after the magic

a pile of beauty,
so many colors,
after the magic,
a beautiful sight…
 
trash for the baker,
but treasure remaining,
so many colors,
catching my eye…
 
drawn by beauty,
so many colors,
trash for the baker,
a feast for the eyes…

 
--------------------
March 21, 2025
after the magic
 
colors after bakery decorates cakes
Edited July 16, 2024
Art in the making in the Bakery – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/art-in-making-in-bakery-v2.html
working in the Deli but seeing creation in the Bakery
&
July 16, 2024
Beauty we often don't notice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/beauty-we-often-dont-notice.html
 
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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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poetry, nature, God, art, food, life, creation, baking, bakery, cakes, fruit, beauty, Publix Supermarkets, joy, colors,
 
‪#poetry #nature ‪#God #art #food #life #creation #baking #bakery #cakes #fruit #beauty #Publix #joy #colors

each child a seed – v2

each child a seed,
flung into the ether,
words gifted to me
gathered on the page, the screen,
scattered to the winds…
 
musings, scribbles,
inspiration, perspiration,
made ready, scattered,
longing to find fertile soil,
to be gleaned, gathered in…
 
-------------
Typed and posted October 28, 2024
each child a seed – v2
 
Written and posted October 9, 2024
each child a seed
typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/each-child-seed_24.html
&
Edited September 25, 2024
Words call me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/words-call-me-v2.html
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v2.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirit, soul,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirit #soul

each child a seed

each child a seed,
flung into the ether,
gathered on the page, the screen,
scattered to the wind…
 
the musings, the scribbles,
inspiration, perspiration,
longing to find fertile soil
to be gathered in…
 
-------------
Written and posted October 9, 2024
each child a seed
typed October 16, 2024
 
&
Edited September 25, 2024
Words call me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/words-call-me-v2.html
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v2.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirit, soul,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirit #soul

Words call me – v2

Words call me, urgent,
I am their servant,
I turn toward them,
leaning into the message,
their cry to my spirit,
to my hands beginning to write…
 
Words speak to me
they are my muse,
words call me, now,
when I am not ready,
when I pay attention,
driving, walking about…
 
Words call me, suddenly,
they woo, they challenge me,
they cry out in despair,
sometimes they shout for joy,
urgent, passionate, emotive words,
words of power, of light…
 
Words will not wait,
I must stop, I must write,
I must remember, to save them,
for the words can be fleeting,
gossamer pulled from the ether,
to be capture, to be written down…
 
-------------
Edited September 25, 2024
Words call me
 
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v2.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirit, soul,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirit #soul
 
 

Words call me

Words speak to me
they are my muse,
words call me, now,
when I am not ready,
when I pay attention,
driving, walking about…
 
Words call me, suddenly,
they woo, they challenge me,
they cry out in despair,
sometimes they shout for joy,
urgent, passionate, emotive words,
words of power, of light…
 
The words will not wait,
I must stop, I must write,
I must remember, to save them,
for the words can be fleeting,
gossamer pulled from the ether,
to be capture, to be written down…
 
-------------
September 19, 2024
Words call me
 
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v2.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirit, soul,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirit #soul

A gift to another’s heart – v2

Our creations, art in its own sense,
All our artistic endeavors, our spirits,
all that we pour into our works,
a life force, awakening, rising,
offered, sent out into the world…
 
A gift from our heart, our spirits,
a kernel of life, of creation itself,
sent to land on an unknown shore,
a gift from one heart to another,
to heal, to give hope, to restore…
 
All that we pour out, an offering,
a piece of infinite space, of life,
treasure planted into the ether,
in time finding their true home,
on some distant shore…
 
---------------
Edited September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v2
 
September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart – v1
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-gift-to-anothers-heart-v1.html
Edited September 18, 2024
One heart speaking – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/one-heart-speaking-v2.html
 
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=906982137911060&set=a.381701980439081
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.

Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirits, souls, 

 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirits #souls

A gift to another’s heart - v1

Our creations, art in its own sense,
all that we pour into our works,
a life force, awakening, rising,
sent out into the world…
 
A gift from our heart, our spirits,
to land on an unknown shore,
a gift from one heart to another,
to heal, to give hope, to restore…
 
All that we pour out, an offering,
treasure planted into the ether,
in time finding their true home,
on some distant shore…
 
---------------
September 19, 2024
A gift to another’s heart - v1
 
Edited September 18, 2024
One heart speaking – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/one-heart-speaking-v2.html
 
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist

“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirits, souls,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirits #souls

One heart speaking – v2

One heart speaking,
one spirit sharing,
their gifts, their talents,
offering love, hope,
into the chaos of this world…
 
One spirit shining,
so brightly, authentic,
offering love to others,
not knowing who needs to hear,
that which they have been given…
 
One soul rising,
bringing art, creativity,
one heart committed to beauty,
offering something pure, holy,
sharing a gift with the world…
 
---------------
Edited September 18, 2024
One heart speaking – v2
 
September 17, 2024
One heart speaking
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/one-heart-speaking.html
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=906982137911060&set=a.381701980439081
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirits, souls,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirits #souls
 

One heart speaking

One heart speaking,
one spirit sharing,
offering love, hope,
into the chaos of the world…
 
One spirit shining,
offering love to others,
not knowing who needs to hear,
that we have been given…
 
One soul rising,
one heart open to beauty,
offering something pure, holy,
sharing a gift to the world…
 
---------------
September 17, 2024
One heart speaking
 
September 17, 2024
My response to post by Lisa D'Amico - Artist
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=906982137911060&set=a.381701980439081
“This is so beautiful; I shared it to my page as well.
This is so real, which is what all art must be, real,
authentic, from the heart, for another's heart,
one we do not know, but one who needs to see,
to hear, to feel, to touch art in their spirit, in their soul...”
 
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, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
Poetry, God, art, painting, sculpture, glass, woodworking, fabrics, words, writing, fiction, drawing, creation, creative, gifts, talents, calling, purpose, spirits, souls,
 
#Poetry #God #art #painting #sculpture #glass #woodworking #fabrics #words #writing #fiction #drawing #creation #creative #gifts #talents #calling #purpose #spirits #souls

Reaching for my phone this morning – v2

Reaching for my phone this morning,
a part of my life shattered, broke,
for in trying to turn off my alarm,
I shattered my favorite coffee mug…
 
A little tragedy you may suggest,
just a coffee cup, of no consequence,
that is most definitely true, and yet,
how many cups of coffee have I sipped
from that cup I bought in 1983…
 
So many days, so many years ago,
a Java Junkie, it is true, black coffee black,
the same color staining the pottery,
Tom, I sincerely thank you…
 
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Edited August 24, 2024
Reaching for my phone this morning – v2
 
July 16, 2024
Reaching for my phone this morning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/reaching-for-my-phone-this-morning.html
Coffee mug I bought in 1982, maybe 1983,
Mindscape Gallery, Evanston, IL
Art by Tom Edwards
https://wallypots.com/
&
Edited July 16, 2024
Art in the making in the Bakery – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/art-in-making-in-bakery-v2.html
&
July 16, 2024
Beauty we often don't notice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/beauty-we-often-dont-notice.html
 
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
poetry, coffee, mug, Tom Edwards, pottery, art, Wally, Java Junkie, Mindscape Gallery, Evanston,
 
‪#poetry #coffee #mug #TomEdwards #pottery #art #Wally #JavaJunkie #MindscapeGallery #Evanston

Reaching for my phone this morning

Reaching for my phone this morning,
a part of my life shattered, broke,
for in trying to turn off my alarm,
I shattered my favorite coffee mug…
 
A little tragedy you may suggest,
that is most definitely true, and yet,
how many cups of coffee have I drunk
from that cup that I bought in 1982…
 
So many days, so many years ago,
a Java Junkie, it is true, black coffee black,
the same color staining the pottery,
Tom, I sincerely thank you…

--------------------
July 16, 2024
Reaching for my phone this morning
 
Coffee mug I bought in 1982, maybe 1983,
Mindscape Gallery, Evanston, IL
Art by Tom Edwards
https://wallypots.com/
&
Edited July 16, 2024
Art in the making in the Bakery – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/art-in-making-in-bakery-v2.html
&
July 16, 2024
Beauty we often don't notice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/beauty-we-often-dont-notice.html
 
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
poetry, coffee, mug, Tom Edwards, pottery, art, Wally, Java Junkie, Mindscape Gallery, Evanston,
 
‪#poetry #coffee #mug #TomEdwards #pottery #art #Wakky #JavaJunkie #MindscapeGallery #Evanston

Art in the making in the Bakery – v2

Stopping what I was doing, my focus,
Turning toward their movements,
Drawn to the beauty, the precision,
Knowing deep within this moment,
These treasures of creation, Art…
 
Art in the making in the Bakery
Precision in their creation, alive,
Ingredients, the colors, flavors,
Life rising within the beauty,
The coming together of Art…
 
Watching their hands creating,
Like a potter at the wheel,
A painter at their canvas,
A sculptor before the marble,
Creating a true work of Art…
 
Art in the making in the Bakery
Precision in their creation, alive,
Ingredients, the colors, flavors,
Life rising within the beauty,
The coming together of Art…

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Edited July 16, 2024
Art in the making in the Bakery – v2
 
July 16, 2024
Art in the making in the Bakery
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/art-in-making-in-bakery.html
working in the Deli but seeing creation in the Bakery
&
July 16, 2024
Beauty we often don't notice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/beauty-we-often-dont-notice.html
 
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
poetry, sun, nature, God, Faith, color, winter, spring, summer, flowers, bright, pastel, light green, slumber, awakening,
 
‪#poetry #sun ‪#nature ‪#God #Faith ‪#God ‪#color #winter ‪#spring ‪#sky #blue #green #awakening #rising #hope #promise #summer
 
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poetry, nature, God, art, food, life, creation, baking, bakery, cakes, fruit, beauty, Publix Supermarkets, joy,
 
‪#poetry #nature ‪#God #art #food #life #creation #baking #bakery #cakes #fruit #beauty #Publix #joy

Art in the making in the Bakery

Stopping what I was doing, my focus,
Slicing meat at the slicer, turning,
Knowing deep within this moment,
This treasure of creation, art…
 
Art in the making in the Bakery
The precision in their creation,
Life rising from the beauty,
The coming together of art…
 
Watching their hands creating,
Like a potter at the wheel,
A painter at their canvas,
A sculptor before the marble,
Creating a work of art…
 
Art in the making in the Bakery
The precision in their creation,
Life rising from the beauty,
The coming together of art…
 
--------------------
July 16, 2024
Art in the making in the Bakery
 
working in the Deli but seeing creation in the Bakery
&
July 16, 2024
Beauty we often don't notice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/beauty-we-often-dont-notice.html
 
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.
 
poetry, sun, nature, God, Faith, color, winter, spring, summer, flowers, bright, pastel, light green, slumber, awakening,
 
‪#poetry #sun ‪#nature ‪#God #Faith ‪#God ‪#color #winter ‪#spring ‪#sky #blue #green #awakening #rising #hope #promise #summer
 
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poetry, nature, God, art, food, life, creation, baking, bakery, cakes, fruit, beauty, Publix Supermarkets, joy,
 
‪#poetry #nature ‪#God #art #food #life #creation #baking #bakery #cakes #fruit #beauty #Publix #joy

We are drawn to her

We know her, don’t we
if not her, so many others,
so many who have come before,
who have come before the mirror,
the camera, who have fought back tears,
Who have struggled to gain their composure…
 
We see her, we know her, we all aspire to be her,
defiant in resolve, in purpose, regaining, reclaiming,
her dignity, her composure, her power over, peace,
to the enormity, agony of what she is facing, present,
this moment in her life, her sorrow, anguish, painful,
Not ceding this space, not empowering sorrow…
 
She was struggling to breathe, her composure,
before the camera, a mirror, breathing,
calming, stilling herself, resolving,
to defeat the demons crying,
like so many I have known,
We know, don’t we…
 

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March 28, 2024

We are drawn to her

 

&

Edited March 27, 2024

She stood before the camera – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/she-stood-before-camera-v2.html

March 25, 2024

She stood before the camera

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/she-stood-before-camera.html

&

Edited March 25, 2024

Resolute in her defiance – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/resolute-in-her-defiance-v3.html

Edited March 25, 2024

Resolute in her defiance – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/resolute-in-her-defiance-v2.html

March 25, 2024

Resolute in her defiance

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/resolute-in-her-defiance.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1772288426726863138

March 25, 2024

post on the Realistic Poetry Twitter page,

https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry

short video of woman in tears

“How poetic can you be?

Take a few minutes to write a short poem

about what you see! Have fun and be creative!”

https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1772284473838879074

https://www.realisticpoetry.com/communitypage/poetry-picture-prompts/how-poetic-can-you-be-15

 

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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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.

 

poetry, writing poetry, woman, eyes, crying, cancer, remission, survival, triumph, imagination, art, beauty, power, Realistic Poetry, video writing prompt, writing prompt,

 

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Seeds placed precisely – v2

Not leaving anything to chance,
contours of their surface,
like the rising and falling of earth,
each strawberry covered, bedazzled,
an intricate pattern, repeating,
rows on a topographical map,
seeds placed precisely, discretely,
consciousness, painstaking effort,
perfect precision, a design,
a singular purpose, individuals,
like a fingerprint, unique,
an intricate pattern, repeating,
leaving nothing to chance…

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Edited March 27, 2024
Seeds placed precisely – v2
 
March 27, 2024
Seeds placed precisely
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/seeds-placed-precisely.html
Macro photograph of strawberry
 
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, 2022, and 2023. 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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Held in two dimensions no longer – v3

 
Created more as she is, alive, appearing resplendent,
Escaping a vertical prison, the beautiful painting,
A Sea Angel, a sculpture, releasing, emerging,
Held by two dimensions no longer, freed,
Bursting through the screen, the curtain,
As a stage actor speaking to the audience,
No longer held by this divide, that distance,
Not merely standing, posing only, now reaching,
Now striving forward, outward, upward,
Crossing another plane of existence,
To come more fully alive…
 
A Sea Angel, a merwoman, self-awareness, conscious
Her face obscured, hidden, not drawing attention,
Her supple body emerging, rising, transcendent,
Her wings pulling outward, thrusting upward,
Her body pushing through the flatness, texture,
Yearning to live like Pinocchio, a human goddess,
To dance on this mortal coil, movement beyond,
Outside of two dimensions, her prison, her cocoon,
Her womb, gaining that third dimension, life,
Crossing another plane of existence,
To come more fully alive…

 

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Edited March 27, 2024

Held in two dimensions no longer – v3

 

Edited March 27, 2024

Held in two dimensions no longer – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/held-in-two-dimensions-no-longer-v2.html

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Edited March 27, 2024

Brushstrokes thrusting upward – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/brushstrokes-thrusting-upward-v2.html

March 27, 2024

Brushstrokes thrusting upward

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/brushstrokes-thrusting-upward.html

March 27, 2024

From earth to starlight

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/from-earth-to-starlight.html

March 27, 2024

The radiant sunrise

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-radiant-sunrise.html

Edited March 27, 2024

Power in the spray – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/power-in-spray-v2.html

March 27, 2024

Power in the spray

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/power-in-spray.html

March 26, 2024 Facebook post by Jolan Gamblin,

About her surfboard 

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March 25, 2024

Held in two dimensions no longer

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/held-in-two-dimensions-no-longer.html

March 11, 2024 Facebook post by Jolan Gamblin,

About her new surfboard 3-dimensional painting,

“Sea Angel”

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March 25, 2024

Returning to the sea, to the water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/returning-to-sea-to-water.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1772358457091399887

edited October 23, 2021

The Dance of the Pelicans – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html

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Edited June 30, 2023

Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v5.html

Edited June 28, 2023

Ascending, Emerging, Igniting - v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4_30.html

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v4.html

Adding first stanza to provide backstory to board/painting

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Edited June 26, 2023

Ascending, Emerging, Igniting – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v3.html

Edited June 26, 2023

Ascending, emerging, igniting – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/ascending-emerging-igniting-v2.html

 

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, 2022, and 2023. 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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