#Dew on the #Tulips (5/15/2006, Claremont, NH)

Perfect droplets posed,
dew, rain, water,
cling to purple skin,
liquid flesh of the tulip…
 
Holding on, for moments more,
before the melting away,
May sunshine, evaporating,
waiting for my camera
posing, posturing…
 
Holding still for the shot
ready to complete the cycle,
from the cloud to the earth
and back again, an aerosol,
warming of morning…
 
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Edited April 2, 2024
Dew on the Tulips
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/dew-on-tulips.html
May 20, 2007 17:13
Dew on the Tulip
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/05/dew-on-tulip.html
May 15, 2006

Tulips in the rain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/05/tulips-in-rain.html
 
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Sealed by the Lord ' v2

The Lord was the one,
who saved him and his family
the animals, the birds, all creation
from wrath. from the flood, 
from the cleansing
the cleaning of the earth
They went according to His will
into the unknown, into the Ark
and were sealed in by the Lord.


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edited February 23, 2020


December 30, 2006 8:10

Genesis 7:16
“And those who entered [the Ark], male and female of all flesh,
went is as God had commanded him [Noah]; and the Lord shut him in.”


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Pocahontas-ed – v2

I can hear them now,

ages four and six,

squabbling a bit, not settling

wrapped in Pocahontas

downstairs on the pull-out couch

Gramma and the two girls

sheets, comforter, pillow cases too

Indian princess covering ours

a sleepover in the living room

fitfully quieting for the night

past her bedtime, approaching theirs

on the weekend, Saturday,

pushing for more time

before slumber wins out

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edited September 26, 2019

Pocahontas-ed – v2

&

edited September 26, 2019

Focused on My Family – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/focused-on-my-family-v3.html

&

Edited January 7, 2014

Focused on My Family - v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/focused-on-my-family-v2.html

&

edited September 26, 2019

Closer to the Fire – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/closer-to-fire-v4.html

editing original and version 3

edited April 7, 2015

Closer to the Fire – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/closer-to-fire-v3.html

(editing version 2)

Camp Shepard

https://www.facebook.com/groups/42387562562/

https://www.facebook.com/CampShepard

edited July 22, 2012

“Closer to the Fire – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/closer-to-fire-v2.html

&

part of a series of poems written the same night

&

September 23, 2006 21:07

Focused on My Family

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/focused-on-my-family.html

note 9/26/19 –

not sure the basis of the change in plans,

Erica was 10, Shyanne 6, Shanequa 4;

but I wrote the poem Pocahontas-ed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/pocahontas-ed.html

at September 23, 2006 21:12, about 5 minutes later

about the girls sleeping downstairs with gramma

and about 15 minutes later I wrote the poem

Closer to the Fire at September 23, 2006 21:22

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/closer-to-fire.html

about YMCA summer camp years before

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Focused on My Family – v3

A night out, Saturday, cut short

needing to go back home

to put them to bed,

to give her rest

a time to mend and heal

no regrets of the change

the redirection homeward

where we needed to be

resting when we needed to

no regrets at all

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edited September 26, 2019

Pocahontas-ed – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/pocahontas-ed-v2.html

&

edited September 26, 2019

Focused on My Family – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/focused-on-my-family-v3.html

&

Edited January 7, 2014

Focused on My Family - v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/focused-on-my-family-v2.html

&

edited September 26, 2019

Closer to the Fire – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/closer-to-fire-v4.html

editing original and version 3

edited April 7, 2015

Closer to the Fire – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/closer-to-fire-v3.html

(editing version 2)

Camp Shepard

https://www.facebook.com/groups/42387562562/

https://www.facebook.com/CampShepard

edited July 22, 2012

“Closer to the Fire – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/closer-to-fire-v2.html

&

part of a series of poems written the same night

&

September 23, 2006 21:07

Focused on My Family

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/focused-on-my-family.html

note 9/26/19 –

not sure the basis of the change in plans,

Erica was 10, Shyanne 6, Shanequa 4;

but I wrote the poem Pocahontas-ed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/pocahontas-ed.html

at September 23, 2006 21:12, about 5 minutes later

about the girls sleeping downstairs with gramma

and about 15 minutes later I wrote the poem

Closer to the Fire at September 23, 2006 21:22

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/closer-to-fire.html

about YMCA summer camp years before

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In Secret They Were Sent - v2

Magi, astrologers, wise men.

they were the outsiders, the unclean foreigners;

but Herod needed spies to find the baby

to search out the King, to find his rival

so he could pinpoint his strike, his attack,

to cut off the prophesy, to deny God.

Herod met with the foreigners

the astrologers, the wise men

the outsiders, to be his unwitting agents;

but God had other plans

Plans for homage and for safety

for glory and for the future.

In secret they were sent

by Herod to find the Christ-child

unwitting agents, warned

to go another way,

to leave Christ in secret

to continue on home.

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edited August 15, 2019

In Secret They Were Sent – v2

edited and adding third stanza

January 6, 2008

In Secret They Were Sent

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-secret-they-were-sent.html

Matthew 2:1-12

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The Island (in my mind) – v2

There is a place where only I can go

A space of solitary quietude

a singular solitude

where my thoughts can roam

Ponder and probe,

Mull and meander down paths

only I would follow

Away from the noise around me

Finding a centering, a grounding

in the island of my mind

in this place of solitude

a peace I call my own.

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edited August 5, 2019

The Island in my mind – v2

1/11/06 23:00, edited 1/12/06 12:41

The Island in my mind

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

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Waking Sky – v2

A fall sky in slumber

warming fan brush strokes,
horsehair bristles,
pushed across the fall tableau;
Deep burgundies and dark below
Headlights on

Down the road
round the bend
the view brighter;
champagne and plumb and wisp
a bluing of the sky

Another winding
down the twisting backroad;
translucent yellows,
screens of color

Farther on, morning waking;
white takes the stage
above a fireball flame sun

Then the sun filled
the windshield below the visor
warming my face
on this fall morning,
now after the dark

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edited February 3, 2017

Waking Sky – v2

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:07

Waking Sky

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/waking-sky.html

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Smiles – v2

Smiles on our lips,

On our cheeks,
In our eyes and in our hearts
Even in parting
Last with me
Linger, remain;
Whispering, murmuring
I love you

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edited February 19, 2016

Smiles – v2

Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:08

Smiles

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/01/smiles.html

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A Foundation – haiku – v2

under leaves and dirt

a foundation of brick, stone

covered in the woods

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edited February 8, 2016

A Foundation – haiku – v2

October 27, 2009

A Foundation - haiku

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/10/foundation-haiku.html

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Morning Drive – v2

A skin of frost on the ground,

held within the branches,

the yellowed fields;
a film of ice on the pond,
low fog lit on down the road

Light in the windshield

shafts, rays, highlight
glowing milkweed pods
bursting for later rebirth

Quiet, rumble of the engine
Heading from home;
Heading to work,
reversed in the dark

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

edited January 13, 2016

Morning Drive – v2

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:47

Morning Drive

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/11/morning-drive.html

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Worthless Grain – v5

Our barns, full, bursting

our harvest not shared;

Gathered to the edges

like the rich man’s treasure.

Grain stored for a lifetime

no cares, yet not enough;

Wanting more, bigger barns,

for more stockpiled, gathered in.

All of it is worthless, the grain, the harvest,

his possessions, all he had stored up;

It is worthless before God,

come for an accounting of his days.

Where was his heart, his charity,

the treasures that he kept;

Storing up grain, for himself,

useless on that Judgment Day.

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edited December 22, 2015

Worthless Grain – v5

(editing version 4)

edited March 31, 2015

Worthless Grain – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/worthless-grain-v4.html

(editing version 2 again)

Edited September 12, 2013

Worthless Grain – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/worthless-grain-v3.html

(editing version 2)

Edited August 29, 2013

Worthless Grain – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/worthless-grain-v2.html

November 16, 2009

Worthless Grain

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/11/worthless-grain.html

Luke 12:15-21

and Psalm 16

and “The Prayer of St. Francis”,

United Methodist Hymnal #481;

and sermon, “I Want It All . . .”,

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/11/sermon-i-want-it-all-by-pastor-ruth-l.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

November 15, 2009

Her sermon is the third of a four-part series based in part on

Reverend Adam Hamilton (http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/)’s book,

“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity” (http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426702334)

All of my poems and photographs 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 (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,430+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Inspiration Poetry – v3

Words coming so quickly

like water flowing

a spring bubbling up

living water rising

seemingly without control

titles and phrases, bits of the body

flying through the air, landing

falling to the page

in line and verse

inspiration poetry

words, stanzas

a pad close at hand

words plucked from the ether

words by inspiration

no perspiration required

gifts alone, appearing,

words from God

from heaven above

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

edited January 13, 2016

Inspiration Poetry – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/inspiration-poetry-v6.html

(merging edits to version 3, version 4, and version 5)

(I know, this is part of the craft thing…)

edited  November 17, 2015

Inspiration Poetry – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/inspiration-poetry-v5.html

(editing version 3)

edited  November 5, 2015

Inspiration Poetry – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/inspiration-poetry-v4.html

(editing version 3)

edited November 4, 2015

Inspiration Poetry – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/inspiration-poetry-v3.html

(merging version 2 and original)

Edited September 4, 2012

“Inspiration Poetry – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/inspiration-poetry-v2.html

May 24, 2009

“Inspiration Poetry”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/inspiration-poetry.html

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“Here I am; send me!” – v2

A prophet answering

the direct call to action

by the Lord God Jehovah

to bring truth to the people.

Foretelling a trial they must face

to be God’s voice.

“Whom shall I send?”

“Here I am; send me!”

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edited May 23, 2015

Here I am; send me! – v2

January 12, 2007 20:50

Here I am; send me!

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/01/here-i-am-send-me.html

Isaiah 6:8b

&

edited May 23, 2015

Whom shall I send – 2 – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/05/whomshall-i-send-2-v2-words-of-god-upon.html

February 3, 2013

Whom shall I send - 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/02/whom-shall-i-send-2.html

Mark 1:16-20 (The Message Bible)

Isaiah 6:1-8 (God’s WORD Bible)

Jeremiah 1:4-10 (Common English Bible)

(and Mark 1:1-8, not included by Pastor Ruth)

Worship Theme: “God Calls and Equips Us”

Call to Worship (Lectionary Worship Aids / Series IX, Cycle C © 2013)   

Unison Prayer (Lectionary Worship Aids / Series IX, Cycle C © 2013)

Prayer of Dedication (adapted from GBOD February 12, 2013)                                 

Prayer of Confession

Communion liturgy

and sermon – “Workin for the Man”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/02/sermon-workin-for-man-by-pastor-ruth.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 3, 2013

Fourth Sunday of Epiphany

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