repost - The Banner of Freedom – v4

The colors of our country
How proudly they wave;
So much sacrifice
Freedom’s price to this day.
 
Our nation’s ideals
For this it stands tall;
That we would remember
The cost of Freedom’s call.
 
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Repost – June 14, 2022

The Banner of Freedom – v4

 

edited September 11, 2015

The Banner of Freedom – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-banner-of-freedom-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-banner-of-freedom-v4_11.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 14, 2014

The Banner of Freedom – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-banner-of-freedom-v3.html

Flag Day

edited May 26, 2014

The Banner of Freedom – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-banner-of-freedom-v2.html

Memorial Day

June 14, 2010

The Banner of Freedom

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/banner-of-freedom.html

Flag Day

edited September 11, 2015

Raising the Colors – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4_11.html

(editing version 2)

September 11, 2015,

14^th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2015

Edited September 11, 2012

new poem – “An Audible Gasp - 2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-audible-gasp-2.html

September 11, 2012

“A Gasp”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-gasp.html

written about my experience at

Franklin Pierce Law Center

Concord, NH

on September 11, 2001

in the TV lounge

where we all stayed, transfixed by the images

&

latest 20 poems about

September 11, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/September%2011

&

edited June 14, 2014

Raising the Colors – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/raising-colors-v3.html

Flag Day

edited May 26, 2014

Raising the Colors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/raising-colors-v2.html

Memorial Day

August 14, 2009

Raising the Colors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/08/raising-colors.html

8:03 AM; watching the raising of the US and POW/MIA flags

Hooksett Family Division Court

Hooksett, NH

In the park across from the court is a sign with the name

Rene Gagnon, the Hooksett resident

who helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Gagnon

 

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.

 

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repost - Raising the Colors – v5

Running to one court, a quick filing,
before racing back to the office,
for a swallow of coffee, gathering papers
and another hearing at another court
that same day.
 
But between these, the motion of the day,
Stopping, pausing, watching;
Standing still, reverent,
for the raising of the colors
before the first courthouse.
 
A moment of reflection, pausing,
caught in the bright morning sun;
Time standing still;
Grateful for where I stand,
for the courage they showed.
 
====

edited December 30, 2015

Raising the Colors – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/raising-colors-v5.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/raising-colors-v5_30.html

(editing version 4)

edited September 11, 2015

Raising the Colors – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4_11.html

(editing version 2)

September 11, 2015,

14^th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2015

Edited September 11, 2012

new poem – “An Audible Gasp - 2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-audible-gasp-2.html

September 11, 2012

“A Gasp”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-gasp.html

written about my experience at

Franklin Pierce Law Center

Concord, NH

on September 11, 2001

in the TV lounge

where we all stayed, transfixed by the images

&

latest 20 poems about

September 11, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/September%2011

&

edited June 14, 2014

Raising the Colors – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/raising-colors-v3.html

Flag Day

edited May 26, 2014

Raising the Colors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/raising-colors-v2.html

Memorial Day

August 14, 2009

Raising the Colors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/08/raising-colors.html

8:03 AM; watching the raising of the US and POW/MIA flags

Hooksett Family Division Court

Hooksett, NH

In the park across from the court is a sign with the name

Rene Gagnon, the Hooksett resident

who helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Gagnon

 

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.

 

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a flag burning

how it must have been

for Moses with a bush burning

a fire not consuming

but shining greatly

a flag burning this morning

on its pole in the cold of winter

the sun which God created

setting the flag ablaze

how it must have been

for those in the harbor

watching for the dawn

to see if our flag was still flying

a visual reminder, a promise,

in the trials we face as a nation

that the flag of freedom burns

no matter the attacks against her

------------------------

January 14, 2017

a flag burning

pictures 1/14/17 of sun illuminating the flag

in our neighbors’ back yard

cropped shot at 7:25am:

-          on my page

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154432724773003&set=a.10150518053738003.387011.792593002&type=3

-          on Cathy Lafleche’s page

https://www.facebook.com/cathy.lafleche.1/posts/601928933350591

several shots from 6:25 to 7:25am

https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/10154432718288003

edited January 14, 2017

Every Flag – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/01/every-flag-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/01/every-flag-v3_14.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/01/every-flag-v3_58.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 14, 2014

Every Flag – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/every-flag-v2.html

Flag Day

September 11, 2010

Every Flag

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/every-flag.html

September 11^th remembered

September 11, 2001

&

edited December 30, 2015

Raising the Colors – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/raising-colors-v5.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/raising-colors-v5_30.html

(editing version 4)

edited September 11, 2015

Raising the Colors – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4_11.html

(editing version 2)

September 11, 2015,

14^th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2015

Edited September 11, 2012

new poem – “An Audible Gasp - 2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-audible-gasp-2.html

September 11, 2012

“A Gasp”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-gasp.html

written about my experience at

Franklin Pierce Law Center

Concord, NH

on September 11, 2001

in the TV lounge

where we all stayed, transfixed by the images

&

latest 20 poems about

September 11, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/September%2011

&

edited June 14, 2014

Raising the Colors – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/raising-colors-v3.html

Flag Day

edited May 26, 2014

Raising the Colors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/raising-colors-v2.html

Memorial Day

August 14, 2009

Raising the Colors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/08/raising-colors.html

8:03 AM; watching the raising of the US and POW/MIA flags

Hooksett Family Division Court

Hooksett, NH

In the park across from the court is a sign with the name

Rene Gagnon, the Hooksett resident

who helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Gagnon

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 42,850 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

faith, God, America, patriotism, heroism, duty, honor, country, Methodist, Poetry Where You Live, poetry, love, war, history, justice, Flag Day, Memorial Day, Iwo Jima, Rene Gagnon, World War II,

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Every Flag – v3

Every flag was flying

all around our state

in the driving we did

on this special day

Every flag flying,

none of the poles empty,

yes every flag was flying

at only half staff

None of us had to ask

why they flew this way;

none of us will ever forget

what happened on this day.

------------------------

January 14, 2017

a flag burning

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-flag-burning.html

pictures 1/14/17 of sun illuminating the flag

in our neighbors’ back yard

cropped shot at 7:25am:

-          on my page

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154432724773003&set=a.10150518053738003.387011.792593002&type=3

-          on Cathy Lafleche’s page

https://www.facebook.com/cathy.lafleche.1/posts/601928933350591

several shots from 6:25 to 7:25am

https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/10154432718288003

edited January 14, 2017

Every Flag – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/01/every-flag-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/01/every-flag-v3_14.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/01/every-flag-v3_58.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 14, 2014

Every Flag – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/every-flag-v2.html

Flag Day

September 11, 2010

Every Flag

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/every-flag.html

September 11^th remembered

September 11, 2001

&

edited December 30, 2015

Raising the Colors – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/raising-colors-v5.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/raising-colors-v5_30.html

(editing version 4)

edited September 11, 2015

Raising the Colors – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4_11.html

(editing version 2)

September 11, 2015,

14^th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2015

Edited September 11, 2012

new poem – “An Audible Gasp - 2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-audible-gasp-2.html

September 11, 2012

“A Gasp”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-gasp.html

written about my experience at

Franklin Pierce Law Center

Concord, NH

on September 11, 2001

in the TV lounge

where we all stayed, transfixed by the images

&

latest 20 poems about

September 11, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/September%2011

&

edited June 14, 2014

Raising the Colors – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/raising-colors-v3.html

Flag Day

edited May 26, 2014

Raising the Colors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/raising-colors-v2.html

Memorial Day

August 14, 2009

Raising the Colors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/08/raising-colors.html

8:03 AM; watching the raising of the US and POW/MIA flags

Hooksett Family Division Court

Hooksett, NH

In the park across from the court is a sign with the name

Rene Gagnon, the Hooksett resident

who helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Gagnon

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 42,850 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

faith, God, America, patriotism, heroism, duty, honor, country, Methodist, Poetry Where You Live, poetry, love, war, history, justice, Flag Day, Memorial Day, Iwo Jima, Rene Gagnon, World War II,

#faith #God #America #patriotism #heroism #duty #honor #country #love #war #history #justice #FlagDay #MemorialDay #IwoJima #UMC

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