#Etchings on #droplets of #water – v5 #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture #eternity

Letting my mind wander, meandering,
going where imagination leads me...
So many thoughts and images
thinking about the infinite
the tiny, the unseen,
The power of God in creation
in writing our songs, our stories,
long before we came to be...
 
Grabbing an ethereal canvas, vapor,
Stenciling in lines in silhouette, in shadows...
Precise, intricate drawings, perfect,
written with gilded silver threads,
capturing a whiff of eternity, of creation...
The truth within their song...
A breath, a whisper, a thought,
chiseled on air, panted into stone...
 
Illustrations gathered from the ether,
Our lives are no more than a breath -
Our moments so much vapor -
Snapshots captured only for an instant
as if on the surface of molten glass...
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold these moments...
to freeze time, to treasure, to drink in
These images coaxed from the ether -
A prayer for a future yet unknown -
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held in my pursed fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve into nothingness...
Seconds absorbed into the sands of time...
 
Painting an intricate portrait, immortal,
A mandala of intersecting motions,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Living scrimshaw on the ether -
Etchings on water droplets -
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now...
 
-------
Edited April 4, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water – v5
 
March 14, 2026
Etching on droplets of water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/etching-on-droplets-of-water.html
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
Edited September 12, 2025
Like tears in rain – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/like-tears-in-rain-v6.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether, air, picture, eternity,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture #eternity

#Etchings on #droplets of #water – v4 #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture #eternity

Grabbing an ethereal canvas, vapor,
Stenciling in lines in silhouette...
precise, intricate drawings,
written with gilded silver
capturing a whiff of eternity...
The truth within their song...
A breath, a whisper, a thought,
chiseled on air, panted into stone...
 
Illustrations gathered from the ether,
Our lives are no more than a breath -
Our moments so much vapor -
Snapshots captured only for an instant
as if on the surface of molten glass...
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold this moment
to freeze time, to treasure, to drink in
These images coaxed from the ether -
A prayer for a future yet unknown -
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held in my cupped fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve into nothingness...
Seconds absorbed into the sands of time...
 
Painting an intricate portrait, immortal,
A mandala of intersecting motions,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Scrimshaw on the ether -
Etchings on water droplets -
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now...
 
----
Edited March 20, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water – v4
 
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
Edited September 12, 2025
Like tears in rain – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/like-tears-in-rain-v6.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether, air, picture, eternity,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture #eternity

#Etchings on #droplets of #water – v3 #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture

Grabbing an ethereal canvas, vapor,

Stenciling in silhouette...
precise, intricate drawings,
written with gilded silver
capturing a whiff of eternity
The truth within their song...
A breath, a whisper, a thought,
chiseled on air, panted into stone...
 
Illustrations gathered from the ether
our lives are no more than a breath -
our moments so much vapor -
snapshots captured only for an instant
on the surface of molten glass...
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold this moment
to freeze time, to treasure, to drink in
These images pulled from the ether
a prayer for a future yet unknown
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held in my cupped fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve into nothingness...
Seconds absorbed into the sands of time...
 
Painting a portrait, immortal,
A mandala of intersecting motions,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Scrimshaw on the ether -
Etchings on water droplets -
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now...
 
----
Edited March 19, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water – v3
 
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether, air, picture,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture

#Etchings on #droplets of #water - v2 #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether

Grabbing an ethereal canvas, vapor,
Stenciling in silhouette...
fine-point writings
capturing a whiff of eternity
The truth within their song...
A breath, a whisper,
chiseled into stone...
 
Pictures gathered from the ether
our lives are but a breath -
our moments so much vapor -
snapshots captured only for an instant
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold this moment
These images pulled from the ether
a prayer for a future yet unknown
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held by my fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve
absorbed in the sands of time...
 
Drawing a portrait, immortal,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Scrimshaw on the ether -
Etchings on water droplets -
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now...
 
----
Edited March 15, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/etchings-on-droplets-of-water-v2.html
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether

#Etchings on #droplets of #water #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether

Pictures gathered from the ether
our lives are but a breath -
our moments so much vapor -
snapshots captured only for an instant
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold this moment
These images pulled from the ether
a prayer for a future yet unknown
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held by my fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve
absorbed in the sands of time...
 
Drawing a portrait, immortal,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Scrimshaw on the ether,
Etchings on water droplets
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now... 
 
----
Edited March 14, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water
 
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether

The #hiss of the #meat #poetry #wave #beach #sand #spirit #light #water #earth #fire #wind #air #sky #wood #metal #elements #mystery #hiss #sizzle #ocean #sea #land #susurration #sound #oscillation #imagination #bullets #war #meat

each cut on the slicer,
a sizzle, a hiss, a murmur...
the whiz each incoming round,
before the concussion,
hitting the front-line position...
each receding tide
pulled by the moon...
 
the hiss of the meat
its cohesion releasing,
quickly cut for commerce...
bullets before striking the ground...
Every wave returning
pulled back into the ocean
with a similar sound wave...
 
the incongruity of awareness
minds reeling in attention
visualizing a susurration...
the common reverberations...
the oscillation, waves of sounds -
capturing my imagination,
a symmetry, connecting the dots...
 
----------------
March 7, 2026
The hiss of the meat
 
This poem was scribbled right after I cut some prosciutto
at the deli counter last night. (And I had thought about the sound
when I had cut different kinds of ham in the past).
The sound of the meat being cut immediately
reminded me of the sound of bullets before impact in Ukraine
and the sound of receding tides, the susurration over the sand...
Edited March 23, 2024
A hiss, a sizzle, over the sand – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-hiss-sizzle-over-sand-v4.html
https://www.facebook.com/792593002/videos/630421232183869/
Edited March 6, 2026
Harrowing Moments – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/harrowing-moments-v3.html
October 2025 Post by Keti Leshkasheli, with bullets creating craters
in the ground right beside her and her unit…
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1132174128904695
Edited March 22, 2024
Focusing on one wave – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/focusing-on-one-wave-v4.html
Edited March 22, 2024
Almost silent over the sand – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/almost-silent-over-sand-v8.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, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, beach, sand, wave, spirit, light, water, wind, earth, fire, air, sky, elements, susurration, sound, oscillation, imagination, bullets, war, meat,
 
#poetry #wave #beach #sand #spirit #light #water #earth #fire #wind #air #sky #wood #metal #elements #mystery #hiss #sizzle #ocean #sea #land #susurration #sound #oscillation #imagination #bullets #war #meat

Sitting at the well #Poetry #John4 #livingwater #water #Jacob #Genesis33 #John7 #Jesus #Christ #Messiah,

sitting at the well

offering love to others

living waters of Jesus 

there a Jacob's well...

all the tribes had been there 

before kings, before the schism,

before they were divided 

this holy ground...

washing away the veil

the curtain of the schism 

offering water to her

to seal the ancient breach...

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February 6, 2026

Sitting at the well 

Genesis 33:18-20

John 4

John 4:4-26

John 7:37-39

Isaiah 44:3

Isaiah 55:1-2

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, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. All of my poems are at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

A #dolphin in the world – v3

Trapped for this time, now, living,
a dolphin in the world, moving,
too pale for the sun, burning,
driven from the sea, the water
up onto the land, an alien,
living as a mortal, a human,
to walk this solid ground…
 
Drawn to the water by his spirit,
returning to the water’s edge,
feeling the pull of the tides, the waters,
standing on the shore, peering,
searching the water for movement,
looking for home, connection once more,
to what once was, what might have been,
to the mystery, the truth out there…
 
==============
Edited June 22, 2025
A dolphin in the world – v3
 
June 22, 2025
dancing with the mermaids
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/dancing-with-mermaids.html
Sermon, “Fear, Faith, and Social Skills”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWefYFnWns
Based on #Jeremiah17:5-8
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, by T.S. Eliot
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/44212/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock
North Hills Church
June 22, 2025
wearing a mask
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/wearing-mask.html
June 22, 2025
fearing the truth, nakedness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/fearing-truth-nakedness.html
June 22, 2025
fear of man
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/fear-of-man.html
June 22, 2025
yearning for a new bottom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/yearning-for-new-bottom-risking.html
June 22, 2025
abiding in iniquity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/abiding-in-iniquity.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
June 22, 2025
seeds of our destruction
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/seeds-of-our-destruction.html
Edited June 22, 2025
in the person of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/in-person-of-christ-v2.html
Men’s group meeting
Edited June 22, 2025
predestined, created – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/predestined-created.html
Based on #Ephesians1
Men’s group meeting
June 21, 2025
Edited June 20, 2025
The price of atonement – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-price-of-atonement-v2.html
Based on #Psalm51
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
Edited June 20, 2025
Satan seeks to destroy me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/satan-seeks-to-destroy-me-v2.html
Based on #Psalm51
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Psalm 51, lust, sin, prayer, confession, salvation,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #lust #sin #confession #salvation
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Poetry, poet, poetry community, writers lift, spirit, light, water, wind, earth, fire, air, sky, wood, metal, elements, mystery, transformation, dolphin, mermaid,
 
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #writerslift #spirit #light #water #earth #fire #wind #air #sky #wood #metal #elements #mystery #transformation #dolphin #mermaid

Saturated Believing – v9

Our bodies, our lives, soaked, filled,

dripping wet, drenched, overflowing,

like cloth prayer dolls, worn, tattered,

passed down through generations;

Immersed in the living waters

the promise of Your holy Word…

 

Living sacrifices, vessels, bodies,

each week, coming before You

entering into reverence, awe,

given in worship, to be filled;

Given for Your pleasure

for Your holy purpose…

Saturated believing, on fire,

filled with Pentecost flames,

not lukewarm in our coming,

In our sitting at Your feet;

We long to be filled by You Lord,

wet, drenched to overflowing…

=================
Edited June 10, 2025
Saturated Believing – v9
 
edited August 6, 2015
Saturated Believing – v8
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/saturatedbelieving-v8-our-bodies-soaked.html
(editing version 3)
August 21, 2005 11:00
Saturated Believing
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/saturated-believing.html  
based on Romans 12:1-8
and the sermon "For God’s Pleasure".
by the Reverend Joel Guillemette
www.concordwumc.org   
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
&
edited March 15, 2014
saturate my heart – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/saturate-my-heart-v2.html   
song and worship led by Kim McKay White
https://www.facebook.com/kim.m.white1
https://twitter.com/klwhite1962  
at Gifts of the Holy Spirit Conference
March 14, 2014 and March 15, 2014
Houlton, ME
&
March 14, 2014
-          breach my walls
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/breach-my-walls.html
-          invade my body
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/invade-my-body.html
-          as water through a membrane
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/as-water-through-membrane.html  
-          wash through me
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/wash-through-me.html   
-          may your love fill me
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/may-your-love-fill-me.html
Ephesians 4:19b (The Voice)
“God, may Your fullness flood through their entire beings.”
Philippians 4:13 (NRSV)
Ephesians 3:14-21
“The Love of Christ” (NCV)
(but read in The Voice bible)
Upper Room Daily Devotional
“The Strength of God’s Presence”
http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-03-14
https://twitter.com/URIntlMin/status/444367600278315008
by Mabel Marin
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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.
 
Christ, Faith, God, grace, love, witness, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, Lent, Mabel Marin, Ephesians 3, water, word, Kim McKay White, Spirit, gifts, spiritual gifts, poetry,
 
#God #Christ #love #witness #Lent #Ephesians3 #water #word #gifts #spirit #poetry 

a place where the frost had not let go… - v4

so busy in that moment, my eyes on my cellphone,
looking down, distracted, walking to the car,
to continue my conversation, my texting,
talking to my beloved, my life,
taking these few minutes we had
to communicate, to connect…
 
my eyes stopped me, my walk to the car,
to something eternal, urgent, stopping,
looking a bit closer to something out of place,
a small shape I recognized, familiar, familial,
a place of love it seemed, for me to notice,
to pause, to capture, to preserve…
 
no larger than a women’s size 5 footprint
in the sundrenched yard, around 10:30am,
green from the warming this morning
the ceding of the cold, giving, releasing,
returning the yard to light, to autumn,
a place where the frost had not let go…
 
seemingly incongruent, inexplicable,
all around the green had returned,
the yard had come to life, wet after rain,
well above freezing, if just barely, 44 degrees.
but these few inches, this shape,
this spot held me entranced…
 
the frost held on a little longer, for me,
a little tighter yet, a treasure, to discover,
in the grip of winter, in white, still frozen,
treasuring this small space, set apart,
this island in the green yard,
bathed in December sunlight…
 
it was you, mom, wasn’t it (?), your spirit, stopping,
standing, watching over us last night as we slept,
your feet leaving an impression in the grass,
admiring our decorations, our Christmas lights,
I could picture you standing there, in your sweater,
chilled from the cold, in your narrow white sneakers…
 
how I wish you could have lingered, that you could
have come inside to hug me as I slept, or did you,
could you, you know how deep I sleep;
but thank you for this morning, that spot I savored,
feeling so close to you now writing these lines,
so glad I was drawn to your footstep…
 
how much I remember our Christmases, family,
our rituals, our decorations, tinsel that got everywhere,
the rides to find the right trees, scotch pine always,
the large colored lights, not white, the red star,
your coffee rings, dad turning on the lights Christmas morning,
love drenched each one of them, I remember so well…

 
-----------------  
Edited December 12, 2024
A place where the frost had not let go – v4
 
Edited December 12, 2024
A place where the frost had not let go – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-place-where-frost-had-not-let-go-v2.html
Edited December 12, 2024
a place where the frost had not let go – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-place-where-frost-had-not-let-go-v2_12.html
December 12, 2024
a place where the frost had not let go…
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-place-where-frost-had-not-let-go.html
Edited March 25, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with dew – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-dew-v2.html
Edited March 25, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with Stars – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-stars-v2.html
Edited March 25, 2024
God paints with a brush filled with Stars – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/god-paints-with-brush-filled-with-stars_25.html
New March 11, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with Stars
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-stars.html
Edited/New March 11, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with dew
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-dew.html
New March 11, 2024
Each droplet of dew placed
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/each-droplet-of-dew-placed.html
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
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
 
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.
 
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Poetry, dew, creator, Faith, flowers, God, hope, iris, leaves, life, Nature, water, worship, yard, lily, frost, mother, spirit, angel, visitation, Christmas,
 
#poetry #God #dewdrop #prayer #pearls #jewels #water #blossom #petals #Faith #flowers #hope #life #Nature #worship #poem #words #beauty #love #joy #frost #mother #spirit #angel #visitation #Christmas

a place where the frost had not let go… - v2

no larger than a footprint
in the sundrenched yard
green from the warming this morning
the ceding of the cold, giving,
returning the yard to light,
a place where the frost had not let go…
 
seemingly incongruent, inexplicable,
all around the green had returned,
the yard had come to life,
well above freezing, if just barely,
but these few inches
held me entranced…
 
the frost held on a little longer,
a little tighter yet, a treasure,
in the grip of winter, in white,
treasuring this small space
this island in the green yard,
bathed in December sunlight…
 
was it you, mom, your spirit, stopping,
standing, watching over us last night as we slept,
your feet leaving an impression in the grass,
admiring our decorations, our Christmas lights,
I could picture you standing there, in your sweater,
chilled from the cold, in your narrow white sneakers…

 
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Edited December 12, 2024
a place where the frost had not let go… - v2
 
Edited March 25, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with dew – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-dew-v2.html
Edited March 25, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with Stars – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-stars-v2.html
Edited March 25, 2024
God paints with a brush filled with Stars – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/god-paints-with-brush-filled-with-stars_25.html
New March 11, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with Stars
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-stars.html
Edited/New March 11, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with dew
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-dew.html
New March 11, 2024
Each droplet of dew placed
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/each-droplet-of-dew-placed.html
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
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
 
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.
 
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Poetry, dew, creator, Faith, flowers, God, hope, iris, leaves, life, Nature, water, worship, yard, lily, frost, mother, spirit, angel, visitation, Christmas,
 
#poetry #God #dewdrop #prayer #pearls #jewels #water #blossom #petals #Faith #flowers #hope #life #Nature #worship #poem #words #beauty #love #joy #frost #mother #spirit #angel #visitation #Christmas

a place where the frost had not let go… - v3

my eyes stopped me, on my walk to the car,
to something eternal, urgent, stopping,
looking a bit closer to something out of place,
a small shape I recognized, familiar, familial,
a place of love it seemed, for me to notice,
to pause, to capture, to preserve…
 
no larger than a women’s size 5 footprint
in the sundrenched yard, around 10:30am,
green from the warming this morning
the ceding of the cold, giving, releasing,
returning the yard to light, to autumn,
a place where the frost had not let go…
 
seemingly incongruent, inexplicable,
all around the green had returned,
the yard had come to life, wet after rain,
well above freezing, if just barely, 44 degrees.
but these few inches, this shape,
this spot held me entranced…
 
the frost held on a little longer, for me,
a little tighter yet, a treasure, to discover,
in the grip of winter, in white, still frozen,
treasuring this small space, set apart,
this island in the green yard,
bathed in December sunlight…
 
it you, mom, wasn’t it (?), your spirit, stopping,
standing, watching over us last night as we slept,
your feet leaving an impression in the grass,
admiring our decorations, our Christmas lights,
I could picture you standing there, in your sweater,
chilled from the cold, in your narrow white sneakers…
 
how I wish you could have lingered, that you could
have come inside to hug me as I slept,
our did you, could you, you know how deep I sleep;
but thank you for this morning, that spot I savored,
feeling so close to you now writing these lines,
so glad I was drawn to your footstep…
 

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Edited December 12, 2024

a place where the frost had not let go - v3

Edited December 12, 2024
a place where the frost had not let go – v2
 
December 12, 2024
a place where the frost had not let go…
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-place-where-frost-had-not-let-go.html
Edited March 25, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with dew – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-dew-v2.html
Edited March 25, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with Stars – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-stars-v2.html
Edited March 25, 2024
God paints with a brush filled with Stars – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/god-paints-with-brush-filled-with-stars_25.html
New March 11, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with Stars
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-stars.html
Edited/New March 11, 2024
Painting with a brush filled with dew
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/painting-with-brush-filled-with-dew.html
New March 11, 2024
Each droplet of dew placed
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/each-droplet-of-dew-placed.html
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
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
 
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.
 
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Poetry, dew, creator, Faith, flowers, God, hope, iris, leaves, life, Nature, water, worship, yard, lily, frost, mother, spirit, angel, visitation,
 
#poetry #God #dewdrop #prayer #pearls #jewels #water #blossom #petals #Faith #flowers #hope #life #Nature #worship #poem #words #beauty #love #joy #frost #mother #spirit #angel #visitation