Beauty we often don’t notice

We are in a rush going outside,
Often on our way to work, to the grind,
We don’t stop to know, to experience,
The beauty all around us, the wildflowers,
The birdsong, the clouds, the skies,
The mercy of the Creator, these gifts,
Written on the world…
 
Beauty we often don’t notice,
In our rush, trapped in ourselves,
Not seeing the wonder all around us,
The gifts of the Creator, of creation,
Of nature itself, an assurance, a vision,
In our yards, in these moments,
Written on the world…

 
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July 16, 2024

Beauty we often don't notice

Edited July 16, 2024
A Garden in Our Yard – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-garden-in-our-yard-v2.html
Amanda Gorman inauguration poem
“The Hill We Climb”
and description of chaotic garden in The Shack,
by William P. Young
&
July 15, 2024
A Garden in Our Yard
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-garden-in-our-yard.html
January 16, 2016
birds sing up the morning – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/birds-sing-up-spring-v5.html
October 27, 2015
His Palette of Autumn – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/his-palette-of-autumn-v5.html
edited September 9, 2015
Joy in Their Dying – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/joy-in-their-dying-v2.html
Edited August 2, 2013
“His Palette of Autumn – v4”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/his-palette-of-autumn-v4.html
edited July 20, 2012
“His Palette of Summer – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/his-palette-of-summer-v3.html
edited July 19, 2012
“Wildflowers – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/wildflowers-v3.html
July 18, 2012
new poem – “birds sing up the spring”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/birds-sing-up-spring.html
inspired by remark by Harriet Bean at Spirit Study
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 15, 2012
&
July 18, 2012
new poem – “His Palette of Spring”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/his-palette-of-spring.html
July 18, 2012
new poem – “His Palette of Summer”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/his-palette-of-summer.html
July 18, 2012
new poem – “His Palette of Winter”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/his-palette-of-winter.html
edited July 17, 2012
“His Palette of Autumn – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/his-palette-of-autumn-v3.html
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/his-palette-of-autumn-v3.html?showComment=1342574834468#c1791476960842466709
September 14, 2010
Joy in Their Dying
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/joy-in-their-dying.html
September 14, 2010
His Palette of Autumn
http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/his-palette-of-autumn.html
 
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