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Thursday, May 26, 2005

Parting

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I will always feel the ache of our parting and the balm of our joining DRAFT 12/13/05 18:05, written in response to her line, "the ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Musings

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Touching your cool Bronze skin Coursing my fingers Like a reader of Braille, Silently in the dark In our sanctuary Behind locked door,...
Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Disciple

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Disciplined study And worship Immersed in the Word Week upon Week Words and meaning Beautiful in the learning and the language Grow...

I Will

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Not the fleeting, fashionable cute and cuddly – I Do. No, this isn’t the thing we’re talking about I Will. Power of God, commitment con...

Torrent

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White knuckles on the wheel holding fast to my lane between the wiper strokes and blur of reckless drivers on left and right Hurtling ...

Wire

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The rusted old barbed wire oozed into the flesh of the young pine becoming one with the living skin lost in the tissue of the trunk fuse...

Paul's Mistaken

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Oooh, what was he thinkin? Tellin the womenfolk to be quiet, demur, deferring to their husbands... Not on this watch, Apostle Paul We...

End of Wall

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Broken lines, walls in need of mending What would Frost say, or his good neighbor, behind mended walls? New England stone walls, handm...
Monday, May 23, 2005

Covenant

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A people, And individuals With His covenant Beating now, Under the words Written on each of our hearts To follow only Him And to love...
Saturday, May 07, 2005

Little John

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He's there, Little John to the other's Robin Buds enjoying the vibe The stalwart second to Marian's call and Robin's s...
Friday, April 08, 2005

Flowers

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Three flowers bloom each day Falsely fragile Queen Anne’s Lace Clump of effervescent Daisies A singular Black-eyed Susan Wildflowers ...

Sleep

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O' gentle stalker of the night Take me with you on your prowl across the dark All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss,...

Love at First Kiss

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It wasn't the moment I met her at the church The times we chatted in the coffee hour No, not in the class, Studying His Word It ...
Monday, March 28, 2005

Chasing La Luna

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Were we chasing her Or was she chasing us Down the road Under that starry starry night Lashed in the seats Craning to see her face Co...
Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Joanne

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The violin sang over the hum, the rumble the guitars by her side They held the rhythm oh, but she was the soul verve, the muse that d...

Her Hands

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Long slender fingers clutched the bow caressed the cello Fingers like spiders walked gingerly down the neck Shuddered on the lines t...

Frozen Splits

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Jeff’s ready watching the action moving straight for him at full speed, fast motion Black brick center of attention sliding on the b...
Thursday, February 17, 2005

Daddy Ray

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A turn of the key The knob opens From the outside world To my home Daddy Ray! Daddy Ray! They squeal, scream Drop the drink Leave...
Thursday, January 27, 2005

Pillows of snow

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Pillows of light, white snow Atop the raspberry bramble At the back of the yard The edge of the wild place Behind my building In town ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Aerosol Archaeopteryx

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Ephemeral denizen of the dawn Emblazoned on the waking An aerosol archaeopteryx Captured for a twinkling On the heavens Feathers and a...
Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Smiles

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Smiles on our lips, On our cheeks, In our eyes and in our hearts Even in parting Last with me Linger Whispering I love you -------...
Monday, December 20, 2004

We Do

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Her dress was borrowed It was blue My suit was old But our vows were new Happy couple coming into view We do We do All of my po...
Thursday, December 16, 2004

Chalice

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The sun Golden chalice Clutched by God’s hand Light cut by God’s fingers, The clouds The dawning That morning All of my poems are ...
Friday, December 10, 2004

Nekked Heinie

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A dance it is but so much more a statement Attitude Rebel in the buff shake your thang Oh warrior princess still only two Hold ...
Tuesday, December 07, 2004

First Snow

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Thoughts of walking in a winter wonderland with her. She wrote, “I like snow when it is falling. All clean and beautiful.” A friend re...
Friday, December 03, 2004

God's Hand

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The gentle push the warm support The gentle nudge Of the One who knows what's best Charting a course with history, coincidence, an...

Smell of Snow

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Walking the few feet car to the office Down the street, quiet Friday, December Smell of snow Cold, damp Memory Anticipation Coming...
Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Living in Lifetimes

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May we enjoy and cherish every breath we share together, may we always act as though it is our last, may we always treasure each ot...
Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Frozen Marsh

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Steam rose Over the ribbon threaded Through the frozen marsh This waking Frost encrusted the Silent cattails, Highlighted the skin of...
Monday, November 22, 2004

Pair

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Craning to glimpse Around the bend Behind the trees Hiding in the fog Our swans Finding solitude Beside the other In open water Al...
Friday, November 19, 2004

Stepping Through - edited

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A slit cut through gray, layered bunting morning sky Yellow light and white light Sol walking, pushing, stepping through a portal he ...

Stepping Through

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A slit cut through gray, layered bunting morning sky Yellow light and white light pushing, stepping through knee-high curtain, left l...
Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Daily Anniversaries

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Finding the right words Overwhelmed, blessed Shouting my love each day, for you Bursting with joy now and from the first kiss. Stron...

Pair

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A pair trumpeter swans pressed close in the sliver open water between the growing ice in the pond beside the highway this November m...

Parting

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I can't wait for Saturday when our parting is but of our lips When we don't have to leave each other's side; when we can ...

Morning Drive

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A skin of frost on the ground, in the branches, the yellowed fields film of ice on the pond low fog lit on down the road light in the wi...
Monday, November 08, 2004

Our Daughters

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You and they Valves in my heart Pushing the spirit In my soul Letting me live All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 200...
Friday, November 05, 2004

Barry in the Morning

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He’s on the stereo Smoky, sultry, Words dripping After waking, Start of day You in my arms Smell of you Touch, Kiss, Linger on your...
Friday, October 29, 2004

Arc of the Sky

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Warming blue Across the arc of the dome He left for us after the Flood Daubs of color Dabbed on the sky Pristine edges Glinted and glo...
Thursday, October 28, 2004

Red Sox in Four

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Eight straight ain't it great A nation in joy because of our boys Won in strong fashion with luck, pitching and passion A night w...
Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Waking Sky

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A fall sky in slumber warming fan brush strokes, horsehair bristles, pushed across the fall tableau Deep burgundies and dark below Head...