passing
this same spot every day
in
the daylight, at nighttime
seeing
the lush green vegetation
before
the bridge, the causeway,
thinking
of stopping, of looking more closely,
over
and over again.
gifted
by pulling over, by stopping today,
by
walking to edge of the wildness
of
seeing the life burgeoning
just
off the highway, the woods,
the
water, the mangrove forest,
opening
before me.
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February 18, 2022
gifted by pulling over
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/gifted-by-pulling-over.html
Bayard Conservation Area
Green Cove Springs, FL
Route 16
&
edited February 10, 2022
something ancient, sacred –
v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v4.html
something ancient, sacred – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v3.html
edited after reading, “Crossing the Swamp”,
by Mary Oliver
&
Edited October 19, 2013
something ancient, sacred – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/something-ancient-sacred-v2.html
July 21, 2013
something ancient, sacred
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/something-ancient-sacred.html
about fishing trip
July 17, 2013
&
edited February 9, 2022
drawn to the source – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/drawn-to-source-v2.html
February 9, 2022
drawn to the source
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/drawn-to-source.html
written after reading, “The Fish” and
“Honey at the Table”,
by Mary Oliver
&
edited February 9, 2022
Wooing the Darkness to Sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/wooing-darkness-to-sleep-v2.html
February 9, 2022
Wooing the Darkness to Sleep
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/wooing-darkness-to-sleep.html
written after reading, “White Night”,
by Mary Oliver
&
edited February
9, 2022
Her Lady Slipper –
v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/her-lady-slipper-v3.html
edited after
reading “May”,
by Mary Oliver
&
edited February 9, 2022
at the edge of the lake – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v4.html
edited February 9, 2022
at the edge of the lake – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v3.html
edited February 9, 2022
at the edge of the lake – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v2.html
edited February 9, 2022
onto the water – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water-v2.html
February 8, 2022
onto the water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water.html
about summer 2000,
written after reading "Blossom"
by Mary Oliver
&
February 8, 2022
at the edge of the lake
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake.html
about summer 2000,
written after reading "Morning on Great Pond"
by Mary Oliver
&
edited February 8, 2022
in the woods I wandered – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v3.html
edited February 8, 2022
in the woods I wandered – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v2.html
February 8, 2022
in the woods I wandered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered.html
written after reading “Spring”
by Mary Oliver
&
edited February 8, 2022
The bramble enticing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing-v2.html
February 8, 2022
the bramble enticing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing.html
Written after reading "Skunk Cabbage"
by Mary Oliver
&
February 6, 2022
Diatomaceous earth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diatomaceous-earth.html
Written after reading "Rain in Ohio",
By Mary Oliver
&
February 6, 2022
The raptors, their carrion
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-raptors-their-carrion.html
Written after reading
"Vultures" by Mary Oliver.
&
January 3, 2022
A squadron of geese
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese.html
written after reading Clapp’s Brook by Mary Oliver
&
January 3, 2022
The bear cub
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bear-cub.html
About drive out of Katahdin Woods and Waters National
Monument
after 2019 Stars Over Katahdin dark skies event.
Drafted after reading first part of poem "Clapp's
Brook" by Mary Oliver.
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poetry, nature, pool, memories,
#poetry #nature #pool #memories
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poetry, Florida, nature, raptors, birds, carrion,
#poetry #Florida #nature #raptors #birds #carrion
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poetry,
blackberry, blackberries, nature, harvest, bramble,
#poetry
#Blackberry #blackberries #nature #harvest #bramble
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poetry, walk, woods,
explore, exploration,
#poetry #walk
#woods #explore #exploration
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darkness, sunrise, sleep, wake, circadian rhythm,
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#darkness #sunrise #sleep #wake
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#woods #table #food #hunger #fish #honey #MaryOliver
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#poetry #Faith #home #hope #leaves #light #Nature #ME #Poetry
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