Showing posts with label Native Americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Native Americans. Show all posts

Sunday, July 04, 2021

an idea, a dream – v2


an idea, a dream

the Independence of America,

a hope not yet realized,

a promise unfulfilled.

 

words of mettle,

of hope, of aspiration

a hope not yet realized,

our history subordinated.

 

enslaved people,

many nations subjugated,

a hope not yet realized,

at the time of our Independence.

 

truth telling, a fair reading,

the long march continues,

a hope not yet realized,

our history transformed.

 

a clear-eyed reading

of the words, their promise,

a hope not yet realized,

so many tomorrows.

 

an idea, a dream

of Martin, of so many others,

a hope not yet realized,

under the weight of oppression.

 

some steps forward,

civil rights laws, court cases,

a hope not yet realized,

fighting to not go backward.

 

some much more to change,

to achieve that idea, that dream,

a hope not yet realized,

will it be in our lifetimes?

 

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edited July 4, 2021

an idea, a dream – v2

 

July 4, 2021

an idea, a dream

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/an-idea-dream.html

July 4, 2021 Twitter post

https://twitter.com/RevJJackson/status/1411680299872837635

by The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.

about slavery and subjugation of native people

at the time of the Declaration of Independence

&

Smithsonian article:

A Nation's Story:”What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/nations-story-%E2%80%9Cwhat-slave-fourth-july%E2%80%9D

Frederick Douglass speech 7/4/1852

"The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro"

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927t.html

&

edited July 4, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america_4.html

edited July 3, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america_3.html

edited July 3, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america.html

June 29, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america.html

June 29, 2021

We must fight for this country

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-fight-for-this-country.html

June 29, 2021

We must not despair, we must not be despondent

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-not-despair-we-must-not-be.html

June 29, 2021

We can have hope – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-can-have-hope-2.html

edited June 29, 2021

The threat is real – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-threat-is-real-v2.html

edited June 28, 2021

We are under attack – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-under-attack-v2.html

June 28, 2021

We are under attack

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-under-attack.html

edited June 28, 2021

Repeating the Big Lie – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/repeating-big-lie-v2.html

June 28, 2021

Repeating the Big Lie

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/repeating-big-lie.html

June 28, 2021

The threat is real

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-threat-is-real.html

edited/ new name June 28, 2021

The Lie is pernicious, divisive

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-lie-is-pernicious-divisive.html

June 28, 2021

The Lie is pernicious

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-lie-is-pernicious.html

merged/ edited June 27, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v4.html

edited/new name June 27, 2021

We are still under attack

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-still-under-attack.html

June 25, 2021

We remain under attack

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-remain-under-attack.html

&

edited June 10, 2021

Charge him with Sedition – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition-v2.html

June 10, 2021

Charge him with Sedition

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition.html

&

Edited May 30, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v3.html

Edited May 29, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v2.html

edited/new name May 29, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped.html

edited May 28, 2021

The Insurrection continues – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-continues-v2.html

adding stanza 2

May 28, 2021

The Insurrection continues

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/insurrection-continues.html

May 28, 2021

Minority Rule

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/minority-rule.html

edited May 28, 2021

The Filibuster - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster-v3.html

edited May 27, 2021

The Filibuster - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1398055841593446403

May 27, 2021

The Filibuster

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster.html

my reply to Dan Rather

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1398014947683078147

Dan Rather response to Senator Manchin

https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1398000381897150484

Tweet by Senator Joe Manchin

https://twitter.com/Sen_JoeManchin/status/1397911553836474369

Connecticut Compromise, Great Compromise

House, Senate, representation

&

February 13, 2021

the faithful brownshirts

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-faithful-brownshirts.html

February 7, 2021

as darkness fell on the Capitol

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/darkness-fell-on-capitol-in-broad.html

edited February 3, 2021

For the sake of Democracy - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/for-sake-of-democracy-v2.html

February 1, 2021

For the sake of Democracy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/for-sake-of-democracy.html

 

poetry, House, Senate, compromise, GOP, minority, majority, McConnell, democracy, insurrection, filibuster, obstruction,

 

#poetry #filibuster #obstruction #House #Senate #compromise #GOP #minority #majority #McConnell #democracy #insurrection

 

poem, poetry, democracy, America, United States, trials, impeachment, arrest, Capitol riots, insurrection, sedition, incitement, justice, unity, comity, bipartisanship,

 

#poem #poetry #democracy #America #UnitedStates #trials #impeachment #arrest #CapitolRiots #insurrection #sedition #incitement #justice #unity #comity #bipartisanship #election #lies #power

 

#ImpeachmentTrial #poem #poetry @LeaderMcConnell @SenateGOP #democracy #CapitolRiot #insurrection #History #trial

 

 

poem, poetry, democracy, America, United States, justice, July 4th, 4th of July, Independence Day, freedom, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, history, slavery, native Americans,

 

#poetry #democracy #America #life #liberty #pursuitofhappiness #IndependenceDay #July4th #DeclarationofIndependence #history #slavery #nativeAmericans

an #idea, a #dream


an idea, a dream

the Independence of America,

a hope not yet realized,

a promise unfulfilled.

 

the words of mettle,

of hope, of aspiration

a hope not yet realized,

our history subordinated.

 

enslaved people,

many nations subjugated,

a hope not yet realized,

at the time of our Independence.

 

truth telling, a fair reading,

the long march continues,

a hope not yet realized,

our history transformed.

 

a clear-eyed reading

of the words, their promise,

a hope not yet realized,

so many tomorrows.

 

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July 4, 2021

an idea, a dream

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/an-idea-dream.html

July 4, 2021 Twitter post

https://twitter.com/RevJJackson/status/1411680299872837635

by The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.

about slavery and subjugation of native people

at the time of the Declaration of Independence

&

Smithsonian article:

A Nation's Story:”What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/nations-story-%E2%80%9Cwhat-slave-fourth-july%E2%80%9D

Frederick Douglass speech 7/4/1852

"The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro"

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927t.html

&

edited July 4, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america_4.html

edited July 3, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america_3.html

edited July 3, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america.html

June 29, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america.html

June 29, 2021

We must fight for this country

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-fight-for-this-country.html

June 29, 2021

We must not despair, we must not be despondent

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-not-despair-we-must-not-be.html

June 29, 2021

We can have hope – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-can-have-hope-2.html

edited June 29, 2021

The threat is real – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-threat-is-real-v2.html

edited June 28, 2021

We are under attack – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-under-attack-v2.html

June 28, 2021

We are under attack

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-under-attack.html

edited June 28, 2021

Repeating the Big Lie – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/repeating-big-lie-v2.html

June 28, 2021

Repeating the Big Lie

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/repeating-big-lie.html

June 28, 2021

The threat is real

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-threat-is-real.html

edited/ new name June 28, 2021

The Lie is pernicious, divisive

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-lie-is-pernicious-divisive.html

June 28, 2021

The Lie is pernicious

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-lie-is-pernicious.html

merged/ edited June 27, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v4.html

edited/new name June 27, 2021

We are still under attack

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-still-under-attack.html

June 25, 2021

We remain under attack

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-remain-under-attack.html

&

edited June 10, 2021

Charge him with Sedition – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition-v2.html

June 10, 2021

Charge him with Sedition

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition.html

&

Edited May 30, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v3.html

Edited May 29, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v2.html

edited/new name May 29, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped.html

edited May 28, 2021

The Insurrection continues – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-continues-v2.html

adding stanza 2

May 28, 2021

The Insurrection continues

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/insurrection-continues.html

May 28, 2021

Minority Rule

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/minority-rule.html

edited May 28, 2021

The Filibuster - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster-v3.html

edited May 27, 2021

The Filibuster - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1398055841593446403

May 27, 2021

The Filibuster

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster.html

my reply to Dan Rather

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1398014947683078147

Dan Rather response to Senator Manchin

https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1398000381897150484

Tweet by Senator Joe Manchin

https://twitter.com/Sen_JoeManchin/status/1397911553836474369

Connecticut Compromise, Great Compromise

House, Senate, representation

&

February 13, 2021

the faithful brownshirts

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-faithful-brownshirts.html

February 7, 2021

as darkness fell on the Capitol

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/darkness-fell-on-capitol-in-broad.html

edited February 3, 2021

For the sake of Democracy - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/for-sake-of-democracy-v2.html

February 1, 2021

For the sake of Democracy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/for-sake-of-democracy.html

 

poetry, House, Senate, compromise, GOP, minority, majority, McConnell, democracy, insurrection, filibuster, obstruction,

 

#poetry #filibuster #obstruction #House #Senate #compromise #GOP #minority #majority #McConnell #democracy #insurrection

 

poem, poetry, democracy, America, United States, trials, impeachment, arrest, Capitol riots, insurrection, sedition, incitement, justice, unity, comity, bipartisanship,

 

#poem #poetry #democracy #America #UnitedStates #trials #impeachment #arrest #CapitolRiots #insurrection #sedition #incitement #justice #unity #comity #bipartisanship #election #lies #power

 

#ImpeachmentTrial #poem #poetry @LeaderMcConnell @SenateGOP #democracy #CapitolRiot #insurrection #History #trial

 

 

poem, poetry, democracy, America, United States, justice, July 4th, 4th of July, Independence Day, freedom, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, history, slavery, native Americans,

 

#poetry #democracy #America #life #liberty #pursuitofhappiness #IndependenceDay #July4th #DeclarationofIndependence #history #slavery #nativeAmericans

Friday, December 11, 2015

clear-eyed about our history – v4

All of the words, of justice, of equality
those written and signed on the printed page
none of them matter, not in the least;
What really matters, what is important,
is speaking truth, of what is truly
within each of our hearts

An unvarnished accounting, honest,
the objective truth only
we must be clear-eyed about our history;
The pattern of abuse
there from the beginning
to the Native peoples

The original sin, slavery,
written into the documents
the words of equality, of liberty,
for all God’s people, a lie,
for the few, for white men alone
with land, with property only

Freedom not for all, no matter the words,
nothing of justice, in truth,
even to this day, too many, too many,
not enjoying the “American Dream”,
a lie perpetuated by those still in power
if we are clear-eyed about our history

To understand that those in power
write the history, pass the laws
that they stand on the backs of others
those they subjugate still
not free, not really, as a people
until all are given a chance

To fulfill their own dreams
here in the land of the free
and the home of the brave;
we cannot continue
with our self-serving histories
we need one clear-eyed history

For us to move forward
together as one people
within the one circle
for all to be equal,
living out our creed
for all to be free

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edited December 11, 2015
clear-eyed about out history – v4

(editing version 2 and version 3)
&
edited November 20, 2015
clear-eyed about our history – v3
(editing version 2)
edited October 30, 2015
Railing against the imbalance – v4
(editing version 2)
edited October 18, 2015
Railing against the imbalance – v3
(editing version 2, adding stanza)
edited October 17, 2015
Railing against the imbalance – v2
October 16, 2015
Railing against the imbalance
Senator Bernice Sanders
Senator Elizabeth Warren
Blog Action Day 2015 – “Raise Your Voice”
October 16, 2015
&
edited October 16, 2015
clear-eyed about our history – v2
July 3, 2015
clear-eyed about our history
New England Conference of United Methodist Church
Annual Conference 2015 (#NEAC15)
worship guides
NEUMC Photos
my photos
Worship Director Marcia McFee
Guest Preacher Bishop Gregory Palmer
New England Annual Conference Resolution on shooting in Charleston
speech 6/23/2015
South Carolina State Senator Paul Thurmond (R), son of former South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, remarks on Confederate Flag. Paul Thurmond remarks on Confederate Flag.
Mark 4:4-8 (bible study topic on 6/17/2015 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church)
&
I forgive you  statements of victims’ family – Nadine Collier, Anthony Thompson, Felicia Sanders
&
Hate Won’t Win campaign
&
Jon Stewart’s June 18, 2015 opening monologue on Charleston shooting
&
The funeral for the Reverend Clementa Pinkney 6/26/15
&
President Barack Obama’s Eulogy (video and full text)
&
June 22, 2015
We pray for our sisters, our brothers
@dreamUMC #dreamumc tweetup on Charleston shooting
&
Guest Preacher Thom White Wolf Fassett
COMMENTARY: 2012 Act of Repentance of The United Methodist Church
Recap of Thursday sessions
Act of Repentance
by Pat Warrior Woman Parent
&
story by Thom White Wolf Fassett about Willie,
an Inuit member of the Methodist Church in Nome, AK,
janitor in the school system, and revered elder,
a bridge to the modern age and a follower of ancient ways
&
Recap of Friday sessions
extract of sermon
Bishop Palmer
Recap of Saturday sessions
bible study on Luke 10 (Good Samaritan)
led by Bishop Palmer
worship
Laity Address
by Janet O’Neill
opening prayer for morning session on Saturday, 6/20/15
&
edited July 5, 2014
A New Nation – v2
July 4, 2008
A New Nation
edited July 4, 2014
Words of Mettle – v2
July 4, 2008
Words of Mettle
Read before writing the series of poems on 7/4/2008:
-          Mayflower Compact,
-          Declaration of Independence,
-          Gettysburg Address,
-          Emancipation Proclamation,
-          Preamble to Constitution,
-          Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, 8/28/1963
written for July 4th celebration
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
In reading this, I noted that the nomination speech
of the Democratic Convention this summer
will be on the 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech
&
edited November 28, 2014
For America to Rise – v2
edited November 28, 2014
shattered in a million pieces – v2
edited November 28, 2014
shattered into a million pieces
edited/ new November 28, 2014
shattered in a million pieces
(this is my 34,000th poem)
edited/ new November 28, 2014
For America to Rise
edited November 28, 2014
We must Love our neighbors
edited November 28, 2014
Love your neighbors
edited/merged November 28, 2014
Love God and your neighbor
November 28, 2014
Love God
November 28, 2014
Love your neighbor – 2
Matthew 22:37
-          Deuteronomy 6:5
Matthew 22:39
-          Leviticus 19:18
Matthew 22:36-40
devotion “Two Simple Principles”
devotion by Jep Robertson
for November 20, 2014
read November 28, 2014
Duck Commander Daily Devotional
compiled by Alan Robertson
&
edited November 28, 2014
lost in our delusions – v6
(editing original again)
Black Friday 2014
edited October 16, 2014
lost in our delusions – v5
edited January 4, 2014
lost in our delusions – v4
(editing version 2)
Edited October 25, 2013
lost in our delusions – v3
Edited October 19, 2013
lost in our delusions – v2
Edited October 12, 2013
lost in our delusions
&
&
edited October 24, 2014
I love her but she is broken – v4
(editing version 2)
Edited October 22, 2013
posted October 24, 2013
I love her but she is broken – v3
(editing version 2)
Edited October 12, 2013
I love her but she is broken – v2
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edited October 22, 2014
we pray for our nation – v8
(editing version 2)
Edited October 22, 2013
we pray for our nation – v7
(editing version 4)
edited October 19, 2013
we pray for our nation – v6
(editing version 4)
edited October 12, 2013
we pray for our nation – v5
Edited October 12, 2013
longer clip from “The Newsroom”
&
edited October 22, 2014
I cry for the children – v5
edited October 16, 2014
I cry for the children – v4
Edited October 22, 2013
I cry for the children – v3
Edited October 12, 2013
I cry for the children – v2
Edited October 12, 2013
I love her but she is broken – v2
October 12, 2013
We pray for our nation – v5
&
Edited October 12, 2013
not in a nation state
Edited October 12, 2013
the goodness and mercy of God
Edited October 12, 2013
lost in our delusions
&
&
Edited October 12, 2013
What should we tell them
Edited October 12, 2013
I cry for the children
Edited October 12, 2013
I love her but she is broken
October 12, 2013
America is Broken
“Why America is NOT the greatest country in the world, anymore” video
&
watched after reading the post by my college friend Jim Thibeau
&
&
Edited October 10, 2013
we pray for our nation – v4
edited July 4, 2012
we pray for our nation – v3
July 2, 2012
we pray for our nation – v2
extract of Prayers of the People
second of a worship series on:
“Cruising the Sacred Waters of Our Faith”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Theme - Where do we put Jesus in our lives?
Mark 5:21-43 (GOD’s WORD Translation)
Psalm 130 (Common English Bible)
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (NIV)
Call to Worship(Abington Worship 2012)(Psalm 130, Mark 5)
Unison Prayer
Prayer of Dedication (Mark 5:21-43) (2 Corinthians 8, Mark 5)
(adapted from GBOD 2012 and Abington Worship 2012)
Communion, UMH page 9
Sermon - What Jesus Means to Me!
by Raymond A. Foss
Suncook, NH
July 1, 2012
Fifth Sunday of Kingdomtide

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