The largeness of the world
infinite detail in each moment
looking more deeply, within,
seeing the hand of creation, of presence,
of nature, beauty, precision of natural law.
Such beauty, a cadence, a rhythm,
more closely seeing, alive in the moment,
catching seconds of the infinite
the intimate, the present, every detail,
within the loving hand of God.
-----------------------
edited April 3, 2022
The largeness of the world – v3
edited April 3, 2022
The largeness of the world – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-largeness-of-world-v2.html
April 2, 2022
The largeness of the world
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-largeness-of-world.html
written after listening again to 2015 interview with Mary
Oliver
On Being with Krista Tippett, on Florida Public Radio
&
edited February 21, 2022
to be more fully alive – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/to-be-more-fully-alive-v3.html
&
edited February 21, 2022
Night in New Orleans - v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/night-in-new-orleans-new-awlins-v5.html
&
edited February 20, 2022
Ten Feet Overhead – v13
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/ten-feet-overhead-v13.html
edited February 20, 2022
Ten Feet Overhead – v12
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/ten-feet-overhead-v12.html
edited September 28, 2017
ten feet overhead – v11
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/ten-feet-overhead-v11.html
&
edited February 20, 2022
to be more fully alive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/to-be-more-fully-alive-v2.html
February 20, 2022
to be more fully alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/to-be-more-fully-alive.html
&
edited February 20, 2022
sitting on the floor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sitting-on-floor-v2.html
edited February 20, 2022
sitting on the floor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sitting-on-floor.html
written after
listening again to 2015 interview with Mary Oliver
On Being with Krista
Tippett,
especially where she talked about skipping school to
take books with her in her knapsack into the woods
edited/new February 3, 2022
entering a world of wonders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/entering-world-of-wonder.html
edited February 3, 2022
Descending the stairs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/descending-stairs-v2.html
&
edited February 20, 2022
my refuge on the island – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-v3.html
(adding 1st and 2nd stanza)
edited February 20, 2022
my refuge on the island – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-v2.html
merged February 20, 2022
my refuge on the island
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island.html
February 19, 2022
my refuge on the island – pt 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-pt-3.html
February 19, 2022
my refuge on the island – pt 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-pt-2.html
February 19, 2022
my refuge on the island – pt 1
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-pt-1.html
cabin on Blueberry Island in Swains Lake,
Barrington, NH
summer of 2000
written after reading, “Building the House”,
by Mary Oliver
&
A watch – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-watch-v2.html
&
edited February
18, 2022
I’ve never been
to Provincetown – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/ive-never-been-to-provincetown-v2.html
&
edited February
18, 2022
I have crossed
his fence – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/i-have-crossed-his-fence-v3.html
&
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 18, 2022
Something ancient, sacred – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v7.html
&
edited February 16, 2022
Gathering checkerberries – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/gathering-checkerberries-v2.html
February 15, 2022
Gathering checkerberries
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/gathering-checkerberries.html
UCC Second
Congregational Church, Westfield MA
probably about 1970
or 1971
&
February 16, 2022
The carpet wet with her tears
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-carpet-wet-with-her-tears.html
&
edited February 15, 2022
Sometimes a pen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sometimes-pen-v2.html
&
edited February 15, 2022
where they bedded for the night – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/where-they-bedded-for-night-v2.html
Claremont, NH, 1977
&
edited February 15, 2022
Diving, rising, landing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diving-rising-landing-v2.html
&
edited February 15,
2022
I have crossed
his fence – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/i-have-crossed-his-fence-v2.html
February 15, 2022
I have crossed
his fence
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/i-have-crossed-his-fence.html
About poem,
"Mending Wall",
by Robert Frost
&
February 15, 2022
Diving, rising, landing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diving-rising-landing.html
&
edited/merged February
15, 2022
on the shore of
the Loch = 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v2.html
February 14, 2022
on the shore of the
Loch - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch.html
edited July 23, 2015
Urughart – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/urughart-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited April 21, 2015
Urughart – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/urughart-v2.html
Standing on the edge of
Loch Ness, 1999
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/loch-ness.html
May 7, 2010
On the Shore of the Loch
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-shore-of-loch.html
2/25/06 19:05
Urughart
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/02/urquhart.html
1999 trip to
Scotland
&
February 14, 2022
A watch
https://raymondafoss.blogsp ot.com/2022/02/a-watch.html
1994 or 1995-ish
Martha’s Vineyard
&
February 14, 2022
I’ve never been
to Provincetown
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/ive-never-been-to-provincetown.html
written after listening
to 2015 interview with Mary Oliver
On Being with
Krista Tippett,
about her move to
Florida from Provincetown, Massachusetts
&
February 14, 2022
That’s Mine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/thats-mine.html
1972 vacation on
Wells Beach, Wells, Maine
&
February 14, 2022
Looking out Burns’
window
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window.html
1999 trip to
Scotland
&
edited February
14, 2022
Perched on my
left hand – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/perched-on-my-left-hand-v2.html
2/13/2022
Perched on my
left hand
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/perched-on-my-left-hand.html
written after reading
"The Summer Day"
by Mary Oliver
photo of dragonfly
on my finger 8/21/2020
Sheila Nadile
Porath - ty. I was very aware that this was a gift, a singular moment. I very
gently lifted the dragonfly from the grass and it was on my right hand. I moved
it to my left hand to take the shots and videos. I so wanted it to stay longer
but I could tell how nervous it was, as its wings were moving. That was like
the white admiral butterfly covered in raindrops a few days earlier. It had
shown its nervousness with its tongue going in and out. In both cases, I really
had to still myself in spite of my heart racing. Trying to be collaborator not
predator to get the shots.
&
February 13, 2022
Sometimes a pen
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sometimes-pen.html
written while listening
to rebroadcast of 2015 interview with Mary Oliver
On Being with
Krista Tippett
&
February 13, 2022
the arch of their
backs
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-arch-of-their-backs.html
written a few
days after reading "Humpbacks"
by Mary Oliver
&
February 12, 2022
surrounding the lake,
the woodlands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/surrounding-lake-woodlands.html
written after reading
"In Blackwater Woods",
by Mary Oliver
&
February 12, 2022
leftover chowder
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/leftover-chowder.html
written after
reading “Bluefish”,
by Mary Oliver
written about
making chowder on Martha’s Vineyard
in the mid-1990’s
&
edited February
12, 2022
A Cup of Berries
– v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-cup-of-berries-v5.html
edited
February 11, 2022
living goblets
– v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/living-goblets-v4.html
Edited after reading "Blackberries",
by Mary Oliver
&
edited November 28, 2019
living goblets – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v3.html
edited November 27, 2019
living goblets – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v2.html
November 27, 2019
living goblets
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-of-juice-of-nectar-no.html
&
edited November 28, 2019
A Cup of Berries – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-cup-of-berries-v4.html
edited August 22, 2019
A Cup of Berries – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-cup-of-berries-v3.html
edited June 21, 2014
A Cup of Berries – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-cup-of-berries-v2.html
August 10, 2008
A Cup of Berries
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/cup-of-berries.html
&
edited February 10, 2022
Apricot and Periwinkle – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/apricot-and-periwinkle-v7.html
edited after reading “Little
Sister Pond”,
by Mary Oliver
&
edited March 21, 2021
Apricot and Periwinkle - v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/apricot-and-periwinkle-v6.html
edited May 5, 2018
Apricot and Periwinkle – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/apricot-and-periwinkle-v5.html
(editing version 4, adding 1st
stanza)
edited September 28, 2017
Apricot and Periwinkle – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/apricot-and-periwinkle-v4.html
edited January 18, 2016
Apricot and Periwinkle – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/apricot-and-periwinkle-v3.html
(merging edits to version 2
and original)
edited June 21, 2014
Apricot and Periwinkle – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Apricot and Periwinkle
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sunset-seeing-colors.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH
&
February 10, 2022
where they bedded for the night
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/where-they-bedded-for-night.html
written after reading “Little Sister Pond”,
by Mary Oliver
&
Edited February 10, 2022
something ancient, sacred - v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v6.html
February 10, 2022
&
Gathering another branch
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/gathering-another-branch.html
written after reading "A Meeting"
by Mary Oliver
&
edited February 8, 2022
Building their nest – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/building-their-nest-v2.html
February 7, 2022
Building their nest
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/building-their-nest.html
&
edited February 10, 2022
something ancient, sacred – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v5.html
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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poetry, dawn, God, promise, lake, night,
darkness, sunrise, sleep, wake, circadian rhythm,
#poetry #dawn #God #promise #lake #night
#darkness #sunrise #sleep #wake
---------------
poetry, God, nature, humanity, connection,
woods, table, food, hunger, fish, honey, Mary Oliver,
#poetry #God #nature #humanity #connection #woods
#table #food #hunger #fish #honey #MaryOliver
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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.
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poetry, Faith, home, hope, house, leaves, light, Nature, Maine,
orange, Poetry Where You Live, sky, sun, water, rain, thunder, forest,
#poetry #Faith #home #hope #leaves #light #Nature #ME #sky
#sun #water #memory #forest #ancestor
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poetry, God, seagull, flight, flying, wings, hawks, nature,
raptors, birds, creation, Florida, osprey, nest,
#poetry #God #flight #flying #wings #hawks #Florida
#nature #raptors #birds #creation #osprey #nest
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poetry, blackberries, blood, colors, creator, crimson, Faith,
Family, fingers, fire, fruit, God, hands, hope, Nature, raspberries, red, ripe,
summer, Lori Eldridge,
#poetry #blackberries #blood #colors #crimson #Faith #Family
#fingers #fire #fruit #God #hands #Nature #raspberries #ripe #summer
---------------
poetry, nature, table, food, fish, chowder, memory,
Martha’s Vineyard, Mary Oliver, watch,
#poetry #nature #table #food #fish #MaryOliver #chowder
#MarthasVineyard #memory #watch
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poetry, river,
lake, swamp, bog, nature, cycle, Mary Oliver, water, beaver, God, creation,
#poetry #river
#lake #swamp #bog #nature #cycle #MaryOliver #water #beaver #God #creation
-----------
poetry, nature, whales, memory, Mary Oliver,
#poetry #nature #whales #MaryOliver #memory
------------
poetry, writing, Mary
Oliver, inspiration, nature, God, faith, family,
#poetry #writing #MaryOliver
#inspiration #nature #God #faith #family
----------
poetry, writing, Mary
Oliver, nature, God, dragonfly, closeup, wings, eyes,
#poetry #writing
#MaryOliver #inspiration #nature #dragonfly #wings #eyes
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poetry, Burns, Robert
Burns, Scotland, ancestry, Scottish, birthplace, home,
#poetry #Burns
#RobertBurns #Scotland #ancestry #Scottish #birthplace #home
------------
poetry, Wells,
Maine, lobster, trap, summer, treasure, fishing,
#poetry #Wells
#Maine #lobster #trap #summer #treasure #fishing
----------------
poetry, nature,
Mary Oliver, New England, Florida, seasons, beach, woods, Martha's Vineyard,
#poetry #nature
#MaryOliver #NewEngland #Florida #seasons #beach #woods #MarthasVineyard
---------------------
poetry, nature,
writing, Martha’s Vineyard,
#poetry #nature
#writing #MarthasVineyard
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poetry, Robert
Burns, Scotland, ancestry, Scottish, Loch Ness, nature, Loch Ness Monster, urquhart
castle,
#poetry
#RobertBurns #Scotland #ancestry #Scottish #LochNess #nature #LochNessMonster
# UrquhartCastle
memories, Scotland, Loch Ness, Raymond A. Foss, Poetry
Where You Live, nature, wind, water, mist, fog, waves, sight, smell, senses,
rock,
-------------
poetry, Robert Frost,
Mending Wall, Mary Oliver, stones, stone walls, walking, woods, writing,
#poetry #RobertFrost
#MendingWall #MaryOliver #stones #stonewalls #walking #woods #writing
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poetry, God, church,
faith, family, nature, checkerberries, terrarium, Christmas, gifts, memories,
#poetry #God #church
#faith #family #nature #checkerberries #terrarium #Christmas #gifts #memories
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poetry, Faith, home, hope, house, leaves, light, Nature, Poetry
Where You Live, sky, sun, water, rain, thunder, forest, woods, writing, God,
#poetry #Faith #home #hope #leaves #light #Nature #Poetry
#sky #sun #water #memory #forest #ancestor #woods #writing #God
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poetry, walk, woods,
exploration, Florida, mangrove, swamp, water, forest,
#poetry #walk #woods
#explore #exploration #Florida #mangrove #swamp #water #forest
------------------
poetry, nature, Mary Oliver, Martha’s Vineyard, memory,
watch, beach, waves, writing,
#poetry #nature #MaryOliver #MarthasVineyard #memory
#watch #beach #waves #writing
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poetry, lake, cabin, writing, refuge, sanctuary, water, nature,
house, Mary Oliver, Walden, Thoreau, Frost, summer, canoe,
#poetry #lake #cabin #writing #refuge #sanctuary #water #nature
#house #MaryOliver #Walden #Thoreau #Frost #summer #canoe
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poetry, blue,
body, Canoe, creator, eyes, Faith, feather, feet, God, hope, life, light,
Nature, heron, water, wings,
#poetry #body
#canoe #creator #eyes #heron #feather #feet #God #hope #life #light #Nature
#water #wings
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Poetry, words, books, biography, adventure, discovery, joy,
Mary Oliver, history, memories,
#poetry #words #books #biography #adventure #discovery
#joy #MaryOliver #history #memory
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poetry, writing, Mary Oliver, inspiration, nature, God,
faith, family, Krista Tippett, On Being,
#poetry #writing #MaryOliver #inspiration #nature #God
#faith #family #KristaTippett #OnBeing
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