pray through the conflict

we cannot change hearts

we can only pray

giving our concerns to God

God knows the way

pray for your enemies

for those with whom you differ

pray to soften hearts

to melt the difference

pray through the conflict

the times of struggle

who knows, maybe

there is peace in the middle

                  

------

May 19, 2014

Matthew 5:43-44 (NRSV)

Matthew 5:43-46

Matthew 5:43-48 “Loved All People” (NCV)

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“Prayer and Conflict”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-05-19

by Barbara Barton

for May 19, 2014

read May 19, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for March and April 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/may-jun%202014

&

May 19, 2014

Job 12:4a (GNT)

“Verbal Abuse”

devotion by Kristin O’Connor

for May 19, 2014

read on May 19, 2014

&

“Stand up for Yourself”

devotion by Chelsey (no last name)

for May 19, 2014

read on May 19, 2014

&

Devozine for May 19, 2014 to May 25, 2014

“+abused”

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. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 29,820+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Bless those who curse you

do not hold their bile

the lashes of their tongues

release the pain within

bless those who curse you

whose words do you harm

do not lash out

returning evil for evil

love all people

love even your enemies

bless those who curse you

leave them to God

                  

------

May 19, 2014

Matthew 5:43-44 (NRSV)

Matthew 5:43-46

Matthew 5:43-48 “Loved All People” (NCV)

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“Prayer and Conflict”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-05-19

by Barbara Barton

for May 19, 2014

read May 19, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for March and April 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/may-jun%202014

&

May 19, 2014

Job 12:4a (GNT)

“Verbal Abuse”

devotion by Kristin O’Connor

for May 19, 2014

read on May 19, 2014

&

“Stand up for Yourself”

devotion by Chelsey (no last name)

for May 19, 2014

read on May 19, 2014

&

Devozine for May 19, 2014 to May 25, 2014

“+abused”

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. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 29,820+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Earth Mother – v3

thankful to a Creator

to a Father God

to a nurturing world

thankful for an earth mother

a fuller picture, all of life,

for planting, for harvest

for watering and tending

cycles in their farming

for blessing on the land

===

edited April 16, 2014

Earth Mother – v3

(editing original again)

Edited January 19, 2013

“Earth Mother – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/earth-mother-v2.html

January 18, 2013

“Earth Mother”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/earth-mother.html

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45 of book

“Human Heritage”,

http://www.amazon.com/Human-Heritage-History-Teachers-Wraparound/dp/0028231880

by Miriam Greenblatt and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

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. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 29,150+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

My Land – v4

Walls between us

our neighbors ourselves

setting us apart

words defining

that moment in time

“my land”, set in one place

My land, these words

separating our world

ownership, protection

walling off neighbor

claiming land as their own

passed on to descendants

My land, not yours

for my own purpose

now claiming the land

fixed in one place

no longer nomads, gatherers

now people bound to the earth

====

Edited November 23, 2013

My Land – v4

Edited October 1, 2013

My Land – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/my-land-v3.html

Edited September 5, 2013

My Land – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-land-v2.html

January 18, 2013

My Land

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-land.html

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45

“Human Heritage”,

by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 26,580+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

My Land – v3

My land, these words

separating our world

ownership, protection

walling off neighbor

claiming land as their own

passed on to descendants

My land, not yours

for my own purpose

now claiming the land

fixed in one place

no longer nomads, gatherers

people bound to the earth

====

Edited September 5, 2013

My Land – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-land-v2.html

January 18, 2013

My Land

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-land.html

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45

“Human Heritage”,

by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 25,810+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

My Land – v2

My land, the words

separating our world

ownership, protection

walling off neighbor

claiming land as their own

passed on to descendants

My land, not yours

for my own purpose

fixed in one place

no longer nomads, gatherers

people bound to the earth

====

Edited September 5, 2013

My Land – v2

January 18, 2013

My Land

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-land.html

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45

“Human Heritage”,

by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 25,310+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Earth Mother - v2

close to the earth

thankful to a creator

to a nurturing world

praying to an Earth Mother

for planting, for harvest

for watering and tending

cycles in their living

for blessing on the land

===

Edited January 19, 2013

“Earth Mother – v2”

January 18, 2013

“Earth Mother”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/earth-mother.html

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45 of book

“Human Heritage”,

http://www.amazon.com/Human-Heritage-History-Teachers-Wraparound/dp/0028231880

by Miriam Greenblatt and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Farming

No longer gathering

roaming the land

planting, growing

staying, a home

farming one plot

grains for a harvest

living in villages

boundaries for spaces

=====

January 18, 2013

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45

“Human Heritage”,

by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

My Land

ownership, protection

walling off neighbor

claiming land as their own

passed on to descendants

My land, not yours

for my own purpose

fixed in one place

people bound to the earth

====

January 18, 2013

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45

“Human Heritage”,

by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Praying to the Wind

before gods and goddesses

praying to the wind

for crops in their season

the forces of nature

dependent upon them

exposed on the land

=====

January 18, 2013

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45

“Human Heritage”,

by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Earth Mother

thankful to a creator

to a nurturing world

praying to an Earth Mother

for planting, for harvest

for watering and tending

cycles in their farming

for blessing on the land

===

January 18, 2013

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45

“Human Heritage”,

by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

spinning wool

domesticating animals

gathering them in

centered together

not roaming the lands

sharing together

specialization, farming

spinning wool from animals

placed on a loom

-----

January 18, 2013

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45

“Human Heritage”,

by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.