A #squadron of #geese – v3

A flotilla, a squadron, of geese
descending from Canada
crossing the lake, by air, by sea,
crashing, storming my beach
like Normandy this morning
an allied invasion, a crescendo.

Honking, bleating like sheep,
shouting commands, Reveille;
No gun emplacements
to stop their progress,
no mines, razor wire.
 
I was still sleeping,
before my first cup of coffee
sunlight filling
My one-room cabin,
Watching their forward progress
From a safe distance.
 
------------ 

edited January 4, 2022

A squadron of geese – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese-v3.html

edited January 4, 2022

A squadron of geese – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese-v2.html

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.

&

edited January 7, 2016

June Morning – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/june-morning-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited May 25, 2013

June Morning – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/june-morning-v2.html

posted 2/17/04

written June 8, 2000 9:53pm

June Morning

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/june-morning.html

about morning in the summer of 2000

Swains Lake

Barrington, NH

&

edited March 21, 2021

Nightfall - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/nightfall-v6.html

edited September 28, 2017

Nightfall – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/nightfall-v5.html

Edited July 18, 2013

“Nightfall – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v4.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v3.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v2.html

July 20, 2000

“Nightfall”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/nightfall.html

Written Thursday 7/20/00 at 9:50. It is about my two hour canoe ride

on Swains Lake from 7:15 to 9:20pm.

Barrington, NH

edited December 28, 2015

Alone in the Rain – revised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/alone-in-rain-revised-v2.html

posted February 13, 2004

written August 13, 2000 1:53am

Alone in the Rain – revised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/alone-in-rain.html 

Written 6/18/2000

Alone in the Rain

same day as “Dew in the Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/dew-in-morning-first-try.html

and

“Ten Feet Overhead”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

&

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 1^st 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

 

 

Barrington, NH, nature, sunrise, lake, geese, God, creator, creation, Mary Oliver,

 

#nature #sunrise #lake #geese #MaryOliver #creation #creator #NH

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. 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.

 

A squadron of geese – v2

A flotilla, a squadron, of geese
descending from Canada
crossing the lake
crashing, storming my beach
like Normandy this morning
an allied invasion.

Honking, bleating like sheep,
No gun emplacements
to stop their progress,
no razor wire.
 
I was still sleeping,
before my first cup of coffee
sunlight illuminating
My room, the cabin,
Watching their forward progress
From a safe distance.
 
------------ 

edited January 4, 2022

A squadron of geese – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese-v2.html

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.

&

edited January 7, 2016

June Morning – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/june-morning-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited May 25, 2013

June Morning – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/june-morning-v2.html

posted 2/17/04

written June 8, 2000 9:53pm

June Morning

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/june-morning.html

about morning in the summer of 2000

Swains Lake

Barrington, NH

&

edited March 21, 2021

Nightfall - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/nightfall-v6.html

edited September 28, 2017

Nightfall – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/nightfall-v5.html

Edited July 18, 2013

“Nightfall – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v4.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v3.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v2.html

July 20, 2000

“Nightfall”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/nightfall.html

Written Thursday 7/20/00 at 9:50. It is about my two hour canoe ride

on Swains Lake from 7:15 to 9:20pm.

Barrington, NH

edited December 28, 2015

Alone in the Rain – revised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/alone-in-rain-revised-v2.html

posted February 13, 2004

written August 13, 2000 1:53am

Alone in the Rain – revised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/alone-in-rain.html 

Written 6/18/2000

Alone in the Rain

same day as “Dew in the Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/dew-in-morning-first-try.html

and

“Ten Feet Overhead”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

&

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 1^st 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

 

 

 

Barrington, NH, nature, sunrise, lake, geese, God, creator, creation, Mary Oliver,

 

#nature #sunrise #lake #geese #MaryOliver #creation #creator #NH

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. 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.

 

A squadron of geese

A flotilla, a squadron, of geese
crossing the lake
crashing, storming my beach
like Normandy this morning
Honking, bleating like sheep,
No gun emplacements to stop their progress;
I was still sleeping,
before my first cup of coffee
sunlight illuminating
My room, the cabin,
Watching their forward motion
From a safe distance. 

------------ 

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.

&

edited January 7, 2016

June Morning – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/june-morning-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited May 25, 2013

June Morning – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/june-morning-v2.html

posted 2/17/04

written June 8, 2000 9:53pm

June Morning

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/june-morning.html

about morning in the summer of 2000

Swains Lake

Barrington, NH

&

edited March 21, 2021

Nightfall - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/nightfall-v6.html

edited September 28, 2017

Nightfall – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/nightfall-v5.html

Edited July 18, 2013

“Nightfall – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v4.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v3.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v2.html

July 20, 2000

“Nightfall”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/nightfall.html

Written Thursday 7/20/00 at 9:50. It is about my two hour canoe ride

on Swains Lake from 7:15 to 9:20pm.

Barrington, NH

edited December 28, 2015

Alone in the Rain – revised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/alone-in-rain-revised-v2.html

posted February 13, 2004

written August 13, 2000 1:53am

Alone in the Rain – revised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/alone-in-rain.html 

Written 6/18/2000

Alone in the Rain

same day as “Dew in the Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/dew-in-morning-first-try.html

and

“Ten Feet Overhead”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

&

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 1^st 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

Barrington, NH, nature, sunrise, lake, geese, God, creator, creation, Mary Oliver,

 

#nature #sunrise #lake #geese #MaryOliver #creation #creator #NH

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. 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.

Books – v2

Paper, ink and thought

Fiction and reality;

Passion and purpose

Poetry and prose

Map and drawing

Monographs and periodicals

Card catalog and bar code

Shelves and desks

Reading and research

Pleasure and knowledge;

Wonder of language,

Image and context

The power of words.

=============

edited December 18, 2015

Books – v2

posted February 8, 2004

Written 11/30/00 at 9:10

for the Barrington (NH) Library rededication on 12/9/00

Books

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/books.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,400+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Barrington – v2

Land in the rough,

By design and by tradition;

A sense of place

in the wood, by the water.

Stone wall and lake and meadow

Wood and bramble;

Cloud of dust off a dirt road,

The crack of a branch underfoot.

Woodpeckers, turkeys,

Deer, moose, and bear;

Beaver and fox,

In the wood and marshland.

Loon and mallard

Kingbird and heron by the water;

rustic cabins

by the side of the lake.

Fiddleheads, lady slippers,

Mayflowers, starflowers, Salamanders;

Ants, lots of ants

In the yard and by my house.

=====

edited April 11, 2015

Barrington – v2

posted February 8, 2004

(4 days after started blog)

Barrington

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/barrington.html

Written 11/30/2000 at 9:30 for the Barrington Library

rededication on 12/9/2000

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 37,010+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Barrington

Land in the rough
By design and by tradition.
A sense of place.

Stone wall and lake and meadow
Wood and bramble
Cloud of dust off a dirt road.
The crack of a branch underfoot.

Woodpeckers, turkeys,
Deer, moose, and bear,
Beaver and fox,
In the wood and marsh.

Loon and mallard
Kingbird and heron by the water.

Fiddleheads, lady slippers,
Canada mayflowers, starflowers,
Salamanders,
Ants, lots of ants
In the yard and by my house.

=====

edited April 11, 2015

Barrington – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/barrington-v2.html

posted February 8, 2004

(4 days after started blog)

Barrington

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/barrington.html

Written 11/30/2000 at 9:30 for the Barrington Library

rededication on 12/9/2000

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,710+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Books

Paper, ink and thought
Fiction and reality
Passion and purpose
Poetry and prose
Map and drawing

Monographs and periodicals
Card catalog and bar code

Reading and research
Pleasure and knowledge
Wonder of language,
The power of words.

=============

edited December 18, 2015

Books – v2

posted February 8, 2004

Written 11/30/00 at 9:10

for the Barrington (NH) Library rededication on 12/9/00

Books

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/books.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,710+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.