Falling at Your #Throne #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #submission #worship #child #children #love #praise #pray #praying #prayer

I saw him moving so quickly
running from his pew, his seat,
on legs so tiny, so small,
Falling before at Your altar,
Falling at Your throne, oh Lord...
not looking for attention
but convicted, Father,
Singing Your praises,
The glory of Your name...
 
He fell to his knees,
in submission, modeled,
by his elders, his family...
He came forward running,
with reckless abandon, falling,
knowing You alone are worthy
of our worship and praise,
Falling to his knees in worship,
Offering You his heart, his day...
 
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July 13, 2026
Falling at Your Throne
 
Faith Renewed Church
 
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Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, prayer, submission, worship, child, children, love, praise, prayer, praying, pray,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #submission #worship #child #children #love #praise #pray #praying #prayer

The #Fatherhood of #God #poetry #God #Father #Creator #Fatherhood #child #children #son #brother #Christ

The posture of our hearts

Our internal picture
Images, words in scripture,
Our Abba Father, God...
 
The Fatherhood of God
Our grounding posture
Seeing God as Father
As Creator of all...
 
God’s love like a father,
We are his beloved children
God wants the best for us
Because He loves us that much...
 
The Fatherhood of God
Our belief in our being
Filling us with faith
Transforming our lives...
 
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February 28, 2026
The Fatherhood of God
 
Conversation about prayer at Samson Society,
topic for March 7, 2026 meeting
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poetry, God, Father, Creator, nature, Fatherhood, child, children, brother, Christ, son,
 
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each drop breathed, a prayer – v2

a painted word-picture,
each drop breathed, a prayer,
speaking to each one of us
through our eyes, our memory,
words of love, of beauty, grace,
an image grafted, melting into our story…
 
dust, droplets of rain, transparent beads,
liquid glass, dew, like melted sugar,
dabbed, brushed on each petal,
like Jack Frost’s confection,
another time, a season,
when blossoms do not exist…
 
living flesh sprayed by the droplets,
a repeating pattern, precision,
frozen for us in the image, the moment -
Drink it all in, heavy with memory,
present, captured forever,
after a brief morning rain shower…
 
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Edited March 11, 2024
Each drop breathed, a prayer – v2
 
edited July 4, 2018
each drop breathed, a prayer
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-drop-breathed-prayer.html
edited July 4, 2018
each drop a prayer – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-drop-prayer-v3.html
edited July 4, 2018
each drop a prayer – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-drop-prayer-v2.html
July 3, 2018
each drop a prayer
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-drop-prayer.html
July 2, 2018
Pearls and Jewels of Water on the Bloom
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/pearls-and-jewels-of-water-on-bloom.html
July 2, 2018
post on the Realistic Poetry Twitter page,
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry
a picture of a orange lily covered in rain water
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1013841347558572033
edits to last stanza of prior poem
edited June 26, 2014
After the Shower – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/after-shower-v2.html
June 6, 2007 6:50
After the Shower
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/06/after-shower.html
Wesley United Methodist Church
www.concordwumc.org
Concord, NH
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CWUMC/
 
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poetry, color, description, writing poetry, shade, hue, language, nature, image, imagination, photograph, art, beauty, alive, senses, eyes, power,
 
#poetry #color #description #writingpoetry #shade #hue #words #language #nature #image #imagination #photograph #art #beauty #alive #senses #eyes #power
 
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Poetry, child, choir, church, creator, Faith, flowers, God, hope, iris, leaves, life, Nature, Photos, sanctuary, shower, sound, water, worship, yard, lily,
 
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Ribbons of Children – v4

Amid the controlled chaos on the playground
gathering children before school
a living “Where’s Waldo” poster,
the schoolyard, the playground this morning
ribbons of children, running, skipping,
dancing over the blacktop, together, as one…
 
Being children, free, out in the open air
under a summer sky of blue, still summer,
at the very start of the school year,
snaking their way, through the hopscotch,
the jump rope, the tag and the banter,
coursing, like ants to the nest,
following a scent line in the dust…
 
No hands were held,
but they moved together,
as if connected, dancing, singing,
a ribbon of children, moving,
snaking a path through the others,
giggling, shouting, laughing all the way…
 
====================
Edited January 31, 2024
Ribbons of Children – v4
 
Edited January 31, 2024
A ribbon of children – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-ribbon-of-children-v2.html
Edited July 25, 2019
Ribbons of Children – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/ribbons-of-children-v3.html
April 28, 2013
A ribbon of children
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-ribbon-of-children.html
Edited April 24, 2013
Ribbons of Children – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/ribbons-of-children-v2.html
August 29, 2008
Ribbons of Children
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/ribbons-of-children.html
Pembroke Village School
 
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Poetry, child, creator, dance, faith poetry, Family, God, hands, laughing, NH, Pembroke Village School, play, schools, Shanequa, Shyanne, singing, Suncook NH, children,
 
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A ribbon of children – v2

Watching, silently,
on the edge of the playground,
a father dropping off children,
releasing them to the school…
 
Amid the controlled chaos
a living “Where’s Waldo” poster,
the schoolyard, playground this morning,
watching them forming, a living thread…
 
A ribbon of children,
running, skipping,
dancing across the blacktop,
as if stitched together, a line…
 
Being children, free,
out in the open air
snaking their way,
through the hopscotch court…
 
The jump rope,
the tag and the banter,
coursing, like ants to the nest,
following a scent line in the dust…
 
No hands were held,
but they moved together,
as if connected, giggling,
a ribbon of children, moving,
laughing as one…
 
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Edited January 31, 2024
A ribbon of children – v2
 
Edited July 25, 2019
Ribbons of Children – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/ribbons-of-children-v3.html

April 28, 2013
A ribbon of children
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-ribbon-of-children.html

Edited April 24, 2013
Ribbons of Children – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/ribbons-of-children-v2.html
August 29, 2008
Ribbons of Children
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/ribbons-of-children.html
Pembroke Village School
 
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Poetry, August, chaos, child, control, creator, dance, faith poetry, Family, God, hands, laughing, NH, Pembroke Village School, play, schools, Shanequa, Shyanne, singing, Suncook NH,
 
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Ribbons of Children – v3

Amid the controlled chaos on the playground

the gathering of children before school

the living “Where’s Waldo” poster

the schoolyard, playground this morning

ribbons of children, running, skipping,

dancing over the blacktop, together

being children, free, out in the open air

under a summer sky of blue

at the very start of the school year

snaking their way, through the hopscotch

the jump rope, the tag and the banter

coursing, like ants to the nest

following a scent line in the dust

no hands were held,

but they moved together

as if connected, giggling and

a ribbon of children, moving,

snaking a path through the others

giggling, shouting, laughing all the way

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

edited July 25, 2019

Ribbons of Children – v3

(editing version 2)

Edited April 28, 2013

“A ribbon of children”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-ribbon-of-children.html

Edited April 24, 2013

“Ribbons of Children – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/ribbons-of-children-v2.html

August 29, 2008

“Ribbons of Children”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/ribbons-of-children.html

Pembroke Village School

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August, chaos, child, control, creator, dance, faith poetry, Family, God, hands, laugh, NH, Pembroke Village School, play, schools, Shanequa, Shyanne, sing, Suncook NH, way,

#August #chaos #child #control #creator #dance #faithpoetry #Family #God #hands #laugh #NH #play #schools #Shanequa #Shyanne #sing #SuncookNH #way

Bleeding Limbs – v6

Walking home from school

early morning still, before 8am

quiet, walking past another house,

A birch, a sapling, drawing my attention,

by the edge of their yard, the sidewalk

the clear sap, pearls, large droplets

hanging heavy, bleeding limbs;

Three, maybe four, glistening arms

crying out, for the lack of understanding

thoughtless cruelty, senseless mayhem,

arms pierced, broken without care.

Like the arms of Christ Jesus, lifted up,

hanging, pierced by the nails, the spikes,

tears of pain, the blood He shed for our sin;

Thoughtless children, then as now,

not knowing what they had done

like the branches, new life

even in the dying, the giving, the blood

We are renewed by the Giver of all

the Creator by His plan, by His design.

God’s tears sparkling in the morning sunlight

like Christ’s sweat in the garden, Gethsemane;

My  image in the droplets, falling

reminding me of Christ’s suffering

and of our hope, the promise, eternal,

in the Spirit’s whisper to us

in the grace of our God.

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edited February 1, 2019

Bleeding Limbs – v6

(merging edits to original and version 5)

edited December 17, 2015

Bleeding Limbs – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/bleeding-limbs-v5.html

(merging edits to version 2 and version 4)

edited July 21, 2015

Bleeding Limbs – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/bleeding-limbs-v4.html

(editing original)

edited February 2, 2015

Bleeding Limbs – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/bleeding-limbs-v3.html

(editing version 2 and version 1)

new February 2, 2015

winter birches

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/winter-birches.html

edited December 17, 2015

summer birches – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/summer-birches-v6.html

(editing original)

edited October 15, 2015

summer birches – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/summer-birches-v5.html

(editing original)

edited February 16, 2015

summer birches – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/summer-birches-v4.html

(merging edits to version 2 and original)

drafted February 11, 2015

edited February 10, 2015

summer birches – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/summer-birches-v3.html

(merging edits to version 2 and original)

edited February 2, 2015

summer birches – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/summer-birches-v2.html

about Mile Marker 213

Edinburg, ME

driving in Rte 95 southbound in northern Maine

new poem July 18, 2014

summer birches

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/summer-birches.html

driving in Rte 95 southbound in northern Maine

edited June 30, 2014

Bleeding Limbs – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/bleeding-limbs-v2.html

April 9, 2009

Bleeding Limbs

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/04/bleeding-limbs.html

Maundy Thursday

on the way home from Pembroke Village School

Maple and Prospect Streets

Suncook, NH

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birch trees, blood, branches, child, Christ, cross, dew, Easter, Faith, Gethsemane, God, Good Friday, grace, Messiah, UMC, prayer, sacrifice, savior, schools, tears,

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Builder – v2

I could have been an architect

easel and pad, sketching

compass and straight edge

vision and design

at least that’s what

childhood photos indicate

Pride of the builder, the artisan

for the precision, the challenge

whether wooden blocks, Lincoln Logs,

Erector Set, or my Legos

(before the wheels were added to the box)

Laugh now at the smile reflected back

Form without knowledge of function

but part of the joy of this child

when I could get lost in the simple pleasures

of play, on my schedule

when time had less meaning

and you just did it when you wanted to.

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

edited November 17, 2018

Builder – v2

8/8/04 11:17

Builder

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/builder.html

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builder, architect, work, child, childhood, imagination, creation, creator, God, joy, New Hampshire, play, poem, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss,

#builder #architect #work #child #childhood #imagination #creation #creator #God #joy #play #poem #poetry

Out of place – v2

Color mismatch

Movement out of place

A short, broke yew,

Late in summer

Dark green,

Leather skin

Shiny, alien

Broken branches

Dull brown

Ripe red fruit

Drinking in the sun

Bent to crush one

between finger and thumb

As a child, Goosh

Blood, juice

A praying mantis

dayglow green,

Hiding poorly

in the branches,

Rears its body

to my intrusion

Study each other

What threat am I

To those eyes,

Leave him be

Scared enough

No camera anyway

Alien head

Tokyo dream

Lobster mandibles

Kangaroo arms

Seemingly poised

ready to punch

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

edited November 4, 2018

Out of Place – v2

May 18, 2004

Out of Place

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/out-of-place.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 48,000 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

body, branches, brown, child, colors, creator, eyes, fingers, fire, fruit, God, green, king, leaves, New Hampshire, Poetry Where You Live, red, ripe, summer, sun, Praying Mantis,

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