
for the words can be fleeting,
gossamer pulled from the ether,
to be capture, to be written down…
 
-------------
September 19, 2024
Words call me
 
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v2.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirit, soul,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirit #soul

A gift to another’s heart – v2

Our creations, art in its own sense,
All our artistic endeavors, our spirits,
all that we pour into our works,
a life force, awakening, rising,
offered, sent out into the world…
 
A gift from our heart, our spirits,
a kernel of life, of creation itself,
sent to land on an unknown shore,
a gift from one heart to another,
to heal, to give hope, to restore…
 
All that we pour out, an offering,
a piece of infinite space, of life,
treasure planted into the ether,
in time finding their true home,
on some distant shore…
 
---------------
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
 
September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v1
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v1.html
Edited September 18, 2024
One heart speaking – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/one-heart-speaking-v2.html
 
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=906982137911060&set=a.381701980439081
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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.

Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirits, souls, 

 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirits #souls

A gift to another’s heart - v1

Our creations, art in its own sense,
all that we pour into our works,
a life force, awakening, rising,
sent out into the world…
 
A gift from our heart, our spirits,
to land on an unknown shore,
a gift from one heart to another,
to heal, to give hope, to restore…
 
All that we pour out, an offering,
treasure planted into the ether,
in time finding their true home,
on some distant shore…
 
---------------
September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart - v1
 
Edited September 18, 2024
One heart speaking – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/one-heart-speaking-v2.html
 
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist

“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirits, souls,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirits #souls

One heart speaking – v2

One heart speaking,
one spirit sharing,
their gifts, their talents,
offering love, hope,
into the chaos of this world…
 
One spirit shining,
so brightly, authentic,
offering love to others,
not knowing who needs to hear,
that which they have been given…
 
One soul rising,
bringing art, creativity,
one heart committed to beauty,
offering something pure, holy,
sharing a gift with the world…
 
---------------
Edited September 18, 2024
One heart speaking – v2
 
September 17, 2024
One heart speaking
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/one-heart-speaking.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=906982137911060&set=a.381701980439081
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirits, souls,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirits #souls
 

One heart speaking

One heart speaking,
one spirit sharing,
offering love, hope,
into the chaos of the world…
 
One spirit shining,
offering love to others,
not knowing who needs to hear,
that we have been given…
 
One soul rising,
one heart open to beauty,
offering something pure, holy,
sharing a gift to the world…
 
---------------
September 17, 2024
One heart speaking
 
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=906982137911060&set=a.381701980439081
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirits, souls,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirits #souls

Seeds placed precisely – v2

Not leaving anything to chance,
contours of their surface,
like the rising and falling of earth,
each strawberry covered, bedazzled,
an intricate pattern, repeating,
rows on a topographical map,
seeds placed precisely, discretely,
consciousness, painstaking effort,
perfect precision, a design,
a singular purpose, individuals,
like a fingerprint, unique,
an intricate pattern, repeating,
leaving nothing to chance…

---------------
Edited March 27, 2024
Seeds placed precisely – v2
 
March 27, 2024
Seeds placed precisely
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/seeds-placed-precisely.html
Macro photograph of strawberry
 
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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poetry, poem, God, Creator, art, photograph, painting, sculpture, beauty, #strawberry #seeds, design, pattern, light, spirit, nature, intelligent design,
 
#poetry #poem #God #Creator #art #photograph #painting #sculpture #beauty #strawberry #seeds #design #pattern #light #spirit #nature #intelligentdesign

Held in two dimensions no longer – v3

 
Created more as she is, alive, appearing resplendent,
Escaping a vertical prison, the beautiful painting,
A Sea Angel, a sculpture, releasing, emerging,
Held by two dimensions no longer, freed,
Bursting through the screen, the curtain,
As a stage actor speaking to the audience,
No longer held by this divide, that distance,
Not merely standing, posing only, now reaching,
Now striving forward, outward, upward,
Crossing another plane of existence,
To come more fully alive…
 
A Sea Angel, a merwoman, self-awareness, conscious
Her face obscured, hidden, not drawing attention,
Her supple body emerging, rising, transcendent,
Her wings pulling outward, thrusting upward,
Her body pushing through the flatness, texture,
Yearning to live like Pinocchio, a human goddess,
To dance on this mortal coil, movement beyond,
Outside of two dimensions, her prison, her cocoon,
Her womb, gaining that third dimension, life,
Crossing another plane of existence,
To come more fully alive…

 

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

Edited March 27, 2024

Held in two dimensions no longer – v3

 

Edited March 27, 2024

Held in two dimensions no longer – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/held-in-two-dimensions-no-longer-v2.html

&

Edited March 27, 2024

Brushstrokes thrusting upward – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/brushstrokes-thrusting-upward-v2.html

March 27, 2024

Brushstrokes thrusting upward

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/brushstrokes-thrusting-upward.html

March 27, 2024

From earth to starlight

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/from-earth-to-starlight.html

March 27, 2024

The radiant sunrise

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-radiant-sunrise.html

Edited March 27, 2024

Power in the spray – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/power-in-spray-v2.html

March 27, 2024

Power in the spray

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/power-in-spray.html

March 26, 2024 Facebook post by Jolan Gamblin,

About her surfboard 

&

March 25, 2024

Held in two dimensions no longer

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/held-in-two-dimensions-no-longer.html

March 11, 2024 Facebook post by Jolan Gamblin,

About her new surfboard 3-dimensional painting,

“Sea Angel”

&

March 25, 2024

Returning to the sea, to the water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/returning-to-sea-to-water.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1772358457091399887

edited October 23, 2021

The Dance of the Pelicans – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html

&

Edited June 30, 2023

Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v5.html

Edited June 28, 2023

Ascending, Emerging, Igniting - v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4_30.html

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4.html

Adding first stanza to provide backstory to board/painting

&

Edited June 26, 2023

Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v3.html

Edited June 26, 2023

Ascending, emerging, igniting – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v2.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, 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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poetry, poem, art, St. Augustine, Jolan Gamblin, surfboard, painting, sculpture, beauty, water, fire, air, light, spirit, angel, Sea Angel, God,

 

#poetry #poem #art #StAugustine #JolanGamblin #surfboard #painting #sculpture #beauty #water #fire #air #light #spirit #angel #SeaAngel #God

Seeds placed precisely

Not leaving anything to chance,
contours of the surface,
like the rising and falling of earth,
the strawberry covered,
an intricate pattern,
seeds placed precisely, discretely,
conscious, painstaking effort,
perfect precision, a design,
a singular purpose, individual,
like a fingerprint, unique,
leaving nothing to chance…

 
---------------
March 27, 2024
Seeds placed precisely
 
Macro photograph of strawberry
 
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, poem, God, Creator, art, photograph, painting, sculpture, beauty, #strawberry #seeds, design, light, spirit, nature, intelligent design,
 
#poetry #poem #God #Creator #art #photograph #painting #sculpture #beauty #strawberry #seeds #design #light #spirit #nature #intelligentdesign

Held in two dimensions no longer – v2

Created more as she is, alive, appearing resplendent,
Escaping her vertical prison, the beautiful painting,
A Sea Angel, a sculpture, releasing her, emerging,
Held by two dimensions no longer, free,
Bursting through the screen, the curtain,
As a stage actor speaking to the audience,
No longer held by the divide, the distance,
Not merely standing, posing only, reaching,
Now striving forward, outward, upward,
Crossing another plane of existence,
To come more fully alive…
 
A Sea Angel, a merwoman, self-aware, conscious,
Her face obscured, hidden, not drawing attention,
Her supple body emerging, transcendent,
Her wings pulling outward, thrusting upward,
Her body pushing through the flatness, texture,
Yearning to live like Pinocchio, a human goddess,
To dance on this mortal coil, to move beyond,
Outside of two dimensions, her prison, her cocoon,
Her womb, gaining that third dimension, life,
Crossing another plane of existence,
To come more fully alive…
 

==============
Edited March 27, 2024
Held in two dimensions no longer – v2
 
Edited March 27, 2024
Power in the spray – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/power-in-spray-v2.html
March 27, 2024
Power in the spray
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/power-in-spray.html
March 26, 2024 Facebook post by Jolan Gamblin,
About her new surfboard

&
March 25, 2024
Held in two dimensions no longer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/held-in-two-dimensions-no-longer.html
March 11, 2024 Facebook post by Jolan Gamblin,
About her new surfboard 3-dimensional painting,
“Sea Angel”

&
March 25, 2024
Returning to the sea, to the water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/returning-to-sea-to-water.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1772358457091399887
edited October 23, 2021
The Dance of the Pelicans – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html
&
Edited June 30, 2023
Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v5.html
Edited June 28, 2023
Ascending, Emerging, Igniting - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4_30.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4.html
Adding first stanza to provide backstory to board/painting
&
Edited June 26, 2023
Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v3.html
Edited June 26, 2023
Ascending, emerging, igniting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v2.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, 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, poem, art, St. Augustine, Jolan Gamblin, surfboard, painting, sculpture, beauty, water, fire, air, light, spirit, angel, Sea Angel, God,
 
#poetry #poem #art #StAugustine #JolanGamblin #surfboard #painting #sculpture #beauty #water #fire #air #light #spirit #angel #SeaAngel #God

Held in two dimensions no longer

Created more as she is, alive, appearing resplendent,
Escaping her vertical prison, the beautiful painting,
Bursting through the screen, the curtain,
As an actor speaking to the audience,
No longer held by the divide, the distance,
Held by two dimensions no longer, free,
Not merely standing, posing, only, reaching,
Now striving forward, outward, upward,
Crossing another plane of existence,
To come more fully alive…
 
A Sea Angel, a merwoman, self-evident, conscious,
Seeing her supple body moving, transcendent,
Her wings pulling outward, thrusting upward,
Her body pushing through the flatness, texture,
Longing to live like Pinocchio, a human goddess,
To dance on this mortal coil, to move beyond,
Outside of two dimensions, her prison, her cocoon,
Her womb, gaining that third dimension, life,
Crossing another plane of existence,
To come more fully alive…

 
==============
March 25, 2024
Held in two dimensions no longer
 
March 11, 2024 Facebook post by Jolan Gamblin,
About her new surfboard 3-dimensional painting,
“Sea Angel”
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=7786203621389852&set=a.792625384081079
&
March 25, 2024
Returning to the sea, to the water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/returning-to-sea-to-water.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1772358457091399887
edited October 23, 2021
The Dance of the Pelicans – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html
&
Edited June 30, 2023
Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v5.html
Edited June 28, 2023
Ascending, Emerging, Igniting - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4_30.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4.html
Adding first stanza to provide backstory to board/painting
&
Edited June 26, 2023
Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v3.html
Edited June 26, 2023
Ascending, emerging, igniting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v2.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, 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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poetry, poem, art, St. Augustine, Jolan Gamblin, surfboard, painting, sculpture, beauty, water, fire, air, light, spirit, angel, Sea Angel, God,

#poetry #poem #art #StAugustine #JolanGamblin #surfboard #painting #sculpture #beauty #water #fire #air #light #spirit #angel #SeaAngel #God

Dipping my brush - v2

Being purposeful, attentive, open,

Drinking from this cup, wider,

seeing the bounty, the creation,

visions of the artists, the creators,

sculptures, images, moments,

captured from the ether, their imagination…

Saving this moment, these moments, special,

Creating memory, drawing each of us in,

gathering senses, colors, textures,

sparking creation, delving, exploring,

digging deeper, emoting perspective,

Art, a drink, a taste, a tease…

Being conscious, present, wandering, stopping,

Dipping my brush in a fuller palette, richer,

different media, far more than color,

a buffet, a smorgasbord, a banquet, a feast,

sampling creation, vision, imagination,

visual textures, a veritable bas-relief…

Seeing, my plate, everything vibrant,

A splash of ceramics, a dab of sound, chaos,

transcendent photographs, glass hanging down,

shades, shapes, colors, images real, imagined,

painting in wood, in fabric, in silence,

brushstrokes of emotion, of eternal light…

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Edited October 6, 2023
Dipping my brush – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/dipping-my-brush-v2.html
Edited September 4, 2023
Dipping my brush
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/dipping-my-brush.html
Edited September 3, 2023
Dipping a brush – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/dipping-brush-v2.html
September 3, 2023
Dipping a brush
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/dipping-brush.html
Drafted September 1, 2023
About range of art on display at
Art Studio, by the Pier,
St. Augustine, Florida
https://fb.watch/mQGk8Sqy9k/
https://www.facebook.com/beachartstudio
&
September 3, 2023
crashing, breaking
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/crashing-breaking.html
drafted September 1, 2023
New board art by Jolan Gamblin,
https://fb.watch/mQGk8Sqy9k/
On display at Art Studio, by the Pier,
St. Augustine, Florida
https://www.facebook.com/beachartstudio
&
Edited September 3, 2023
gathering moments – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/gathering-moments-v2.html
August 28, 2023
gathering moments – v1
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/gathering-moments-v1.html
&
Edited August 21, 2023
Almost silent over the sand – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/almost-silent-over-sand-v7.html
(getting rid of the dying imagery)
Edited August 21, 2023
Focusing on one wave – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/focusing-on-one-wave-v3.html
Edited August 16, 2023
Focusing on one wave – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/focusing-on-one-wave-v2.html
Drafted August 14, 2023
after comments by Jolan Gamblin
(still not sure about stanza 1)
Merged July 24, 2023
Almost silent over the sand – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/almost-silent-over-sand-v6.html
July 24, 2023
Focusing on one wave
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/focusing-on-one-wave.html
https://www.facebook.com/792593002/videos/630421232183869/
Edited July 24, 2023
Almost silent over the sand – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/almost-silent-over-sand-v5.html
Edited July 19, 2023
Almost silent over the sand – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/almost-silent-over-sand-v4.html
Edited July 18, 2023
Almost silent over the sand – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/almost-silent-over-sand-v3.html
Edited July 17, 2023
Almost silent over the sand – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/almost-silent-over-sand-v2.html
July 17, 2023
Almost silent over the sand
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/almost-silent-over-sand.html
Edited July 17, 2023
what did the waves say (sing) to you – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/what-did-waves-say-sing-to-you-v2.html
&
Edited July 3, 2023
By the pull of the moon changing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/by-pull-of-moon-changing.html
Edited July 2, 2023
By the pull of the moon – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-wild-within-revealed-by-pull-of.html
July 2, 2023
By the pull of the moon
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/by-pull-of-moon.html
Edited July 2, 2023
Within each of us present – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/within-each-of-us-present-v2.html
July 2, 2023
Within each of us present
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/within-each-of-us-present.html
Edited July 2, 2023
A dolphin in the world – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-dolphin-in-world-v2.html
July 2, 2023
A dolphin in the world
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-dolphin-in-world.html
&
Edited June 30, 2023
Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v5.html
Edited June 28, 2023
Ascending, Emerging, Igniting - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4_30.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4.html
Adding first stanza to provide backstory to board/painting
&
Edited June 26, 2023
Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v3.html
Edited June 26, 2023
Ascending, emerging, igniting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v2.html
Edited June 26, 2023
shadows on the beach – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/shadows-on-beach-v2.html
Edited June 26, 2023
Saying Good Night to the Ocean – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-good-night-to-ocean-v3.html
&
June 24, 2023
shadows on the beach
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/shadows-on-beach.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, 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, God, creation, pelicans, Florida, sunrise, sunset, beach, sand, dunes, St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach, Chautauqua,
 
#poetry #God #pelicans #Florida #sunrise #sunset #sand #dunes #StAugustine #Chautauqua #creation
 
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poetry, God, Spirit, St. Augustine, beach, water, dunes, sand, peace, Zen, sunrise, home,
 
#poetry #God #Spirit #StAugustine #beach #water #dunes #sand #peace #Zen #sunrise #home
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1 John 4, Christ, Ecclesiastes 4, Faith, fellowship, God, grace, John 15, love, Methodist, Poetry Where You Live, purpose, Raymond A. Foss, savior, water, worship,
 
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Poetry, poetry community, St Augustine Beach, St Augustine, FL, beach, water, sand, writers lift, shells, seashells,
 
#poetry #poetrycommunity #staugustinebeach #StAugustine #FL #beach #water #sand #writerslift #shells #seashells
 
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Poetry, poetry community, beach, sand, writers lift, spirit, light, water, wind, earth, fire, air, sky, wood, metal, elements, St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach, wave, shells,
 
#poetry #poetrycommunity #beach #sand #writerslift #spirit #light #water #earth #fire #wind #air #sky #wood #metal #elements #staugustinebeach #StAugustine #FL #wave #shells
 
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Poetry, spirit, light, water, wind, earth, fire, air, sky, wood, metal, beach, ocean, art, painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, artists, St. Augustine,
 
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writerslift #spirit #light #water #earth #fire #wind #air #sky #wood #metal #elements #beach #ocean #sculpture #ceramics #art #photography #artists #StAugustine