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Saturday, September 08, 2007

A Day in Court

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A certain air of peace Washed over them For a moment at least They had had their Day in court, A chance to say their piece To make the...

Going to School

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Painful steps, unfathomable, perhaps To walk through those doors Into a familiar foreign place A necessary evil, or is it Struggling for...

Out the Back Window

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Looking out, over the sink of dishes Out onto the alley, the stories Walking by my view Wondering who the people are, The man in the wor...

Spoken Word

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The words on the pages, The assigned words For the day, often, all too often, Speak to you, to me, Answer to pray, speak to, lift weight...

Hills of Heather

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A long way from home, My own home, Back in the Highlands, Once walked by my kin Before they came to this place. Returning, heading out ...

A Field of Blue

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As far as the eye could see A subtle blue hue Overwhelming the brown, And the dark green Fields and fields Of wild blueberries Ripe, r...

Salamanders in the Bark

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Mulch, beside the house By the foundation, under the wet, Decaying broad oak leaves Renewing the soil, as they do In the wood beyond the...

Ex Parte

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Sitting, far from still In the hall, waiting, Waiting for word From the court Would my emergency relief Be granted today, while I wait ...

An Earthenware Jar

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The potter shapes the clay each one a precious creature unique and set apart known from before forming from within the earth up from th...

A Ten to One Heart Attack

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A long day at least in the office A quick search for the box score a happy revelation the good guys were leading by ten to one in the f...

Ignoring Precedent

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My blood boiled, my eyes rolled at the position they took the wall they created to entry, to rights Claiming their argument in spite o...

Site visited by all states

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As of today, Poetry Where You Live has been visited by someone from every state of the United States (and the District of Columbia) and by p...
Wednesday, September 05, 2007

To Everything

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The seasons of life, The moments, parsed out in time Time for everything, everything under heaven metered out by the creator, given as ...
Monday, September 03, 2007

Devotionals

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Daily time spent with you in the word Effective way to center me for my day Vehicle for communing with the Creator Opening myself for the...

In the Potter’s Hands

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I am clay in the potter’s hands Mold me, shape me, make me What you will of me Use me for your purposes Imbue me with the skills, the sp...

A Converted Zealot

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What better advocate can serve a mission, a calling, a purpose than a converted zealot a true believer one on the other side the oppos...

On the Potter’s Hands

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Molded, shaped, reshaped in the potter’s hands, imperfections worked out, pulled from the clay, balance, symmetry, made useful by his h...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Lithuanian Poetry

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http://www.efn.org/~valdas/poezija.html All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007...

A Sermon on Ruth

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If I could write a sermon on Ruth What words would I use, what would I say? to tell the world about Ruth How would I convey the person sh...

God’s Will

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At the end of our prayer before our parting after the words, the request for wisdom that my mouth would find your words, oh Lord Closin...
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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Stewards of the Garden

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We are called to maintain, to protect, to tend the garden, to weed, to water, to prune, to care, to plant, to harvest, to till, to feed ...
Saturday, August 25, 2007

Touching Her Face

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Like gloved hands at the summer cotillion so were the petals of the sun touching her face, oh so delicately, so demurely brushing her face, ...
Friday, August 24, 2007

Drawn by the Fragrance

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A flurry of motion descended on the ripe flower new, open, uncovered nectar fragrant bloom blazing yellow Plate of color, expectant lay...

The Petals Unfurled

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The sun began to shine the petals unfurled precise order, sequence regimented, controlled synchronized blooming set down in the genetic...

Out of the Moist Rich Ground

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The ferns, the moss, the grass rise up, in the shadowed places up out of the moist rich ground adding color, shape, and form to the fall...

In Her Garden

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In Her garden, the beautiful garden there is color and sweet perfume bounty and balance the planting and the harvest, seed and flower, b...

Not Merely a Member of the Flock

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She is destined, called to be more than I, more than the others around us in the sanctuary, the members of the flock. She is called to b...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Because God Lives - v2

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Because God lives I live, Because Jesus lives, I will live again Because the Spirit lives, I can live secure until the Son comes again...

Because God Lives

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Because God lives I live, Because Jesus died, I will live again Because the Spirit lives, I can live secure until the Son comes again ...

A Waking Sun

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We are watching day by day hour by hour watching a waking sun the faces of the flowers turning, yearning to the light morphing from a ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Wild Maine Blueberry Pie - so good

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August 5, 2007 A perk of our mission trip, from Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church, Huds...

The Fact of the Matter Is

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“The fact of the matter is” an opinion. How many times, how many shows, where experts state their belief wrapped in that phrase. Tryi...

Riding into the Country

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The road narrowed, lost its freshness shoulders closing in as we drove from the city up into the country away from the congestion, the ...

Walking with the Creator

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A set of bathroom doors, “Adam” and “Eve”, just outside the sanctuary door, flickered in my memory Thinking about those two, our ancesto...

white and pink Rosa Rugosa - Rogue Bluff, ME

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http://www.acadianationalpark.com/downeast_attractions/rogue_bluffs_state_park.php All of my poems...

In His Hands

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In His hands we are created in His hands we are molded in His hands we are sculpted in His hands we are sheltered in His hands we are pr...

For Your Love

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For Your Love Lord, I will act For Your Grace I give thanks For Your Creation I rejoice For Your place in my life I marvel For Your ...

In the Small Church

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A small church long past its birth stained windows, stained ceilings, dark stain on the pews dark runners on the floor peeling paint, ...

Another Threshold

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Another threshold, another door, another world, to explore. Going out to serve to preach, to share to bring your word to those in ne...
Sunday, August 19, 2007

"A Real Wise Guy" - sermon by Ruth L. Foss, August 20, 2006, Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH

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August 20, 2006 1 Kings 3:3-14 A Real Wise Guy Poor Solomon…his father David had just died. On his deathbed, his father left him with i...

“How Deep Are the Roots?” - sermon by Ruth L. Foss, July 30, 2006, Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH

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July 30, 2006 Ephesians 3:14-21 “How Deep Are the Roots?” When I first read the Scripture reading for today, I was in Awe of what it im...

"Our Little Seedling" - sermon by Ruth L. Foss, for Advanced Lay Speaker class, July 15, 2006

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July 15, 2006 Advanced Lay Speaking Matthew 13:31-32 & 17:20 Our Little Seedling I have had the joy of being the Worship Leader a...

“Oh…The Pain!” - sermon by Ruth L. Foss, July 7, 2006, Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH

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2 Corinthians 12:2-10 July 9, 2006 “Oh…The Pain!” When I read this scripture, it brought me back to my childhood and a T.V. show I used...

"Take Me to Your Leader" - sermon by Ruth L. Foss, May 7, 2006, for Basic Lay Speaker class

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Sermon on John 10:11-18 May 7, 2006 Take Me to Your Leader When we think about a Shepherd, we think about some one who leads sheep. Som...

"Desert Places 101" - sermon by Ruth L. Foss, June 25, 2007, Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH

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Desert Places: 101 Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 19:1-15a Prayer: Sovereign Lord God Jehovah Be with us we pray as we look into our Desert...