A Joyful Noise- v2

A grateful relief

is this scripture, this holy invitation

to make a joyful noise

a joyful noise to God.

How wonderful, for me,

if not for the others around me in worship

that the King of Kings calls us

to only make a joyful noise.

Freedom to praise in song

even when we could never, ever,

join the choir. How wonderful

to joyfully join those who could.

A Joyful  Noise, a chorus, a crescendo rising

in the pews of the sanctuary

in songs of praise and worship

to our Creator, our Savior, our God.

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edited October 2, 2019

A Joyful Noise – v2

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October 10, 2007 11:06am

A Noisy World

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/10/noisy-world.html

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October 9, 2007 11:51am

A Joyful Noise

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/10/joyful-noise.html

Psalm 66:1-12

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"Holy Water"- Music- Gwyneth Walker/Text- Raymond Foss, May 6, 2019

 

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edited February 16, 2020

Holy Water – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/02/holy-water-v5.html

(editing original again)

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1229089714633871364

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1229090045199572992

Gwyneth Walker’s composer’s notes:

https://www.gwynethwalker.com/holywater.html

edited August 15, 2019

Holy Water – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/holy-water-v4.html

edited July 28, 2019

Holy Water – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/holy-water-v3.html

edited July 28, 2019

Baptismal Waters – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/baptismal-waters-v5.html

edited July 28, 2019

Baptismal Waters – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/baptismal-waters-v4.html

(editing original again)

edited July 15, 2019

Baptismal Waters – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/baptismal-waters-v3.html

edited January 15, 2019

Baptismal Waters – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/01/baptismal-waters-v2.html

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edited January 15, 2019

Holy Water – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/01/holy-water-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1085333732746240000

(edited after contact by composer, Gwyneth Walker, who wanted to

use the poem for a choir composition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHwiVhsoAs

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/05/walker-holy-water-seton-hall-march-7.html

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=272274348550&story_fbid=10156756089843551

https://www.localprayers.com/US/Patten/272274348550/Poetry-Where-You-Live

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January 11, 2006 23:25

Holy Water

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/01/holy-water.html

Mark 1:9-13, 15

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January 11, 2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16

Baptismal Waters

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/01/baptismal-waters.html

Matthew 27:24-26

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January 11, 2006 23:30

Baptism

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/01/baptism.html

(about Dad’t baptism, November 1990)

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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Tears – v2

My eyes welled up

Tears rolled down my cheeks

As the choir sang

Of God’s Love and His forgiveness

Vision blurred for a few moments

So I could but see

Unburdening my heart

In Your house this Sunday

You are not finished with me.

You have saved me

For what I know not yet

I pray you will steel my heart

And guide my hands and feet

To go and do Your work.

Heavenly Father,

Thank you for this day

And Your promise

For the sacrifice of Christ

Paid with Your body

Freely, freely,

For all of us

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edited November 14, 2018

Tears – v2

posted June 25, 2004

Tears

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/06/tears.html

July 8, 2001

July 1, 2001 12:10

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 48,080 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live

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pearls, jewels, of water on each blossom

pearls, jewels, of water on each blossom

vibrant, almost pulsing with color

bejeweled, bedazzled, utterly brilliant

life giving water on each petals, the leaves,

the stems of the daylily, the wet rich soil

supporting them in the garden

living supple flesh sprayed by the droplets

the sudden mid-day rain shower,

drink it all in, heavy with memory,

present, captured, on the emulsion

after a brief burst, the deluge

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edited July 9, 2018

edited July 9, 2018

each droplet breathed, a prayer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-droplet-breathed-prayer-v3.html

edited July 9, 2018

each droplet breathed, a prayer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-droplet-breathed-prayer-v2.html

edited July 9, 2018

each droplet breathed, a prayer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-droplet-breathed-prayer.html

&

edited July 7, 2018

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v7.html

(merging edits to versions 5 and 6)

edited July 7, 2018

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v6.html

(editing original)

Edited November 20, 2014

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v5.html

(editing version 3)

edited October 6, 2014

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v4.html

Edited October 25, 2013

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v3.html

edited November 14, 2011

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/11/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v2.html

May 21, 2009

As threadbare as old cheesecloth

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth.html

title saved 12/27/08

&

edited July 7, 2018

late spring, early summer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/late-spring-early-summer-v2.html

edited July 7, 2018

the skin of an ancient reptile – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-skin-of-ancient-reptile-v3.html

adding a third stanza

edited July 7, 2018

the skin of an ancient reptile – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-skin-of-ancient-reptile-v2.html

July 7, 2018

late spring, early summer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/late-spring-early-summer.html

July 7, 2018

the living map rolled out – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-living-map-rolled-out-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1015571474508341248

July 7, 2018

the living map rolled out

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-living-map-rolled-out.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1015567765057474560

July 7, 2018

the skin of an ancient reptile

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-skin-of-ancient-reptile.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1015560459808894976

challenge post on twitter page

“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”

picture of a leaf

https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1015271966268198912

Realistic Poetry

https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/

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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/

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 47,220 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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each droplet breathed, a prayer – v1.5

a painted word-picture

an image of a daylily

each droplet breathed, a prayer,

speaking to each one of us

through our eyes, our memory,

words of love, of beauty, of precision

a moment knitted into our story

droplets of rain, transparent beads,

liquid glass, like melted sugar

splashed, brushed on each petal

of the daylily

like Jack Frost’s confection

in another time, a season

when such blossoms do not exist

living flesh sprayed by the droplets

a repeating pattern, precision,

aligned on the daylily

frozen for us in the image -

Drink it all in, heavy with memory,

present, captured forever,

after a brief morning shower

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edited July 9, 2018

each droplet breathed, a prayer – v1.5

edited July 9, 2018

each droplet breathed, a prayer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-droplet-breathed-prayer-v3.html

edited July 9, 2018

each droplet breathed, a prayer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-droplet-breathed-prayer-v2.html

edited July 9, 2018

each droplet breathed, a prayer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/each-droplet-breathed-prayer.html

&

edited July 7, 2018

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v7.html

(merging edits to versions 5 and 6)

edited July 7, 2018

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v6.html

(editing original)

Edited November 20, 2014

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v5.html

(editing version 3)

edited October 6, 2014

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v4.html

Edited October 25, 2013

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v3.html

edited November 14, 2011

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/11/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth-v2.html

May 21, 2009

As threadbare as old cheesecloth

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/as-threadbare-as-old-cheesecloth.html

title saved 12/27/08

&

edited July 7, 2018

late spring, early summer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/late-spring-early-summer-v2.html

edited July 7, 2018

the skin of an ancient reptile – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-skin-of-ancient-reptile-v3.html

adding a third stanza

edited July 7, 2018

the skin of an ancient reptile – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-skin-of-ancient-reptile-v2.html

July 7, 2018

late spring, early summer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/late-spring-early-summer.html

July 7, 2018

the living map rolled out – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-living-map-rolled-out-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1015571474508341248

July 7, 2018

the living map rolled out

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-living-map-rolled-out.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1015567765057474560

July 7, 2018

the skin of an ancient reptile

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-skin-of-ancient-reptile.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1015560459808894976

challenge post on twitter page

“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”

picture of a leaf

https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1015271966268198912

Realistic Poetry

https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/

&

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/

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 47,220 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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