Showing posts with label fields. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fields. Show all posts

Thursday, February 10, 2022

where they bedded for the night

I descended in Morning
the mountain, the hill behind me
crossing the stone walls
the orchards, the fields,
below me, opening,
finding their signs
the matted grasses
where they bedded for the night.
 
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February 10, 2022

where they bedded for the night

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/where-they-bedded-for-night.html

written after reading “Little Sister Pond”,

by Mary Oliver

&

Edited February 10, 2022

something ancient, sacred - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v6.html

February 10, 2022

Gathering another branch

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/gathering-another-branch.html

written after reading "A Meeting"

by Mary Oliver

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edited February 8, 2022

Building their nest – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/building-their-nest-v2.html

February 7, 2022

Building their nest

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/building-their-nest.html

&

edited February 10, 2022

something ancient, sacred – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v5.html

edited February 10, 2022

something ancient, sacred – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v4.html

edited February 9, 2022

something ancient, sacred – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v3.html

edited after reading, “Crossing the Swamp”,

by Mary Oliver

&

Edited October 19, 2013

something ancient, sacred – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/something-ancient-sacred-v2.html

July 21, 2013

something ancient, sacred

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/something-ancient-sacred.html

about fishing trip

July 17, 2013

&

edited February 9, 2022

drawn to the source – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/drawn-to-source-v2.html

February 9, 2022

drawn to the source

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/drawn-to-source.html

written after reading, “The Fish” and

“Honey at the Table”,

by Mary Oliver

&

edited February 9, 2022

Wooing the Darkness to Sleep – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/wooing-darkness-to-sleep-v2.html

February 9, 2022

Wooing the Darkness to Sleep

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/wooing-darkness-to-sleep.html

written after reading, “White Night”,

by Mary Oliver

&

edited February 9, 2022

Her Lady Slipper – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/her-lady-slipper-v3.html

edited after reading “May”,

by Mary Oliver

&

edited February 9, 2022

at the edge of the lake – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v4.html

edited February 9, 2022

at the edge of the lake – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v3.html

edited February 9, 2022

at the edge of the lake – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v2.html

edited February 9, 2022

onto the water – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water-v2.html

February 8, 2022

onto the water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water.html

about summer 2000,

written after reading "Blossom"

by Mary Oliver

&

February 8, 2022

at the edge of the lake

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake.html

about summer 2000,

written after reading "Morning on Great Pond"

by Mary Oliver

&

edited February 8, 2022

in the woods I wandered – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v3.html

edited February 8, 2022

in the woods I wandered – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v2.html

February 8, 2022

in the woods I wandered

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered.html

written after reading “Spring”

by Mary Oliver

&

edited February 8, 2022

The bramble enticing – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing-v2.html

February 8, 2022

the bramble enticing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing.html

Written after reading "Skunk Cabbage"

by Mary Oliver

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February 6, 2022

Diatomaceous earth

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diatomaceous-earth.html

Written after reading "Rain in Ohio",

By Mary Oliver

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February 6, 2022

The raptors, their carrion

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-raptors-their-carrion.html

Written after reading "Vultures" by Mary Oliver.

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January 3, 2022

A squadron of geese

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese.html

written after reading Clapp’s Brook by Mary Oliver

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January 3, 2022

The bear cub

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bear-cub.html

About drive out of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

after 2019 Stars Over Katahdin dark skies event. 

Drafted after reading first part of poem "Clapp's Brook" by Mary Oliver.

 

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poetry, nature, pool, memories,

 

#poetry #nature #pool #memories

 

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poetry, Florida, nature, raptors, birds, carrion,

 

#poetry #Florida #nature #raptors #birds #carrion

 

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poetry, blackberry, blackberries, nature, harvest, bramble,

 

#poetry #Blackberry #blackberries #nature #harvest #bramble

 

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poetry, walk, woods, explore, exploration, deer, Mary Oliver,

 

#poetry #walk #woods #explore #exploration #deer #MaryOliver #fields

 

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poetry, dawn, God, promise, lake, night, darkness, sunrise, sleep, wake, circadian rhythm,

 

#poetry #dawn #God #promise #lake #night #darkness #sunrise #sleep #wake

 

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poetry, God, nature, humanity, connection, woods, table, food, hunger, fish, honey, Mary Oliver,

 

#poetry #God #nature #humanity #connection #woods #table #food #hunger #fish #honey #MaryOliver

 

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, 2021, and 2022. 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.

 

 

poetry, Faith, home, hope, house, leaves, light, Nature, Maine, orange, Poetry Where You Live, sky, sun, water, rain, thunder, forest,

 

#poetry #Faith #home #hope #leaves #light #Nature #ME #sky #sun #water #memory #forest #ancestor

 

 

poetry, God, seagull, flight, flying, wings, hawks, nature, raptors, birds, creation, Florida, osprey, nest,

 

#poetry #God #flight #flying #wings #hawks #Florida #nature #raptors #birds #creation #osprey #nest

 

Friday, August 30, 2019

Ice more than Frost – v6

ice more than frost
on the flat surfaces;
flat and slanted
against the wind
even the doorway

all covered, frozen,
encased in white, in ice
temperature still falling;
well below freezing
that dark, dark night

melting only by applying
the exhaust of the engine;
the car awakening slowly
from its dormancy, frozen,
from its mask of ice

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edited August 29, 2019
Ice more than Frost – v6

edited July 18, 2015
Ice more than Frost – v5
(editing version 4)
edited April 10, 2015
Ice more than Frost – v4
(editing original again)
about a different night with black ice
&
edited October 27, 2014
Ice more than Frost – v3
(editing original again)
edited February 12, 2014
“Ice more than Frost – v2”
new poem October 23, 2013
“Ice more than Frost”
driving from Patten to Stacyville and
view of Mt. Katahdin
October 23, 2013
edited April 8, 2015
painted with grains of sand – v7
(editing version 3)
Edited September 17, 2013
painted with grains of sand – v6
(editing version 3)
Edited December 15, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v5”
reediting version 3
&
Edited December 11, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v4”
based on suggestions by Jacob Montgomery,
of Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v3”
after emailing earlier version to Jacob Montgomery,
Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v2”
November 20, 2012
“painted with grains of sand”
one of several poems about drive yesterday
the fields were alive with frost this morning
on NH Route 107 in Epsom, NH, Southbound,
with many vistas of white over the reeds and grain stalks, as
at 43.213132,-71.285279
going to the Deerfield Community School
November 19, 2012


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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 51,700+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Faith, God, grace, hope, love,  Poetry Where You Live, fields, harvest, calling, leaves, frost, ferns, color, brown,  autumn, winter, white, Mt. Katahdin, light,


#Faith #God #grace #hope #love #fields #harvest #calling #leaves #autumn #winter #color #brown #golden #frost #white #light #Katahdin 

Thursday, October 04, 2018

I’m not moving – v2

“I don’t know about you,
but I’m good
I’m not moving;
my feet are hurting…
and I am tired.”

Was this the dialogue
her bold statement
between a wife and husband -
the birth of farming
many thousand years ago?

Was it just because someone
liked the view before them
the place seemed good to them
they were tired
and their feet hurt too?

Dropping the seeds
in the bags they carried
into verdant soil
the Fertile Crescent
ablaze with grains of life.

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edited October 4, 2018
I’m not moving – v2

I’m not moving
imagining the conversation
that led to the birth of farming


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 47,740 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Agriculture, farming, nomadic, hunter, gatherer, domestication, crops, land, land ownership, fields, farms, Neolithic, grains, history of agriculture, history, fertile crescent, Mesopotamia, creation, Eden, God,

#Agriculture #birth #farming #nomadic #hunter #gatherer #domestication #crops #land #landownership #fields #farms #Neolithic #grains #historyofagriculture #history #fertilecrescent #Mesopotamia #creation #Eden #God #Levant #crops #birthoffarming

I’m not moving


I don’t know about you
but I’m good
I’m not moving;
I am tired
my feet are hurting…

was this the dialogue
the birth of farming
was it just because someone
liked the view
the place seemed good
that they were tired
that their feet hurt too

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October 4, 2018
I’m not moving

imagining the conversation
that led to the birth of farming


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 47,740 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Agriculture, farming, nomadic, hunter, gatherer, domestication, crops, land, land ownership, fields, farms, Neolithic, grains, history of agriculture, history, fertile crescent, Mesopotamia, creation, Eden, God,

#Agriculture #birth #farming #nomadic #hunter #gatherer #domestication #crops #land #landownership #fields #farms #Neolithic #grains #historyofagriculture #history #fertilecrescent #Mesopotamia #creation #Eden #God #Levant #crops #birthoffarming #creator

Saturday, January 27, 2018

painting with light


painting with light
an awakening below the horizon
the sun rising, glorious,
from his slumber, the shadows,
like a running beginning a race;
the screen, the curtain, being raised
by hands that are invisible
wooing the morning
good in God’s sight

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January 27, 2019
with the brush of the artist
edited January 26, 2018
painting with light – v3
edited January 26, 2018
painting with light – v2
January 26, 2018
painting with light
creation scripture
Genesis 1:1-5
Genesis 1:1-19
runner scripture
Psalm 19:4-5
“In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy,
and like a strong man runs its course with joy.”
painting Facebook post – Pastor Ruth Foss
1/26/18 6:17am
“By the way…
nice sunrise…
I Love to watch you paint…”
&
January 15, 2018
Ferns of ice
edited January 15, 2018
Translucent Ferns – v4
(editing version 2)
edited January 15, 2018
Translucent Ferns – v3
(editing original)
after taking 80 pictures of ice crystals
at the church that morning
&
edited April 4, 2017
imagining the palette of God – v2
March 29, 2017
imagining the palette of God
edited March 29, 2017
brushstrokes of the artist – v2
edited March 29, 2017
streaks of bold color – v2
edited March 29, 2017
the heavens aflame – v2
edited March 29, 2017
in streaks of cold and heat – v2
edited March 29, 2017
painting in temperature – v2
edited March 29, 2017
a dollop of cold – v3
edited March 21, 2017
a dollop of cold – v2
March 21, 2017
a dollop of cold
March 21, 2017
painting in temperature
March 21, 2017
in streaks of cold and heat
March 21, 2017
the heaven aflame
March 21, 2017
streaks of bold color
March 21, 2017
brushstrokes of the artist
sunset from our back yard
the peak of Mt. Katahdin
Patten, ME
&
edited October 27, 2014
snow on the mountain – v3
October 24, 2013
snow on the mountain – v2
new poem October 24, 2013
snow on the mountain
new poem October 23, 2013
“Ice more than Frost”
driving from Patten to Stacyville and view of Mt. Katahdin
October 23, 2013
Edited September 17, 2013
painted with grains of sand – v6
Edited December 10, 2012
painted with grains of sand – v3
Edited December 10, 2012
November 20, 2012
the fields were alive with frost this morning
on NH Route 107 in Epsom, NH, Southbound,
with many vistas of white over the reeds and grain stalks, as
at 43.213132,-71.285279
going to the Deerfield Community School
November 19, 2012
&
edited April 10, 2015
painted with grains of sand – v7
(editing version 3)
Edited September 17, 2013
painted with grains of sand – v6
(editing version 3)
Edited December 15, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v5”
reediting version 3
&
Edited December 11, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v4”
based on suggestions by Jacob Montgomery,
of Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v3”
after emailing earlier version to Jacob Montgomery,
Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v2”
November 20, 2012
“painted with grains of sand”
one of several poems about drive yesterday
the fields were alive with frost this morning
on NH Route 107 in Epsom, NH, Southbound,
with many vistas of white over the reeds and grain stalks, as
at 43.213132,-71.285279
going to the Deerfield Community School
November 19, 2012
&
edited June 15, 2015
Translucent Ferns – v2
edited June 15, 2015
Translucent – Haiku – v2
 (after agreeing for this poem to be posted on
Finish poetry blog,
daily haiku meme Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
“Every Wednesday I have a special feature on my weblog and this week it’s about ferns. I love to use your poem “translucent ferns” for that episode. I hope you will give me permission.”
by poet, Chèvrefeuille
October 21, 2010
Transulent Ferns
October 21, 2010
Translucent – Haiku
on the drive from home to Pembroke Academy
about 7:06
and again on Rte 28
about 9am
Suncook, NH
Pembroke, NH
Allenstown, NH
October 20, 2010

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, and 2017. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 45,980 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Faith, God, grace, hope, love, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, fields, harvest, calling, leaves, nature, autumn, frost, winter, cold, ice, white, ferns, crystals, sunrise, light,

#Faith #God #grace #hope #love #Methodist #fields #harvest #calling #purpose #leaves #nature #frost #winter #cold #ice #white #ferns #crystals #coral #snow #sunrise, #light #sky #morning #dome

with the brush of the artist


With the brush of the artist
with color and promise
painting the heavens
with the hope of the morning
the dawning of a new day
with power and might

With colors only God can use
the Creator of heaven and earth
painting with the brush
of the artist, of creation, wooing
the dawning of a new day
with power and might

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January 27, 2019
with the brush of the artist

edited January 26, 2018
painting with light – v3
edited January 26, 2018
painting with light – v2
January 26, 2018
painting with light
creation scripture
Genesis 1:1-5
Genesis 1:1-19
runner scripture
Psalm 19:4-5
“In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy,
and like a strong man runs its course with joy.”
painting Facebook post – Pastor Ruth Foss
1/26/18 6:17am
“By the way…
nice sunrise…
I Love to watch you paint…”
&
January 15, 2018
Ferns of ice
edited January 15, 2018
Translucent Ferns – v4
(editing version 2)
edited January 15, 2018
Translucent Ferns – v3
(editing original)
after taking 80 pictures of ice crystals
at the church that morning
&
edited April 4, 2017
imagining the palette of God – v2
March 29, 2017
imagining the palette of God
edited March 29, 2017
brushstrokes of the artist – v2
edited March 29, 2017
streaks of bold color – v2
edited March 29, 2017
the heavens aflame – v2
edited March 29, 2017
in streaks of cold and heat – v2
edited March 29, 2017
painting in temperature – v2
edited March 29, 2017
a dollop of cold – v3
edited March 21, 2017
a dollop of cold – v2
March 21, 2017
a dollop of cold
March 21, 2017
painting in temperature
March 21, 2017
in streaks of cold and heat
March 21, 2017
the heaven aflame
March 21, 2017
streaks of bold color
March 21, 2017
brushstrokes of the artist
sunset from our back yard
the peak of Mt. Katahdin
Patten, ME
&
edited October 27, 2014
snow on the mountain – v3
October 24, 2013
snow on the mountain – v2
new poem October 24, 2013
snow on the mountain
new poem October 23, 2013
“Ice more than Frost”
driving from Patten to Stacyville and view of Mt. Katahdin
October 23, 2013
Edited September 17, 2013
painted with grains of sand – v6
Edited December 10, 2012
painted with grains of sand – v3
Edited December 10, 2012
November 20, 2012
the fields were alive with frost this morning
on NH Route 107 in Epsom, NH, Southbound,
with many vistas of white over the reeds and grain stalks, as
at 43.213132,-71.285279
going to the Deerfield Community School
November 19, 2012
&
edited April 10, 2015
painted with grains of sand – v7
(editing version 3)
Edited September 17, 2013
painted with grains of sand – v6
(editing version 3)
Edited December 15, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v5”
reediting version 3
&
Edited December 11, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v4”
based on suggestions by Jacob Montgomery,
of Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v3”
after emailing earlier version to Jacob Montgomery,
Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v2”
November 20, 2012
“painted with grains of sand”
one of several poems about drive yesterday
the fields were alive with frost this morning
on NH Route 107 in Epsom, NH, Southbound,
with many vistas of white over the reeds and grain stalks, as
at 43.213132,-71.285279
going to the Deerfield Community School
November 19, 2012
&
edited June 15, 2015
Translucent Ferns – v2
edited June 15, 2015
Translucent – Haiku – v2
 (after agreeing for this poem to be posted on
Finish poetry blog,
daily haiku meme Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
“Every Wednesday I have a special feature on my weblog and this week it’s about ferns. I love to use your poem “translucent ferns” for that episode. I hope you will give me permission.”
by poet, Chèvrefeuille
October 21, 2010
Transulent Ferns
October 21, 2010
Translucent – Haiku
on the drive from home to Pembroke Academy
about 7:06
and again on Rte 28
about 9am
Suncook, NH
Pembroke, NH
Allenstown, NH
October 20, 2010

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, and 2017. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 45,980 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Faith, God, grace, hope, love, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, fields, harvest, calling, leaves, nature, autumn, frost, winter, cold, ice, white, ferns, crystals

#Faith #God #grace #hope #love #Methodist #fields #harvest #calling #purpose #leaves #nature #autumn #frost #winter #cold #ice #white #ferns #crystals #coral #snow