In the road - v3

hey have something to tell us
though I am not quite sure of what, as of yet,
a discarded, a blown, a lost palm frond,
landed on the white pavement
more than a week ago.
 
Bright green in the middle of the road
alive at the start of this story
becoming less so in time,
morphing to army fatigues, to khaki,
staying in the same spot each day.
 
Shrinking from the dying
the wicking of moisture, the attacks,
flattened by the constant assault
of cars running over the branch
yet still not moving from its spot.
 
They were there again this morning
driving the girls to work;
but becoming more like a mat
woven with papyrus fibers,
wondering how long they will last...
 
Now the size of the mop
that Mickey conjured
as the Sorcerer's Apprentice;
Much smaller than the broom
leaning by the fireplace
that Cinderella used...
 
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Edited June 20, 2022

In the road – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/in-road-v3.html

Edited June 20, 2022

The discarded palm – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-discarded-palm-v2.html

June 19/20, 2022

The discarded palm

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-discarded-palm.html

Edited June 14, 2022

In the road – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/in-road-v2.html

June 14, 2022

In the road

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/in-road.html

Southbound lane of A1A

a little before the Winn Dixie

St. Augustine, FL

&

Edited June 14, 2022

Long arms reaching outward, upward – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/long-arms-reaching-outward-upward-v3.html

Edited June 14, 2022

Long arms reaching outward, upward – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/long-arms-reaching-outward-upward-v2.html

June 14, 2022

Long arms reaching outward, upward

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/long-arms-reaching-outward-upward.html

I took a picture this morning of the southern pine trees

on Whisper Creek Boulevard

here in our complex;

I was brought back to a conversation in 2004ish with

Rev. Orin Watson at Wesley United Methodist Church,

In which I talked about my writing poetry,

after one of the bible studies he had lead.

He commented that, “anyone can write a poem about a tree”;

but that as a Christian poet, I should seek to convey something

about God in the poem…,

So here you go Rev. Watson…

&

May 29, 2022

Do trees have mouths

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/do-trees-have-mouths.html

&

edited December 2, 2021

A face in the tree – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-face-in-tree-v4.html

edited December 2, 2021

A face in the tree – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-face-in-tree-v3.html

edited December 1, 2021

A face in the tree – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-face-in-tree-v2.html

December 1, 2021

A face in the tree

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-face-in-tree.html

&

edited November 27, 2014

More than His Words

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/more-than-his-words-v2.html

Thanksgiving Day

June 10, 2007 13:00

More than His Words

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/06/more-than-his-words.html

Romans 4:13-25 & Hebrews 11:1-10
based on the sermon, “Hearing Faith”, by 
the Reverend Orin D. Watson, retired ordained
elder with the Illinois Great Rivers Conference
of the United Methodist Church, a pastor for over
60 years, and a wonderful witness to faith

&

edited November 27, 2014

Sixty-One Years Ago – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/sixty-one-years-ago-v2-at-end-of.html

Thanksgiving Day

November 24, 2006 17:28

Sixty-One Years Ago

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/11/sixty-one-years-ago.html

Wesley United Methodist Church

www.concordwumc.org

Concord, NH

words of (not yet) Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

& see

edited June 4, 2011
Something of Heaven – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/06/something-of-heaven-v2.html

based on request to use extract of the poem,
“Something of Heaven”
in the sermon tomorrow; by
The Reverend Canon William (Chip) H. Stokes, Rector
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
188 South Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, Florida 33444
&
June 10, 2007 16:36

Something of Heaven

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/06/something-of-heaven.html
Romans 4:13-25 & Hebrews 11:1-10
based on the sermon, “Hearing Faith”, by 
the Reverend Orin D. Watson

 

 

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