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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Agape Cafe

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The 11 poems posted today were all written last night at the Agape Cafe, a monthly coffeehouse at our church. Last night we had about 35 att...

A Frozen Soldier

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Long ago, long ago the green metal of the statue in the nearby park was a man in faraway lands, living flesh of our nation’s best sent ...

Turn of the Wheel

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His foot on the pedal, turning the wheel, faster, faster spinning the clay, the potter molding me, shaping me creating me, with your han...

Guardian Angel

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A warm feeling filled me on reading the words she wrote for me, written in her prison cell, sent to me with love, with thanks Touching ...

Another Coffeehouse

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Listening to their harmonies, the blending of their voices really listening, feeling their songs pulled me back to other nights long, lo...

But you never said anything about Outside

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She had sugar, little bits, unauthorized pieces, shards, of the gingerbread house. Our centerpiece no more. We were outside in the warm...

No Running

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Earnest, nodding heads a trio of repentant souls agreeing with the restated rule, after cleaning the debris, the drying eyes, the healin...

Frozen Corn

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After the chaos, quiet the cascade of injuries quiet reflection on facts of life – She cannot fly, and thank God for frozen corn and a ...

Critical Minutes

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Retracing steps, replaying in her mind moments of the day, a Saturday like all others that fall and no other they ever knew mete out the...

Familiar Faces for a New Year

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Smiles in the greetings, the easy feel a family gathers, another night of the Agape Café. Song and words Stories, laughter, long pauses ...

Researching

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Above the noise in the room below the sound of the television, the game, the laughter of our five-year old entertaining herself alone Lo...

Into the Fog

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Pulling out of the lot falling into the fog enveloped by its stillness its wet blanket lost to the noise in the houses, the people on t...
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

A Constellation of Stars

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Across the room under sticky, greasy, fresh fingerprints, the static-held dust, a constellation of stars little white lights of the Ch...

Eating Edifice

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Spots opened without notice, without attribution the candies, elements of the gingerbread house disappeared clapboards, gutters shrub...

Refuted Facts

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Ways to agreement beyond the sparring the minuet of debate of advocacy, of winning findings words of compromise uncontested claims ir...

Her Face in Prayer

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Sitting on the couch her head leaning on the arm eyes closed, face lit by the glow of incandescence cares lifted, falling into prayer, ...

Statement of Fact

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An unproven fact isn’t A fact Allegation assertion contention Is not fact January 3, 2007 19:39 All of my poems are copy...

The Faces of the Wolf

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a Wolf Moon on the rise a feeling in the air, on the roads, the attitudes something different with warm winds, southerly breeze where c...

Shades of

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How do you capture living, changing color the shades of sunset, across the dome, the panorama, the full circle catching sight of the ho...

Rising and Falling

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Rising and falling together undulating across the sky from left to right out over the river, just feet above me rising and falling in u...

WikiHow - The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit

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Saw this on the Google homepage - http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page On the pages of the WikiHow, you can find such practical advice as: ...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

What's Your Theological Worldview?

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Wouldn't you know it, I got something right... You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan . You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan t...
Sunday, December 31, 2006

Real Forgiveness

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Forgiveness, pardon were woven in words, we could understand, appreciate, bring home to our own hearts reach empathy, equate, learn from...

A Formal Tie

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Sugar cookies, candy canes, Christmas trees, snow men, stars, ginger bread men, spirals, bells, all cartoon confections festooned my new...

Forgive Them

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Forgive them, for they know not what they do Words of the Savior Whose birth we remember just days ago; but whose example is so much a p...

Neglectful Parents

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How could they lose him, he was only twelve, not know he was with them? Not know for a full day’s journey assuming he was with family N...
Saturday, December 30, 2006

A Whitening World

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Snow continues to fall young faces pressed against the windows climb the back of the couch dream of snowmen, castles, a volcano of white...

I'm Spiderman

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Okay, I don't normally do this; but .... Your results: You are Spider-Man You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great powe...

A Spirit Inspired

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Stumbled on this site, by Micah Noel. It looks promising. http://a-spirit-inspired.blogspot.com/ All of my poems are copyrighted by Ray...

Snow in the Air

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Snow in the air long before the first flakes started their long fall from the heavens snow in the feel, the smell, the texture of the ai...

Epiphany

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Imprimatur of royalty with the solemnity of the giving the opening of the treasure the bowing before the babe Holy king of whom the prop...

Hooded Hangmen

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A stark image on the screen a cluster of hangmen, black hoods, hiding their faces the guilty unhooded, ready to meet his fate Hooded to...

Descended like a Dove

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Touched by the Holy Spirit descending like a dove, before the voice of God spoke identifying him for all All who would listen; but firs...

Sealed by the Lord

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The Lord was the one, who saved him and his family the animals, the birds, all creation from wrath and flood, from the cleansing the cle...
Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Christmas Continues

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We had another day of Christmas more family time, more presents, another big meal, another house full of squeals for new clothes, new toy...

A Hug

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A purposeful stride across the room, a draping of a body across my shoulders, as I write lines on the page, capture a thought a legal arg...

Healing a Nation

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That phrase, “healing a nation” kept going through my mind this morning thinking about the legacy, the model, the example set by Gerald. ...
Tuesday, December 26, 2006

A Few Hours of Rest

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At the start of the day, a few hours of rest, without agenda or timeline, without to do’s and phones no computer, no files full belly f...

Christ-filled

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A quick email to family, to friends, deciding to use the phrase Christ-filled knowing that not all would believe, that some would questio...

Video for our Christmas Eve service

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The attached was the background for one of the Christmas Eve services at our church, as we did the Stations of Christmas... It was authored ...
Sunday, December 24, 2006

Christmas Dresses

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All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All r...

A Five-Year Old Princess

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All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All r...

A Dangerous Question

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In my trade, you never are to ask these kinds of questions, questions where you don’t know the answer, those that can go horribly wrong, a...

Sensing His Presence

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His mother’s voice through his mother’s womb gave away his presence, his nearness his being, so close, so close a life not yet breathing...

A Leaf Fell

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a shriveled, curled leaf fluttered toward the ground as I stood, still, watching its path gliding, curling through the December air fall...
Saturday, December 23, 2006

Turning Five

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No longer the same little girl or is she, the same, really? An impish grin, cunning, negotiating a better deal for herself, the sisters ...

Princesses Galore

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A house of princesses greeted our three on the return from the church, the pageant practice a lost memory as we pulled into the space, s...

Three Candles

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Candles of Hope, of Faith, of Joy burning bright, waiting for tomorrow with the candle of Peace only a few hours more to His candle the ...

Blogs of Note

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Blogs of Note - Have their own page - http://blogsofnote.blogspot.com/ All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 200...

Boston 1775

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Check out the Blog of Note - Boston 1775 - http://boston1775.blogspot.com/ All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001...

Being Her Village

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A family, coming together to help him, cheer send him support, love But, the village, extended family, friends and more, must, must ho...

Compromise

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Tears of frustration welling up, from deep down down within the soul, a tremor a quake in the psyche; innate sense of self lost however...

Cypher

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A cipher, nullity, a phantom stood before them unknown and unacknowledged time lost never to be regained lives turned, away Left adrift...
Monday, December 18, 2006

Remembering This Sacred Day

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Two years ago today the day we wed on the stone bridge in the park in the snow A handful of friends, our daughters, our God and the ...
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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Around the Calendar We Go

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Another year is about to begin of a story that doesn’t grow old of the way we met, the lives we left the things we learned and we know ...

Ears Revel

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Ears Revel oh they sure do at the utter joy in her war cry charging into battle bucket in hand ready for the onslaught the drenching ...

Eyes Marvel

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at the wonder of creation of the fingers of her hand of the laugh in her smile bubbles in the corners of her cheeks the smell of her ch...

minds wander

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in the early morning fog the bible verses ooze into my subconscious bleed their message into my soul bypassing my conscious self not yet...

A Poet's Journal - Heart Quake

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Check out Jim Claghorn's site - A Poet's Journal - Heart Quake , at http://jclaghorn.blogspot.com/ All of my poems are copyrighte...

In a Manger Lay

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In a Manger lay the savior of the world who came to die so we would live in a manger lay the hope of all creation the lord of every na...

Perfection is a Rose

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A red, red rose, posing in the vase on the counter a reminder of the beauty of summer of the smell of a full bouquet the effortless, fla...

God Came Again

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The babe in the manger was not the first time God walked on the earth, shared breath with creation, with man It was the Garden, the holy...

Speaking with Power, Authority

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Watching her eyes, in worship as she preached from her heart, not merely from the words she crafted oh so carefully; watching her watch ...

Messages in the Wind

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A quiet cold woods, crunch of ice and snow under the snowshoes, hear the ski pole pierce the skin of the layers of frozen groun...

Under the Blanket

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A wonderful Christmas lies poised, ready, wrapped and bowed labeled and marked a pile of presents, separate paper for each one hidden ...
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

The Creativity Blog

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http://thecreativityblog.blogspot.com/ Check it out when you get a chance. All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 200...

Remembering that Day

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Two years almost gone by of the day we wed on the stone bridge in the park in the snow A handful of friends, our daughters and the co...

Taillight Soup

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The clouds sank down down to the pavement between five and seven tonight taillight soup, headlight soup we were swimming in fog light so...

Marsh Ice

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A gray patina, a wash over the day the colors of my vision cold, waiting for December rain rushes, ancient pine, marsh grasses little tu...

A Christmas Acrostic

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Christ came into the world Hear the good news Rejoice that the Savior comes Imagine the blessed scene Sing His praises all the earth Th...

Words I Needed to Hear

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The Lord placed words in my heart this morning in devotion, words to sustain me, to guide me, in the choices I have to make, in leading ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

God Has Provided

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Give us this day our daily bread that line resonates so well for me, for my family as we end the year, approach the Christ Child on our k...

Bringing Us Home

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Two thousand years and more ago God spoke to the prophet told him “ I will bring you home” what a wondrous promise, a hope for us all, f...

Recent Visitors

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One of the amazing things in writing the poems, the posts for this blog, the numbers of lives touched people who see the words given to...

She Did It Herself

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A sick ten year old thought of me, before herself this afternoon, in the quiet of the house knowing my need to work on cases, files, to ...
Monday, December 11, 2006

Oh What a Wonderful Feeling

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Oh what a wonderful feeling that God saved me Me, yes me, and all I had to do was agree; How about you? December 11, 2006 22:17 ...
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Meeting Him for a Reason

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I shared a word of grace, in the sanctuary last night of a client who is seeking looking to change her life to find the means to turn a...

Into the Water

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Down he fell, trusting, falling backward into the tank, immersed by the waves down into the cleansing waters of the baptismal pool telli...

The Shining City

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I saw a glimpse today of the shining city on the hill, the city with the streets of gold high on the horizon on the mountainside the sun...

PATRICIA

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Pray without ceasing Always trust in the Lord Teach the children and grandchildren Rely on God Ignite your faith with prayer Call on th...
Sunday, December 10, 2006

Nodding to the Sermons

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I was swaying, nodding to the words to the words of the pastors, different styles, different books, different verses but oh the richness ...

Hold the Rope

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Saul was held safe by the rope attached to the basket allowing him to live, to escape to be the apostle Paul, the man God used, transfor...

Crèches

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Our house, our home blessed with more than one a glass crèche, a solemn crèche, a crèche of clay waiting for the Christ child on Christ...

Visions of Christmas

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We who sleep a little later, ventured from our slumber found a fairyland of Christmas of trees, angels, villages, greens and the feel of...

Ornaments

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One by one, lovingly, Reverently, they came, out of storage, out of their cocoons, their safety, to be placed ever so carefully on the t...

Silence was the Remedy

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Not a punishment, not in so many words that wasn’t what Gabriel had in mind, not in this case, unbelief was the problem silence was the r...

Talk about Expectations

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Wow, thanks Dad, no pressure here oh no, I can choose my own way, decide what I want to do with my life I can decide to be a fisherman, a...

A Nine-Month Teachable Moment

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Waiting for the birth, the coming of a miracle baby the son he never believe would come, a son to redeem would wipe away her shame, the so...

Prophecy Broke the Stillness

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His name is John. He will be the prophet we have been waiting for the leader to tell the good news, that the Lord the Christ, the Messiah...