a body of rice – v6

It was a pure moment,
an instant never to be forgotten,
capturing a four-year old’s faith
caught by my ear,
in the snack aisle,
for this moment, the Church…
 
A sleeve of rice cakes
seen for its essence,
in a different place,
broken by clergy,
as the Body of Christ
for the wheat intolerant…
 
My face broke into smile,
before her question,
caught too by her spirit,
and her belief,
in the transformation,
within Christ’s blessing…
 
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Edited April 26, 2024
a body of rice – v6
 
(edited original but reviewing version 5)
edited October 20, 2018
a body of rice – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-body-of-rice-v5.html
(editing version 3 and version 4)
edited November 11, 2014
a body of rice – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-body-of-rice-v4.html
(editing original again)
edited June 29, 2014
a body of rice – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-body-of-rice-v3.html
edited March 27, 2014
a body of rice – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-body-of-rice-v2.html
4/27/06 7:46pm
a body of rice
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/04/body-of-rice.html
Based on Shanequa’s question to me if this
was the body of Christ when we were at Market Basket
on April 22, 2006. She had assisted some weeks earlier at
setting up communion at the Rejuvenation service at our church.
She understood the elements were merely
bread and juice before the pastors’ blessing.
 
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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String of Pearls – v2

Foggy morning

On the Vineyard

In Aquinnah

Wet chair, hot coffee

Sip in the heat

Shake the daze

Camera and film

At the ready

Over my shoulder; let’s go

Sandals snap as I walk

In the early morning

Before the island awakes

Misty morning

Silent witness

Full of promise

For a skilled watcher

Moving stalker

Of moment and place

Wet green

Color scheme

Lush, summer

Looking for a web

Adorned with moisture

Ready to pose

A string of pearls

There before me

Hovered before a backdrop

A perfect set up

Bowed by the wait

Of the night

A long cord

Tacky to hold the drops

As dew was conjured in the dark;

My reflection in each as I approached

To steal the scene

With close-up lens

Centered and balanced

Enlarged and framed

Hovering now

On my wall

To conjure the moment

On that path

Years ago

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

November 3, 2018

String of Pearls – v2

May 20, 2004

String of Pearls

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/string-of-pearls.html

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, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,970 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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a body of rice – v5

This was a pure moment

an instant never to be found

again, captured,

A four-year-old’s faith,

captured in my ear

in the snack aisle

(for this moment the church).

A sleeve of rice cakes

seen for its essence

in a different place

at a time made holy;

Broken by clergy

as the Body of Christ

for the wheat intolerant.

My face broke into a smile

before her question

caught too by her spirit

and her simple belief

in the transformation;

the world made more perfect

within this blessing.

A body of rice,

flesh broken for us,

to remember,

to never forget,

what Christ gave us

climbing our cross

To see the world

the Word, life,

as a child, to understand

with my heart

more than my intellect

my mind, real, authentic,

to see with these eyes.

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

edited October 20, 2018

a body of rice – v5

(editing version 3 and version 4)

edited November 11, 2014

a body of rice – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-body-of-rice-v4.html

(editing original again)

edited June 29, 2014

a body of rice – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-body-of-rice-v3.html

edited March 27, 2014

a body of rice – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-body-of-rice-v2.html

4/27/06 7:46pm

a body of rice

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/04/body-of-rice.html

Based on Shanequa’s question to me if this

was the body of Christ when we were at Market Basket

on April 22, 2006. She had assisted some weeks earlier at

setting up communion at the Rejuvenation service at our church.

She understood the elements were merely

bread and juice before the pastors’ blessing.

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, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,860 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

blessing, blood, body, bread, bread of life, Christ, Communion, cup, face, Faith, Family, gifts, God, grace, Holy Spirit, Messiah, Methodist, sacrifice, savior, Shanequa,

#blessing #blood #body #bread #Christ #Communion #cup #face #Faith #Family #God #grace #Spirit #Messiah #Methodist #sacrifice #savior #Shanequa #ricecakes

Cottages – v2

Gingerbread cottages,

on the old revival campsites,
around the grand Tabernacle
on the Oak Bluff
over the Atlantic
on Martha’s Vineyard.

Hearing ghosts of sermons and
summer sounds of families
year after year
as wood frames replaced tents
on the narrow family plots.

Rev. Brown, retired now,
told me the history
The story of a faith community
resident there each summer
on this Island,

Martha’s Vineyard.

edited April 14, 2015

Cottages – v2

9/3/04 22:45

Cottages

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/09/cottages.html

summer of 1995

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 37,080+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Feeding Judas, Washing Peter’s Feet

an act of submission

of sacrificial love

knowing all

because He was God

feeding Judas,

washing Peter’s feet

when all of them

would fail Him

betraying, denying,

running away

Christ yet the Servant

on His last day.

====

April 9, 2015

Feeding Judas, Washing Peter’s Feet

edited April 9, 2015

The Morsel of Bread – v27

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-morsel-of-bread-v27.html

(editing original again)

edited March 21, 2015

The Morsel of Bread – v26

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v26.html

(editing original again)

edited March 2, 2015

The Morsel of Bread – v25

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v25.html

(editing original again)

edited January 25, 2015

The Morsel of Bread – v24

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-morsel-of-bread-v24.html

(editing original again)

edited May 28, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v23

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-morsel-of-bread-v23.html

editing second stanza from poem:

May 28, 2014

“Changing the ancient words of remembrance”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/changing-ancient-words-of-remembrance.html

(extract of “The Morsel of Bread – v22”)

Edited May 28, 2014

“The Morsel of Bread – v22”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-morsel-of-bread-v22.html

(editing original again)

(asking the different question,

“How would we have felt,

sharing in the meal?”)

&

April 4, 2014

“The Morsel of Bread”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-morsel-of-bread.html

reposting original poem

just adding additional links and tags below

&

February 1, 2009

“The Morsel of Bread”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

(475 page views as of 4/4/2014)

&

edited April 4, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v21

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-morsel-of-bread-v21.html

(editing original again)

edited March 29, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v20

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v20.html

(editing original again)

edited March 4, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v19

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v19.html

(editing original again,

with thoughts about Ash Wednesday tomorrow)

edited March 4, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v18

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v18.html

(editing version 17,

with thoughts about Ash Wednesday tomorrow)

edited February 24, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v17

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-morsel-of-bread-v17.html

(editing version 13)

edited January 25, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v16

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-morsel-of-bread-v16.html

(editing original again,

but becoming Peter, John)

edited January 4, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v15

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-morsel-of-bread-v15.html

(editing original again,

but becoming Judas)

February 1, 2009

The Morsel of Bread

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

Edited December 5, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v14”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-morsel-of-bread-v14.html

(editing original again)

Edited November 30, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v13”

(editing version 3)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-morsel-of-bread-v13.html

Edited November 24, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v12”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-morsel-of-bread-v12.html

(editing the original again)

Edited October 25, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v11”

(editing version 8 again)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morsel-of-bread-v11.html

Edited October 25, 2013

The Morsel of Bread – v10

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morsel-of-bread-v10.html

Edited October 17, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v9”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morsel-of-bread-v9.html

Edited October 9, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v8”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morsel-of-bread-v8.html

(editing original again)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

Edited September 8, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v7”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-morsel-of-bread-v7.html

 (editing version 3)

Edited April 13, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v6”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-morsel-of-bread-v6.html

Edited March 19, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v5”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v5.html

Edited December 21, 2012

“The Morsel of Bread – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-morsel-of-bread-v4.html

Edited December 21, 2012

“The Morsel of Bread – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-morsel-of-bread-v3.html

Edited December 19, 2012

“The Morsel of Bread – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-morsel-of-bread-v2.html

February 1, 2009

“The Morsel of Bread”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

Matthew 26:14-30

Matthew 26:26-28

Mark 14:12-26

Mark 14:24-26

Luke 22:1-30

Luke 22:14-23

Luke 22:14-20

John 6:53-59

John 13:1-30

John 13:21-30

John 13:27-30

and sermon, “Even Me Lord?”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/sermon-even-me-lord-by-pastor-ruth-l.html

(and see the poems inspired by it:

Even Me Lord

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/even-me-lord.html)

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

February 1, 2009

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 36,960+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Morsel of Bread – v27

What must he have felt, sharing in the meal

the invocation, the intoning of the words

these words of the teacher, the master, Rabbi

changing the ancient words of remembrance

saying something entirely new, a new covenant

The morsel of bread dipped, shared from His hands

His words to go, to do that which is planned quickly

What must he have thought, in that moment,

the doubt, the confusion, steps set in motion

unable to pull back, the wheels of time turning

His body, His blood, His sacrifice,

dripping on his hands.

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edited April 9, 2015

The Morsel of Bread – v27

(editing original again)

edited March 21, 2015

The Morsel of Bread – v26

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v26.html

(editing original again)

edited March 2, 2015

The Morsel of Bread – v25

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v25.html

(editing original again)

edited January 25, 2015

The Morsel of Bread – v24

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-morsel-of-bread-v24.html

(editing original again)

edited May 28, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v23

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-morsel-of-bread-v23.html

editing second stanza from poem:

May 28, 2014

“Changing the ancient words of remembrance”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/changing-ancient-words-of-remembrance.html

(extract of “The Morsel of Bread – v22”)

Edited May 28, 2014

“The Morsel of Bread – v22”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-morsel-of-bread-v22.html

(editing original again)

(asking the different question,

“How would we have felt,

sharing in the meal?”)

&

April 4, 2014

“The Morsel of Bread”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-morsel-of-bread.html

reposting original poem

just adding additional links and tags below

&

February 1, 2009

“The Morsel of Bread”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

(475 page views as of 4/4/2014)

&

edited April 4, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v21

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-morsel-of-bread-v21.html

(editing original again)

edited March 29, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v20

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v20.html

(editing original again)

edited March 4, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v19

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v19.html

(editing original again,

with thoughts about Ash Wednesday tomorrow)

edited March 4, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v18

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v18.html

(editing version 17,

with thoughts about Ash Wednesday tomorrow)

edited February 24, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v17

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-morsel-of-bread-v17.html

(editing version 13)

edited January 25, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v16

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-morsel-of-bread-v16.html

(editing original again,

but becoming Peter, John)

edited January 4, 2014

The Morsel of Bread – v15

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-morsel-of-bread-v15.html

(editing original again,

but becoming Judas)

February 1, 2009

The Morsel of Bread

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

Edited December 5, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v14”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-morsel-of-bread-v14.html

(editing original again)

Edited November 30, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v13”

(editing version 3)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-morsel-of-bread-v13.html

Edited November 24, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v12”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-morsel-of-bread-v12.html

(editing the original again)

Edited October 25, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v11”

(editing version 8 again)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morsel-of-bread-v11.html

Edited October 25, 2013

The Morsel of Bread – v10

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morsel-of-bread-v10.html

Edited October 17, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v9”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morsel-of-bread-v9.html

Edited October 9, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v8”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morsel-of-bread-v8.html

(editing original again)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

Edited September 8, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v7”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-morsel-of-bread-v7.html

 (editing version 3)

Edited April 13, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v6”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-morsel-of-bread-v6.html

Edited March 19, 2013

“The Morsel of Bread – v5”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-morsel-of-bread-v5.html

Edited December 21, 2012

“The Morsel of Bread – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-morsel-of-bread-v4.html

Edited December 21, 2012

“The Morsel of Bread – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-morsel-of-bread-v3.html

Edited December 19, 2012

“The Morsel of Bread – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-morsel-of-bread-v2.html

February 1, 2009

“The Morsel of Bread”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

Matthew 26:14-30

Matthew 26:26-28

Mark 14:12-26

Mark 14:24-26

Luke 22:1-30

Luke 22:14-23

Luke 22:14-20

John 6:53-59

John 13:1-30

John 13:21-30

John 13:27-30

and sermon, “Even Me Lord?”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/02/sermon-even-me-lord-by-pastor-ruth-l.html

(and see the poems inspired by it:

Even Me Lord

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/even-me-lord.html)

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

February 1, 2009

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 36,960+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.