No joy in the work

No joy in the work
In my toil, my struggle,
Seeking to make something
In the compromises I have chosen.
 
Hating what I do
But only going deeper
Losing more of myself
In the path I have chosen.
 
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December 9, 2022

No joy in the work

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/no-joy-in-work.html

Edited December 9, 2022

Meaning, worth, and value – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/meaning-worth-and-value-v2.html

December 9, 2022

Meaning, worth, and value

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/meaning-worth-and-value.html

My worth, value, and meaning has always been in my career, my jobs,

even when I have hated them. When I have struggled, I have thrown myself

at my job to try to make it work, to succeed, rather than walking away.

& 

Edited December 8, 2022

Be Authentic – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/be-authentic-v2.html

&

July 29, 2022

Be Authentic

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/be-authentic.html

July 29, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5316617651752422/

&

Edited July 28, 2022

Embrace your Uniqueness – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/embrace-your-uniqueness-v2.html

July 28, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5313999435347577/

&

July 27, 2022

Embrace your uniqueness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/embrace-your-uniqueness.html

July 26, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5309986265748894/

&

July 26, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5309986265748894/

&

July 25, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5306490619431792/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5306498136097707/

&

July 14, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5275715299175991/

&

July 12, 2022

Do we know our Calling, our Purpose, our Assignment

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-know-our-calling-our-purpose-our.html

July 12, 2022

8AM Live

Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

Our Why, our How, and our What

-          Our Calling – our How

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5269210869826434/

&

July 11, 2022

8AM Live

Our Why, our How, and our What

-          Our Purpose - our Why

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5266411343439720/

&

July 10, 2022

8AM Live

Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

Our Why, our How, our What

-          Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5263996740347847/

&

July 9, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5261396750607846

&

July 8, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5258776164203238/

&

Edited July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter-v3.html

Edited July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter-v2.html

July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter?

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter.html

July 7, 2022

Do we see ourselves through God’s eyes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-see-ourselves-through-gods-eyes.html

Edited July 7, 2022

I must walk in my own shoes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-must-walk-in-my-own-shoes-v2.html

July 6, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5253400498074138/

&

July 5, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5250718935008961/

&

Edited June 29, 2022

I must walk in my own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/i-must-walk-in-my-own-shoes.html

June 27, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5229033610510827/

&

Edited June 26, 2022

We must walk in our own shoes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/we-must-walk-in-our-own-shoes-v2.html

Edited June 25, 2022

We must walk in our own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/we-must-walk-in-our-own-shoes.html

June 25, 2022

Walk in your own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/walk-in-your-own-shoes.html

June 23, 2022

Embrace your identity

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/embrace-your-identity.html

June 24, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5220448234702698/

 

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, and 2022. 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, believe, trust, faith, calling, purpose, plan, identity, unique, gifts, talents, becoming,

 

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #believe #trust #faith #calling #purpose #plan #identity #unique #gifts #talents #becoming

Meaning, worth, and value – v2

I am lost on the wrong path
Regrets aplenty, overwhelming,
Following the wrong calling
Meaning, worth, and value,
In things of nothing, of dust.
 
I am standing in the breach
In the company of many others
In the gap like my father before me
Seeking rewards on this earth
In sweat and toil alone.
 
I have gained nothing of real value
In the compromises, the choices,
Choosing work over my family
Losing so much along the way,
Myself, first and foremost…
 
--------------------

December 9, 2022

No joy in the work

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/no-joy-in-work.html

Edited December 9, 2022

Meaning, worth, and value – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/meaning-worth-and-value-v2.html

December 9, 2022

Meaning, worth, and value

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/meaning-worth-and-value.html

My worth, value, and meaning has always been in my career, my jobs,

even when I have hated them. When I have struggled, I have thrown myself

at my job to try to make it work, to succeed, rather than walking away.

& 

Edited December 8, 2022

Be Authentic – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/be-authentic-v2.html

&

July 29, 2022

Be Authentic

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/be-authentic.html

July 29, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5316617651752422/

&

Edited July 28, 2022

Embrace your Uniqueness – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/embrace-your-uniqueness-v2.html

July 28, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5313999435347577/

&

July 27, 2022

Embrace your uniqueness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/embrace-your-uniqueness.html

July 26, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5309986265748894/

&

July 26, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5309986265748894/

&

July 25, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5306490619431792/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5306498136097707/

&

July 14, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5275715299175991/

&

July 12, 2022

Do we know our Calling, our Purpose, our Assignment

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-know-our-calling-our-purpose-our.html

July 12, 2022

8AM Live

Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

Our Why, our How, and our What

-          Our Calling – our How

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5269210869826434/

&

July 11, 2022

8AM Live

Our Why, our How, and our What

-          Our Purpose - our Why

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5266411343439720/

&

July 10, 2022

8AM Live

Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

Our Why, our How, our What

-          Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5263996740347847/

&

July 9, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5261396750607846

&

July 8, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5258776164203238/

&

Edited July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter-v3.html

Edited July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter-v2.html

July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter?

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter.html

July 7, 2022

Do we see ourselves through God’s eyes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-see-ourselves-through-gods-eyes.html

Edited July 7, 2022

I must walk in my own shoes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-must-walk-in-my-own-shoes-v2.html

July 6, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5253400498074138/

&

July 5, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5250718935008961/

&

Edited June 29, 2022

I must walk in my own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/i-must-walk-in-my-own-shoes.html

June 27, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5229033610510827/

&

Edited June 26, 2022

We must walk in our own shoes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/we-must-walk-in-our-own-shoes-v2.html

Edited June 25, 2022

We must walk in our own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/we-must-walk-in-our-own-shoes.html

June 25, 2022

Walk in your own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/walk-in-your-own-shoes.html

June 23, 2022

Embrace your identity

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/embrace-your-identity.html

June 24, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5220448234702698/

 

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, and 2022. 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, believe, trust, faith, calling, purpose, plan, identity, unique, gifts, talents, becoming,

 

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #believe #trust #faith #calling #purpose #plan #identity #unique #gifts #talents #becoming

Meaning, worth, and value

Lost on the wrong path
Regrets aplenty, overwhelming,
Meaning, worth, and value,
In things of nothing, of dust.
 
Standing in the breach
In the company of others
Seeking rewards on this earth
From sweat and toil alone.
 
Nothing of real value
In the compromises, the choices,
Losing so much along the way,
Myself, first and foremost…
 
--------------------

December 9, 2022

No joy in the work

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/no-joy-in-work.html

Edited December 9, 2022

Meaning, worth, and value – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/meaning-worth-and-value-v2.html

December 9, 2022

Meaning, worth, and value

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/meaning-worth-and-value.html

My worth, value, and meaning has always been in my career, my jobs,

even when I have hated them. When I have struggled, I have thrown myself

at my job to try to make it work, to succeed, rather than walking away.

& 

Edited December 8, 2022

Be Authentic – v2

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6437456/6366994789517185371

&

July 29, 2022

Be Authentic

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/be-authentic.html

July 29, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5316617651752422/

&

Edited July 28, 2022

Embrace your Uniqueness – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/embrace-your-uniqueness-v2.html

July 28, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5313999435347577/

&

July 27, 2022

Embrace your uniqueness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/embrace-your-uniqueness.html

July 26, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5309986265748894/

&

July 26, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5309986265748894/

&

July 25, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5306490619431792/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5306498136097707/

&

July 14, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5275715299175991/

&

July 12, 2022

Do we know our Calling, our Purpose, our Assignment

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-know-our-calling-our-purpose-our.html

July 12, 2022

8AM Live

Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

Our Why, our How, and our What

-          Our Calling – our How

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5269210869826434/

&

July 11, 2022

8AM Live

Our Why, our How, and our What

-          Our Purpose - our Why

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5266411343439720/

&

July 10, 2022

8AM Live

Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

Our Why, our How, our What

-          Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5263996740347847/

&

July 9, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5261396750607846

&

July 8, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5258776164203238/

&

Edited July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter-v3.html

Edited July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter-v2.html

July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter?

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter.html

July 7, 2022

Do we see ourselves through God’s eyes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-see-ourselves-through-gods-eyes.html

Edited July 7, 2022

I must walk in my own shoes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-must-walk-in-my-own-shoes-v2.html

July 6, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5253400498074138/

&

July 5, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5250718935008961/

&

Edited June 29, 2022

I must walk in my own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/i-must-walk-in-my-own-shoes.html

June 27, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5229033610510827/

&

Edited June 26, 2022

We must walk in our own shoes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/we-must-walk-in-our-own-shoes-v2.html

Edited June 25, 2022

We must walk in our own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/we-must-walk-in-our-own-shoes.html

June 25, 2022

Walk in your own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/walk-in-your-own-shoes.html

June 23, 2022

Embrace your identity

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/embrace-your-identity.html

June 24, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5220448234702698/

 

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, and 2022. 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, believe, trust, faith, calling, purpose, plan, identity, unique, gifts, talents, becoming,

 

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #believe #trust #faith #calling #purpose #plan #identity #unique #gifts #talents #becoming

 

 

 

God's beloved children - v2

We are no longer strangers, others,
those on the outside;
We are now God's beloved children 
within God's circle of love.

 

We have been healed for a purpose,
to share God's great love,
the love that descended upon us
like fire, like a dove.

 

We joyfully hear God's message 
our assurance of an eternal home;

We are promised a life beyond this life
eternity in heaven above.

 

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Edited December 8, 2022

God’s beloved children – v2

 

December 17, 2020

We are God’s beloved children – v2

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6437456/5690118094747157566

December 17, 2020

We are God’s beloved children

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6437456/7927546902865584917

December 8, 2020

God’s beloved children

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6437456/3588668377009501140

 

 

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, and 2022. 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.

poem, spirit, hope, God, life, Christ, Pastor Ruth Foss, poetry,

 

#poetry #poem #God #hope #life #Spirit #Christ

Be Authentic – v2

Be authentic, genuine,

Unique within your own skin

Comfortable within yourself

Who and where you are now.

 

Be authentic, genuine,

True to your own person

Following your own path

Your calling, your purpose.

 

Be authentic, genuine,

Not chasing after others

For you have been called

To your own path.

 

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Edited December 8, 2022

Be Authentic – v2

 

&

July 29, 2022

Be Authentic

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/be-authentic.html

July 29, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5316617651752422/

&

Edited July 28, 2022

Embrace your Uniqueness – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/embrace-your-uniqueness-v2.html

July 28, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5313999435347577/

&

July 27, 2022

Embrace your uniqueness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/embrace-your-uniqueness.html

July 26, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5309986265748894/

&

July 26, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5309986265748894/

&

July 25, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5306490619431792/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5306498136097707/

&

July 14, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5275715299175991/

&

July 12, 2022

Do we know our Calling, our Purpose, our Assignment

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-know-our-calling-our-purpose-our.html

July 12, 2022

8AM Live

Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

Our Why, our How, and our What

-          Our Calling – our How

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5269210869826434/

&

July 11, 2022

8AM Live

Our Why, our How, and our What

-          Our Purpose - our Why

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5266411343439720/

&

July 10, 2022

8AM Live

Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

Our Why, our How, our What

-          Our Purpose, our Calling, our Assignment

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5263996740347847/

&

July 9, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5261396750607846

&

July 8, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5258776164203238/

&

Edited July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter-v3.html

Edited July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter-v2.html

July 7, 2022

Do we feel the touch of the Potter?

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-feel-touch-of-potter.html

July 7, 2022

Do we see ourselves through God’s eyes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-we-see-ourselves-through-gods-eyes.html

Edited July 7, 2022

I must walk in my own shoes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-must-walk-in-my-own-shoes-v2.html

July 6, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5253400498074138/

&

July 5, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5250718935008961/

&

Edited June 29, 2022

I must walk in my own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/i-must-walk-in-my-own-shoes.html

June 27, 2022

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5229033610510827/

&

Edited June 26, 2022

We must walk in our own shoes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/we-must-walk-in-our-own-shoes-v2.html

Edited June 25, 2022

We must walk in our own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/we-must-walk-in-our-own-shoes.html

June 25, 2022

Walk in your own shoes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/walk-in-your-own-shoes.html

June 23, 2022

Embrace your identity

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/embrace-your-identity.html

June 24, 2022

8AM Live

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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, and 2022. 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, believe, trust, faith, calling, purpose, plan, identity, unique, gifts, talents, becoming,

 

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #believe #trust #faith #calling #purpose #plan #identity #unique #gifts #talents #becoming

Peculiar in his particularity – v2

Standing before me, vibrating,
I could see his mind reeling,
his spirit overwhelmed,
almost hyperventilating.
 
An image of Rasputin, sweating,
complete with beard, cross, and vestment,
steeling himself, gathering his senses.
 
Peculiar in his particularity
his order for his smokes
his means to his ending.
 
Not a single pack or a carton
doing slow mental math,
like Rain Man counting toothpicks,
determining how much poison to buy.
 
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Edited December 8, 2022
Peculiar in his particularity – v2
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6437456/2912642923619995923
11/30/22
Peculiar in his particularity
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6437456/8447909974816685172
 
#poetry #humanity #retail #cigarettes
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.

#Beer and #Briquets - v2

Beer and briquets,

long sleeve shirt and sandals;

Slouching across the lot,

happy in his purchase.

Lighter fluid at home,

furnace to cut the chill;

Homeward on each Friday,

the end of the workday.

edited December 8, 2022

December 2, 2022

#poetry

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, and 2022. 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.

Beer and Briquets

Beer and briquets

long sleeve shirt and sandals

slouching across the lot

happy in his purchase.

Lighter fluid at home

furnace to cut the chill

homeward on Friday

the end of the workday.

December 2, 2022

Beer and Briquets

#poetry

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, and 2022. 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.

Peculiar in his particularity

Standing before me, vibrating,
I could see his mind reeling
almost hyperventilating
an image of Rasputin,
complete with beard, cross, and vestment,
gathering his senses.

Peculiar in his particularity
his order for his smokes.

Not a single pack or a carton
doing slow mental math
like Rainman counting matches,
determining how much poison to buy.

------------------ 

Edited December 8, 2022

Peculiar in his particularity – v2

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6437456/2912642923619995923

11/30/22

Peculiar in his particularity

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6437456/8447909974816685172

 

#poetry #humanity #retail #cigarettes

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, and 2022. 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.