A Man of War calling to us
tentacles hanging, spreading,
not bound by the waters
a citizen of the heavens
an arial creature, spirit,
down to, through the surface,
yet up in the air, the sky.
Changing Colorforms, elastic,
placed on the sky, the background,
the surface adhesion, melting,
held for a moment but evolving
growing, spreading, morphing,
over the ocean, cutting,
down to its surface, its skin...
The creature's image captured by the water
the waves, the tide, fleeting,
like lightening in the heavens, clarity,
but for mere seconds, a flash,
the Man of War transformed
by the wind, the motion,
the arriving of the Sunset
to steal its light, its life.
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June 17, 2023
A Man of War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-man-of-war.html
&
June 15, 2023
Overlords of Pangea
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/overlords-of-pangea.html
&
Edited June 12, 2023
Creatures of Sea, of Land – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/creatures-of-sea-of-land-v2.html
Edited June 11, 2023
Land and Sea and Sky – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/land-and-sea-and-sky-v2.html
June 9, 2023
Land and Sea and Sky
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/land-and-sea-and-sky.html
Edited June 8, 2023
The thin space between land and water – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-thin-space-between-land-and-water-v3.html
Edited June 7, 2023
The thin space between land and water – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-thin-space-between-land-and-water-v2.html
June 6, 2023
The thin space between land and water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-thin-space-between-land-and-water.html
June 5, 2023
Creatures of Sea, of Land
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/creatures-of-sea-of-land.html
Edited June 5, 2023
Longing for the sea – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/longing-for-sea-v2.html
June 1, 2023
Longing for the sea
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/longing-for-sea.html
Edited June 1, 2023
Creatures of spirit, of earth – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/creatures-of-spirit-of-earth-v2.html
May 29, 2023
creatures of spirit, of earth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/creatures-of-spirit-of-earth.html
Edited May 29, 2023
Citizens of this soil – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/citizens-of-this-soil-v2.html
May 28, 2023
Citizens of this soil
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/citizens-of-this-soil.html
&
Edited May 28, 2023
Drawn to the Water’s edge – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/drawn-to-waters-edge-v4.html
Edited May 27, 2023
Drawn to the water's edge - v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/drawn-to-eaters-edge-v3.html
Edited May 27, 2023
Drawn to the water's edge - V2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/drawn-to-waters-edge-v2.html
May 24, 2023
Drawn to the water’s edge
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/drawn-to-waters-edge.html
Start of poems based on conversation with Howard Hopper
about connection to the water seen in “The tide at
sunset” poems
and my earlier poems that included “light beings, water
creatures”
&
April 10, 2022
We are all spirit, breath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/we-are-all-spirit-breath.html
written after listening to the
2016 On Being interview
with Eugene Peterson
https://onbeing.org/programs/eugene-peterson-answering-god/,
rebroadcast April 7, 2022
&
edited
April 28, 2018
light
bodies interwoven – v10
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/04/light-bodies-interwoven-v10.html
(editing
version 9)
edited
April 28, 2018
a form of
water – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/04/a-form-of-water-v4.html
&
Edited May 23, 2023
The tide at sunset – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-tide-at-sunset-v3.html
May 22, 2023
Shell Beach
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/shell-beach.html
Edited May 22, 2023
The tide at sunset – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-tide-at-sunset-v2.html
May 22, 2023
Treasure in the sand
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/treasure-in-sand.html
May 22, 2023
The tide at sunset
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-tide-at-sunset.html
May 22, 2023
Sunset nigh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/sunset-nigh.html
May 22, 2023
Before the light fades further
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/before-light-fades-further.html
May 22, 2023
A castle no more
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/a-castle-no-more.html
May 21, 2023
Striving onto our beach
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/striving-onto-our-beach.html
&
Edited July
26, 2022
onto the beach
– v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/onto-beach-v2.html
July 23, 2022
onto the beach
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/onto-beach.html
July 21, 2022
returning home
- 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/07/returning-home.html
July 17, 2022
6:34am
St. Augustine
Beach
just north of
10th St.
St. Augustine
Beach, FL
&
October 10, 2021
Crossing the plane of the dunes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/crossing-plane-of-dunes.html
&
Dinosaur Spines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dinosaur-spines-v2.html
edited/new name October 26, 2021
Dinosaur Spines
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dinosaur-spines.html
October 26, 2021
Wings of the earth-bound angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels.html
October
26, 2021
spines of
the palms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/spines-of-palms.html
edited
October 24, 2021
the
darkened beach – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-darkened-beach-v2.html
edited
October 24, 2021
Crossing
the plane of the dunes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/crossing-plane-of-dunes-v2.html
October
13, 2021
the
darkened beach
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-darkened-beach.html
Crossing the plane of the dunes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/crossing-plane-of-dunes.html
edited
October 23, 2021
The Dance
of the Pelicans – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html
adding stanza 1
edited October 22, 2021
the dance of the pelicans – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v4.html
edited October 21, 2021
the dance of the pelicans – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v3.html
merged October 21, 2021
another pelican morning – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-pelican-morning-v2.html
edited October 14, 2021
the dance of the pelicans – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v2.html
October 14, 2021
the dance of the pelicans
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans.html
October 10, 2021
another pelican morning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-pelican-morning.html
&
edited March 21, 2021
Beach Sand – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/beach-sand-v7.html
editing version 6
edited July 30, 2015
Beach Sand – v6
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/beach-sand-v6.html
(editing version 5)
edited April 2, 2014
Beach Sand – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/beach-sand-v5.html
Edited September 20, 2012
Beach Sand – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/beach-sand-v4.html
edited March 5, 2012
Beach Sand – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/beach-sand-v3.html
edited September 29,
2010
Beach Sand – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/beach-sand-v2.html
&
email May 115, 2008
“I am in eighth grade and I am doing a school
research project called a zine. In this
zine,
it is basically about describing your
passion.
One of the requirements for the zine is putting
a poem in, and explaining your reaction to the poem.
My passion is Cape Cod, and I chose the poem you
wrote,
Beach Sand, I love how you
described sand in this poem.
I just had a few questions like,
why did you choose to write this poem?
My response May 16, 2008::
“Funny you should ask.
Someone from North Carolina
two days ago asked if
they could put this same poem
on a new web site. As
I told them, I had written in in 2006,
on the same day as
quite a few other poems. I was writing
then specifically
about treasured memories of my childhood
and more recent too. I
wrote this poem about my joy at the beach.
I am from Westfield,
MA growing up and my family would go to
the Cape or up the
Maine coast to like Wells Beach or York
many summers when I
was a kid. My grandparents on my dad's
side had gone to Old
Orchard Beach for summers when my dad
was a kid and they were
there on Cape Cod when I was a kid.
In 1988 I went to
Hilton Head Island for a week. And in the
mid-1990's I went for
like 3 or 4 summers in a row to
Martha's Vineyard.
From 1978 to 2001, I lived near
the University of New
Hampshire near the seacoast of
New Hampshire. I spent
time at Rye Beach, Hampton,
and Great Island
Common in New Castle. I just really like
walking the beach,
more than just laying sunbathing.
I would walk along the
shore looking for beach glass
or go over to the
rocks and look for what I could find
in the tide pools.
I've included three other poems about
being near the sea,
Shoals, Tide Pools, and Tides - Haiku.”
&
July 15, 2006 19:03
Beach Sand
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/beach-sand.html
edited
April 28, 2018
a form of
water – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/04/a-form-of-water-v3.html
Edited
August 15, 2013
“A form of
water – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-form-of-water-v2.html
January 19,
2013
new poem,
“A form of water”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-form-of-water.html
January 19,
2013
new poem,
“Water beings, Light creatures”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/water-beings-light-creatures.html
edited
August 11, 2015
Water
Beings – v6
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/water-beings-v6.html
(editing
version 4)
October 2, 2014
a document of meaning
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-document-of-meaning.html
inspired in part by Diana Butler Bass
https://www.facebook.com/Diana.Butler.Bass
post October 2, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/Diana.Butler.Bass/posts/10152515147848500
“Life really does weave a fabric of meaning with the threads
of experience.”
&
edited April 4, 2014
“Water Beings – v5”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/water-beings-v5.html
(editing version 3)
edited April 4, 2014
“Water Beings – v4”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/water-beings-v4.html
(editing version 2)
Edited January 19, 2013
“Water Beings – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/water-beings-v2.html
January 18, 2013
new poem, “Water Beings”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/water-beings.html
based on
Quote entitled, “Water”,
by Jean
Dorst, 1990
see quote
embedded within the editorial review of the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Pond-Lake-River-Maryjo-Series/dp/0765107600
within the
book, “Pond Lake River Sea”,
by Maryjo
Koch
http://books.google.com/books/about/Pond_Lake_River_Sea.html?id=EyENAAAACAAJ
read during
a break
while
substitute teaching
Three
Rivers School
Pembroke,
NH
January 18,
2013
&
edited March 21, 2014
“light bodies interwoven – v9”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/light-bodies-interwoven-v9.html
(editing version 3)
Edited November 30, 2013
“light bodies interwoven – v8”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/light-bodies-interwoven-v8.html
(editing version 3)
Edited November 30, 2013
“light bodies interwoven – v7”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/light-bodies-interwoven-v7.html
(editing version 2)
Edited August 15, 2013
“light bodies interwoven – v6”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/light-bodies-interwoven-v6.html
Edited August 15, 2013
“not easily broken – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/not-easily-broken-v2.html
Edited February 4, 2013
“light bodies interwoven – v5”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/02/light-bodies-interwoven-v5.html
Edited August 17, 2012
edited poem, “light bodies interwoven –
v4”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/light-bodies-interwoven-v4.html
edited March 21, 2014
“light bodies interwoven – v9”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/light-bodies-interwoven-v9.html
(editing version 3)
Edited November 30, 2013
“light bodies interwoven – v8”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/light-bodies-interwoven-v8.html
(editing version 3)
Edited November 30, 2013
“light bodies interwoven – v7”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/light-bodies-interwoven-v7.html
(editing version 2)
Edited August 15, 2013
“light bodies interwoven – v6”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/light-bodies-interwoven-v6.html
Edited August 15, 2013
“not easily broken – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/not-easily-broken-v2.html
Edited February 4, 2013
“light bodies interwoven – v5”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/02/light-bodies-interwoven-v5.html
Edited August 17, 2012
edited poem, “light bodies interwoven –
v4”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/light-bodies-interwoven-v4.html
Edited
August 15, 2012
edited
poem, “light bodies interwoven – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/light-bodies-interwoven-v3.html
Edited
August 14, 2012
edited poem
“light bodies interwoven – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/light-bodies-interwoven-v2.html
Edited
August 14, 2012
new poem
“not easily broken”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/not-easily-broken.html
Edited
August 14, 2012
new poem
“light bodies interwoven”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/light-bodies-interwoven.html
Edited
August 14, 2012
new poem
“threads of light – 2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/threads-of-light-2.html
Edited
August 14, 2012
new poem,
“a body of light”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-body-of-light.html
Edited
August 8, 2012
new poem in
response, “the bond stronger”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-bond-stronger.html
Edited
August 8, 2012
new poem,
“filaments of light”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/filaments-of-light.html
Edited
August 8, 2012
new poem,
“fibers of light”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/fibers-of-light.html
edited
August 8, 2012
new poem,
“glowing threads”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/glowing-threads.html
Edited
August 8, 2012
new poem,
“threads of light”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/threads-of-light.html
Edited
August 7, 2012
new poem,
“threads forged together”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/threads-forged-together.html
Edited
August 7, 2012
new poem,
“threads of the cord”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/threads-of-cord.html
Edited
August 7, 2012
new poem –
“from filaments of spun glass”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/from-filaments-of-spun-glass.html
Edited
August 7, 2012
“A cord is
woven – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-cord-is-woven-v3.html
Edited
August 7, 2012
“A cord is
woven – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-cord-is-woven-v2.html
Edited
August 7, 2012
new poem,
“A cord is woven”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-cord-is-woven.html
Edited
August 7, 2012
new poem,
“A bond is forged”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-bond-is-forged.html
Edited
August 7, 2012
“A cord is
forged – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-cord-is-forged-v2.html
August 7,
2012
“A cord is
forged”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-cord-is-forged.html
&
Seventh of
a worship series on:
“Cruising
the Sacred Waters of Our Faith”
Theme –
Fellowship
John
15:12-17 (Common English Bible)
Ecclesiastes
4:9-11 (Common English Bible)
1 John
4:7-11 (Common English Bible)
Call to
Worship (Abington Worship 2012)
(John 6:35)
Unison
Prayer (Abington Worship 2012)
Pastoral
Prayer by Pastor Ruth Foss
Reception
of New Members
(Acts 2:42,
46-47; Philippians 1:3-6, 9-11)
Prayer of
Dedication (John 6:24-35)
Hymn – “You
Who Are Thirsty” (TFWS #2132)
(Isaiah
55:1, Matthew 5:6, 11-28)
Hymn –
“They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love” (TFWS #2233)
(John
13:34-35; Ephesians 4:4-6)
Communion
Message for
children
by Pastor
Ruth Foss
and sermon
– “All You Need Is Love. . . ”
by Pastor
Ruth Foss
https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss
http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss
http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com
sermon blog
http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com
8AM Live
https://8amlive.wordpress.com/
meditation
blog
http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
August 5,
2012
Tenth
Sunday of Kingdomtide
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