Saturday, January 26, 2019

silent screams

silent screams
rage against the noise
darkness, slipping
falling in upon himself
crushed by the weight
the tug of the demons
lost, wandering
with the darkness

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January 26, 2019
silent screams

January 26, 2019
in darkness, acting
January 26, 2019
willing to lie, to cheat
January 26, 2019
wanting to win
January 26, 2019
a labyrinth of lies
edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing – v2
edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing
January 26, 2019
my demons laughing
January 26, 2019
not trusting not going

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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,620 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, trust, prayer, hope, dreams, Poetry Where You Live, poetry, debt, studentloans, fear, chains, lies, honor, word, demons,

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in darkness, acting

in darkness, acting
listening to the demons
so far down
clutching for straws
willing to lie
to take shortcuts
to blame others
to muddy the waters

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January 26, 2019
in darkness, acting
January 26, 2019
willing to lie, to cheat
January 26, 2019
wanting to win
January 26, 2019
a labyrinth of lies
edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing – v2
edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing
January 26, 2019
my demons laughing
January 26, 2019
not trusting not going

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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 51,100 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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willing to lie, to cheat

willing to lie, to cheat
to fudge the edges
not sure enough
not trusting the path before him

willing to lie, to cheat
to gain the advantage
not staying true
to the path before him

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January 26, 2019
willing to lie, to cheat

January 26, 2019
wanting to win
January 26, 2019
a labyrinth of lies
edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing – v2
edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing
January 26, 2019
my demons laughing
January 26, 2019
not trusting not going

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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,620 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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wanting to win

wanting to win
to prevail, to triumph
to overcome their slings
his own arrows of doubt
prepared to compromise
to cut corners
willing to sacrifice too much
to add another check
in the win column

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January 26, 2019
wanting to win

January 26, 2019
a labyrinth of lies
edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing – v2
edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing
January 26, 2019
my demons laughing
January 26, 2019
not trusting not going

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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,620 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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ribbons, streamers

images of the storm
bands of snow
strands moving
before the spotlights;
captured on the pixels
ribbons, streamers, wages,
brushstrokes of light, of white.

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January 26, 2019
ribbons, streamers

January 26, 2019
silence, white
January 26, 2019
another day, a few more inches

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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,610 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

snow, winter, storm, winter storm warning, red sky, cold, damp, shoveling,


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silence, white

cocooned by the storm
the world muffled,
silence, white
the bands swirling
arms wrapped, moving
dancing in silence
the world is white

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January 26, 2019
silence, white

January 26, 2019
another day, a few more inches

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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,610 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

snow, winter, storm, winter storm warning, red sky, cold, damp, shoveling,

#snow #winter #storm #winter storm warning #red sky #cold #damp #shoveling,


another day, a few more inches

a new day dawning
red sky in the morning,
warning, warning,
a winter storm coming;
another day, a few more inches
snow piling up
above the windows
walled off, in silence
covered in white

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January 26, 2019
another day, a few more inches


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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,610 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

  
snow, winter, storm, winter storm warning, red sky, cold, damp, shoveling,

#snow #winter #storm #winter storm warning #red sky #cold #damp #shoveling,


a labyrinth of lies


a labyrinth of lies
of self-deception
covering the sins
of life, imperfection

deluding ourselves
within the storms
swirling chaos, the winds
changing, moving
out on the road

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January 26, 2019
a labyrinth of lies

edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing – v2
edited January 26, 2019
my demons are laughing
January 26, 2019
my demons laughing
January 26, 2019
not trusting not going

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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,610 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, trust, prayer, hope, dreams, Poetry Where You Live, poetry, debt, studentloans, fear, chains, lies, honor, word, demons,

#God #Christ #Spirit #faith #love #grace #trust #prayer #hope #dreams #poetry #debt #bills #studentloans #fear #chains #lies #honor #word #sizzle #steak #risk #failure #communication #silence #fighting

water connecting the people

water there at the beginning
falling, rising
from the Jordan, the water
leaving the wilderness
drawn to the seashore
water connecting us
fishing for people

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January 27, 2019
A Fishing Expedition
edited January 27, 2019
water connecting the people- v2
edited January 27, 2019
from the dust of the earth – v3
January 26, 2019
water connecting the people
January 26, 2019
fishing for friends
January 27, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Known and Called
Known as Fishers: Called to Cast a Wide Net
Mark 1:14-20
Psalm 84
Psalm 36:5-10
and sermon, “A Fishing Expedition”
video

text

by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message

by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 27, 2019
&
edited January 26, 2019
A Water Mark – v4
merging edits to original and version 3
edited January 24, 2019
from the dust of the earth – v2
January 24, 2019
from the dust of the earth
edited January 24, 2019
we are fully known – v2
edited January 24, 2019
you know my thoughts – 2 – v2
edited January 24, 2019
Your Spirit blows- v2
edited January 24, 2019
Come upon these waters – v2
edited January 24, 2019
you are there – 2 – v2
edited January 22, 2019
We need to come and see – v2
January 22, 2019
We need to come and see
edited January 22, 2019
searching the horizon – 2 – v2
edited January 21, 2019
Come and See – 5 – v2
January 21, 2019
Come and See - 5
January 21, 2019
God created us
January 21, 2019
we are fully known
edited January 21, 2019
you know when I sit down – v2
January 21, 2019
plans for us to prosper
January 21, 2019
wherever we are - 2
January 21, 2019
searching the horizon - 2
January 21, 2019
when I turned
edited January 21, 2019
we want to be known – v2
edited/merged January 21, 2019
off in the distance – v2
merging “off in the distance” and a “a glimpse enough”
edited/ name change January 21, 2019
off in the distance
January 21, 2019
a silhouette on the horizon
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the saints and the sinners – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we want to belong somewhere – v2
edited January 21, 2019
like the prodigal returning – v2
edited January 21, 2019
the waters of the Jordan – v2
edited January 21, 2019
I was formed in the depths – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we are loved completely – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we are known by God – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we are shattered, we are broken – v2
adding third stanza from “a bag of broken pieces”
edited January 21, 2019
a bag of broken pieces – v2
adding the third stanza
edited/ new name January 21, 2019
a bag of broken pieces
editing “we are shattered, we are broken”
edited January 21, 2019
we long to be known – v2
January 21, 2019
we want to belong somewhere
January 21, 2019
we are shattered, we are broken
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the saints and the sinners
edited January 21, 2019
praying for the saints and the sinners – v2
January 21, 2019
praying for the saints and the sinners
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the older brothers – v2
adding second stanza
January 21, 2019
pray for the older brothers
January 21, 2019
like the prodigal returning
edited/ new name January 21, 2019
God’s love is so much greater
January 21, 2019
God’s love so much greater
January 21, 2019
a glimpse enough
Luke 15:11-32
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
January 20, 2019
we are accepted
January 20, 2019
we want to be known
January 20, 2019
you know where I sit down
January 20, 2019
before I was born - 2
January 20, 2019
I was formed in the depths
January 20, 2019
you are there is Sheol
January 20, 2019
I cannot escape you
January 20, 2019
you are there - 2
January 20, 2019
I was made in secret
January 20, 2019
you have searched me and known me
January 20, 2019
before a word is on my tongue
January 20, 2019
you know my thoughts – 2
January 20, 2019
we are loved completely
edited / new name January 20, 2019
we are known by God
January 20, 2019
we long to be known
edited January 20, 2019
All-Knowing – v3
edited January 20, 2019
All-Knowing – v2
January 20, 2019
All-Knowing
January 20, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
We are Beloved
We are Known On Sight:
Called to Be…
Psalm 36:5-10
Psalm 139:1-16
Jeremiah 29:11
John 1:46
Luke 15:11-32
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
and sermon, “A Sighting”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 20, 2019
&
edited January 20, 2019
we cannot stop you – v2
January 19, 2019
the watermark of God
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
We are God’s Beloved - 3
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are God’s Beloved - 2
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are Beloved
(making the poem more universal)
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are the Beloved
January 19, 2019
You are My Son, Beloved
January 19, 2019
proof of Christ’s identity
edited/ merged January 19, 2019
the stain of the world – v2
January 19, 2019
our mark is revealed
January 19, 2019
the stain of the world
January 19, 2019
a voice from heaven - 2
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
our water mark
edited January 19,2019
God’s breath prayer – v2
edited/new name January 19, 2019
God’s breath prayer
edited January 19, 2019
God breathed a prayer – v2
January 19, 2019
God breathed a prayer
January 18, 2019
breathing a word upon us
January 18, 2019
speaking a mark upon us
edited January 18, 2019
Life through these Waters
January 18, 2019
Life through the Waters
January 18, 2019
you birthed new life
January 18, 2019
we cannot stop you
January 18, 2019
Your Spirit blows
January 18, 2019
we dry ourselves out
January 18, 2019
we forget its power
January 18, 2019
we get in the way
January 18, 2019
the waters of the Jordan
January 17, 2019
we too are marked
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph of
 Pastor Ruth’s sermon 1/13/19)
“Let these waters be to us drops of your mercy,
Let these waters remind us of your righteousness
and justice. Let these waters renew in us  the
resurrection power of Jesus. Let these waters make us
long for your coming reign.”
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph/sentence
of Pastor Ruth’s sermon)
“We are dry and thirsty, O God, Come, refresh us!
Come upon us, Holy Spirit! Come upon these waters.”
January 17, 2019
we are dry, thirsty
January 17, 2019
Come, refresh us - 2
January 17, 2019
Come upon us
January 17, 2019
impart your love to us
January 17, 2019
Come upon these waters
January 17, 2019
Let these waters be for us
January 17, 2019
Let these waters make us
edited January 17, 2019
Let these waters remind us – 2 – v2
edited January 17, 2019
Let these water renew us – v2
January 17, 2019
an invisible mark
January 16, 2019
Let these waters remind us - 2
January 16, 2019
Let these waters renew us
edited January 16, 2019
a mark embedded – v2
edited January 16, 2019
a mark hidden – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are marked by God’s love – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark – v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark – v2
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Baptism – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Baptismal Waters – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Holy Water – v2
(edited after contact by a composer who wanted to
use the poem for a choir composition
January 11, 2006 23:25
Holy Water
Mark 1:9-13, 15
&
January 11, 2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal Waters
Matthew 27:24-26
&
January 11, 2006 23:30
Baptism
(about Dad’t baptism, November 1990)
&
edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus – v2
new name / edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark embedded
January 15, 2019
the baptism of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark hidden
edited January 14, 2019
Christ knows your pain – v2
edited January 14, 2019
drenched in the water – v2
edited January 14, 2019
at the Jordan River – v2
January 14, 2019
we are marked by God’s love
January 14, 2019
we are sealed with that mark
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v3
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v2
edited January 14, 2019
life changed forever – v2
edited January 14, 2019
the sky split open – 2 – v2
edited January 14, 2019
here in the river – v2
edited January 14, 2019
out flesh changed – v2
January 13, 2019
our flesh changed
January 13, 2019
here in the river
January 13, 2019
the sky split open - 2
January 13, 2019
at the Jordan River
January 13, 2019
life changed forever
January 13, 2019
standing in the Jordan River
January 13, 2019
marked by my love - 3
January 13, 2019
A Water Mark
January 13, 2019
drenched in the water
January 13, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Baptism of the Lord Sunday
We are Known by the Water:
Called To Life Anew
Psalm 29
Mark 1:4-11 (The Message)
and sermon, “A Water Mark”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 13, 2019


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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,620 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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