#drinking these #words of #Jesus – v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

like nectar poured from heaven,
like water to those who thirst...
coming in communion with scripture
drinking these words of Jesus
dripping from His lips...
prayed over the disciples
sensing the tension, the fear,
in the upper room...
sharing of the cup
eating of the bread
Falling down in worship
in cleaving to Christ’s command
to love as He loved us,
walking humbly in the world...
 
immersed in the living word,
dipping our bodies, our souls,
into these living waters...
pausing to breathe deeply
of the promises in His words,
the command to love one another
to abide in Christ’s love...
offered in these words
in the hot upper room,
but more by His example,
His choice to climb the cross...
Being prepared to see our neighbor
our brothers and sisters as worthy
of our love, our very lives...
 
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Edited July 23, 2026
drinking these words of Jesus
 
sermon, “I have called you friends”
sermon series, “Written in Red”
John 15:9-17
Matthew 26:48-50
1 Corinthians 15:33
Proverbs 13:20
Acts 4:13
James 2:23
Exodus 33:15
Faith Renewed Church
July 13, 2026
Falling at Your Throne
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/falling-at-your-throne.html
Faith Renewed Church
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, prayer, love, John 15, friend, disciple, master, abide,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

#drinking these #words of #Jesus #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

coming in communion with scripture
drinking these words of Jesus
dripping from His lips,
prayed over the disciples
sensing the tension, the fear,
in the upper room...
sharing of the cup
eating of the bread
falling down in worship
in cleaving to Christ’s command
to love as He loved us,
walking humbly in the world...
 
dipping our bodies, our souls,
into these living waters,
pausing to breathe deeply
of the promises in His words,
the command to love one another
to abide in Christ’s love
offered in these words
but more by His example,
His choice to climb the cross...
Being prepared to see our neighbor
our brothers and sisters as worthy
of our love, our very lives...
 
--------------
July 13, 2026
drinking these words of Jesus
 
sermon, “I have called you friends”
sermon series, “Written in Red”
John 15:9-17
Matthew 26:48-50
1 Corinthians 15:33
Proverbs 13:20
Acts 4:13
James 2:23
Exodus 33:15
Faith Renewed Church
July 13, 2026
Falling at Your Throne
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/falling-at-your-throne.html
Faith Renewed Church
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, prayer, love, John 15, friend, disciple, master, abide,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

#Wyatt chose me as his human #Dipper

Sitting on her kitchen floor, waiting, watching,
a sea of yorkies running, circling, barking,
racing round and round, a hurricane,
like sitting inside a washer on spin cycle.
 
He was shy, but bold, knowing, seeing me,
crossing the room between us, coming,
climbing cautiously, carefully, up into my lap;
Wyatt chose me as his human.

----------------
Edited February 28, 2024
Wyatt chose me as his human
 
February 27, 2024
Wyatt chose me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/wyatt-chose-me.html
The day Wyatt chose me
&
12/13/21 Facebook post after the death of my brother dog Wyatt
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid028hSGD8SMcRKy1xbL5iDFD7Nce9EBtd1wW6uYXLQGTMryep95PdQdvmJuYwar9MqQl
In this season of gratitude, sometimes sadness brings clarity, at least about some of the things that are important.
 
I lost my brother Wyatt (my Yorkshire Terrier) two years ago today, December 13, 2019.
 
He was 18 years old and a member of our family for 9 years. He had grown up at a breeder for the first 7 years of his life as a stud dog and he lived the next 2 years with another breeder who treated him more like a family member. When we first got him I learned he didn’t know how to play. He was my friend and companion, spending a lot of his time in my lap.
 
He chose me the day we went to Carol’s house to get a yorkie. I sat on the floor in her kitchen, with a whole herd of yorkies running around, and he climbed up into my lap.
 
I was away from home for work related training the last week of his life. Ruth said he was barking calling for me the last day. When I came home Ruth placed him into my arms and I sat down with him and he died in my lap with me petting him, within 5 minutes. As hard as that must have been for him, he waited for Dad to come home.
 
Such was the depth of his love and our bond together.
 
I’m crying typing these words just as I did on that Christmas morning when Erica gave me the gift of a painting of Wyatt’s spirit that she painted. It is hanging on the wall over my computer screen.
He was my brother, my friend, a pain in the butt for peeing on the floor when there was a clean pee pad available.
 
His presence in my lap with me typing away on the computer gave me peace and stroking his fur was just like stroking the hair of any other loved one. He would sit there in the crook of my crossed legs so long that my left leg would always go numb and I would fumble around with my leg asleep whenever I had to get up quickly. He would look up at me just so and I always knew he loved me.
So grateful he was gifted into my life. That’s a start for now…
 
----------------
(first posted January 4, 2020 as part of 21 Days of Gratitude)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/488435655364402/posts/496022011272433/
12/25/19 Facebook post about painting of Wyatt by Erica
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0SvNZ2Y2Fxu1kp66NwzxWvRhahJbrFWft7D9MpW6R1gcKjaK8uq1d2ExEn8UHQcUGl
12/13/19 Facebook post on Wyatt’s death
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid04yxyQVFBNTpkWuzLjwM6nRMbeLaDpY8EPkydGzJ6Nv9eBBNuurH2XBYpRrPDHNGJl
 
poetry, dog, friend, family, love, Wyatt, Yorkie, friendship, devotion, Dipper,
 
#poetry #dog #friend #family #love #Wyatt #Yorkie #friendship #devotion #Dipper

#Wyatt chose me my #Dipper

Sitting on the kitchen floor, waiting, watching,
a sea of yorkies running, circling, barking,
racing around and around, a hurricane,
like sitting inside of a washer on spin cycle.
 
He was shy, but bold, knowing, seeing me,
crossing space between us, coming,
climbing carefully up into my lap,
He chose me to be his human.

----------------

February 27, 2024

Wyatt chose me

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/wyatt-chose-me.html 

The day Wyatt chose me

&

12/13/21 Facebook post after the death of my dog Wyatt

https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid028hSGD8SMcRKy1xbL5iDFD7Nce9EBtd1wW6uYXLQGTMryep95PdQdvmJuYwar9MqQl
In this season of gratitude, sometimes sadness brings clarity, at least about some of the things that are important.
 
I lost my brother Wyatt (my Yorkshire Terrier) two years ago today, December 13, 2019.
 
He was 18 years old and a member of our family for 9 years. He had grown up at a breeder for the first 7 years of his life as a stud dog and he lived the next 2 years with another breeder who treated him more like a family member. When we first got him I learned he didn’t know how to play. He was my friend and companion, spending a lot of his time in my lap.
 
He chose me the day we went to Carol’s house to get a yorkie. I sat on the floor in her kitchen, with a whole herd of yorkies running around, and he climbed up into my lap.
 
I was away from home for work related training the last week of his life. Ruth said he was barking calling for me the last day. When I came home Ruth placed him into my arms and I sat down with him and he died in my lap with me petting him, within 5 minutes. As hard as that must have been for him, he waited for Dad to come home.
 
Such was the depth of his love and our bond together.
 
I’m crying typing these words just as I did on that Christmas morning when Erica gave me the gift of a painting of Wyatt’s spirit that she painted. It is hanging on the wall over my computer screen.
He was my brother, my friend, a pain in the butt for peeing on the floor when there was a clean pee pad available.
 
His presence in my lap with me typing away on the computer gave me peace and stroking his fur was just like stroking the hair of any other loved one. He would sit there in the crook of my crossed legs so long that my left leg would always go numb and I would fumble around with my leg asleep whenever I had to get up quickly. He would look up at me just so and I always knew he loved me.
So grateful he was gifted into my life. That’s a start for now…
 
----------------
(first posted January 4, 2020 as part of 21 Days of Gratitude)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/488435655364402/posts/496022011272433/
12/25/19 Facebook post about painting of Wyatt by Erica
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0SvNZ2Y2Fxu1kp66NwzxWvRhahJbrFWft7D9MpW6R1gcKjaK8uq1d2ExEn8UHQcUGl
12/13/19 Facebook post on Wyatt’s death
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid04yxyQVFBNTpkWuzLjwM6nRMbeLaDpY8EPkydGzJ6Nv9eBBNuurH2XBYpRrPDHNGJl
 
poetry, dog, friend, family, love, Wyatt, Yorkie, New Hampshire, Maine, friendship, devotion,
 
#poetry #dog #friend #family #love #Wyatt #Yorkie #NewHampshire #Maine #friendship #devotion

His voice has never been stronger – v2

I know him, I see him, almost daily,
in fair weather or foul, present,
in good times or in his struggles,
with demons at his heels, heavy,
stumbling, stammering, drunk, untamed,
his words slurred; his body disheveled.
 
I touch his dirty hands, his thick breath,
I count his wet, soiled money, crumpled,
Yet, I feel his softness, his humanity, his shyness,
his life on the streets, the outside, the wild,
unknown to me fully, but I know its toll on him.
I care about him; he has become my true friend.
 
Suddenly he began reciting yesterday, speaking, clearly,
ancient words of promise, of power, of courage,
imparted by God to Joshua, the leader of God’s people.
I turned from the cash register to listen, to truly hear him…
I know these verses too, but they are a part of him, deeper,
armor for the jungle, his struggle, for his protection, holy.
 
They are more than memory, they are his sword, his shield,
scripture indwelling within him, at the ready, strength,
cutting through the humidity, the normalcy of the morning.
His voice has never been stronger, his words never clearer…
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid” …
God is with him, with you, with all of us, now, out on the road.
 
-----------------

Edited July 17, 2023

His voice has never been stronger – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-has-never-been-stronger-v2.html

Edited July 17, 2023

Don’t listen to the Snake – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/dont-listen-to-snake-v2.html

Edited July 10, 2023

His voice has never been stronger

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-has-never-been-stronger.html

Edited July 10, 2023

His voice never stronger – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-never-stronger-v3.html

Edited July 10, 2023

His voice never stronger – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-never-stronger-v2.html

July 9, 2023

His voice never stronger

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-never-stronger.html

Joshua 1:8-9

&

Edited July 10, 2023

Don’t listen to the Snake

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/dont-listen-to-snake.html

Edited July 10, 2023

Fear is the snake – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/fear-is-snake-v2.html

July 9, 2023

Fear is the snake

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/fear-is-snake.html

&

June 26, 2023

There is no one, nothing to fear

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/there-is-no-one-nothing-to-fear.html

Romans 8:31-39

 

 

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, 2022, and 2023. 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.

 

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Poetry, poem, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, calling, purpose, fear, evil, satan, beast, devil, mind, enemy,

 

#poetry #poem #faith #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #calling #purpose #fear #evil #satan #beast #devil #mind #enemy

 

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Poetry, poem, Joshua 1, recitation, memory, strong, courageous, faith, power, alcoholic, friend, Joshua, David,

 

#poetry #poem #Joshua1 #recitation #memory #strong #courageous #power #faith #alcoholic #friend #Joshua #David

His voice has never been stronger.

I know him, I see him, almost daily,
in fair weather or foul, in good times
or in struggle, with demons at his heels,
stumbling, stammering, drunk, untamed,
his words slurred; his body disheveled.
 
I count his wet, soiled money, crumpled,
I touch his dirty hands, his thick breath,
Yet, I feel his softness, his humanity, his shyness,
his life on the streets, the outside, the wild, unknown.
I care about him; he has become my true friend.
 
Suddenly he broke into verse yesterday, reciting, clearly,
ancient words of promise, of power, of courage, imparted by God.
I turned from the cash register to listen, to hear him…
I know these verses too, but they are a part of him, deeper,
armor for the jungle, his struggle, for his protection, holy.
 
They are more than memory, scripture indwelling within him,
cutting through the humidity, the normalcy of the morning.
His voice has never stronger, his words never clearer…
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid” …
God is with him, with you, with us all, out on the road.

-----------------

Edited July 10, 2023

His voice never stronger – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-never-stronger-v3.html

Edited July 10, 2023

His voice never stronger – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-never-stronger-v2.html

July 9, 2023

His voice never stronger

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-never-stronger.html

Joshua 1:8-9

&

Edited July 10, 2023

Don’t listen to the Snake

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/dont-listen-to-snake.html

Edited July 10, 2023

Fear is the snake – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/fear-is-snake-v2.html

July 9, 2023

Fear is the snake

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/fear-is-snake.html

&

June 26, 2023

There is no one, nothing to fear

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/06/there-is-no-one-nothing-to-fear.html

Romans 8:31-39

 

 

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, 2022, and 2023. 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.

 

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Poetry, poem, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, calling, purpose, fear, evil, satan, beast, devil, mind, enemy,

 

#poetry #poem #faith #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #calling #purpose #fear #evil #satan #beast #devil #mind #enemy

 

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Poetry, poem, Joshua 1, recitation, memory, strong, courageous, faith, power, alcoholic, friend,

 

#poetry #poem #Joshua1 #recitation #memory #strong #courageous #power #faith #alcoholic #friend

 

His voice never stronger – v3

I have known him, I have seen him,
in fair weather or foul, in good times
or in struggle, with demons at his heels,
stumbling, stammering, drunk, untamed,
his words slurred; his body disheveled.
 
I have counted his wet, soiled money, crumpled,
I have touched his dirty hands, his thick breath,
Yet, I have felt his softness, his humanity, his shyness,
his life on the streets, the outside, the wild, unknown,
I care about him; he has become my true friend.
 
Suddenly he broke into verse yesterday, reciting, clearly,
ancient words of promise, of power, of courage, imparted by God.
I turned from the register to listen, to hear him…
I know these verses too, but they are a part of him, deeper,
armor for the jungle, for his protection, holy.
 
More than memory, scripture indwelling within him,
cutting through the humidity, the normalcy of the morning,
His voice never stronger, his words never clearer…
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid” …
God is with you, with us, out on the road.

-----------------

Edited July 10, 2023

His voice never stronger – v3

 

Edited July 10, 2023

His voice never stronger – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-never-stronger-v2.html

July 9, 2023

His voice never stronger

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-never-stronger.html

Joshua 1:8-9

 

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, 2022, and 2023. 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, poem, Joshua 1, recitation, memory, strong, courageous, faith, power, alcoholic, friend,

 

#poetry #poem #Joshua1 #recitation #memory #strong #courageous #power #faith #alcoholic #friend

 

His voice never stronger – v2

I have known him, I have seen him,
in fair weather or foul, in good times
or in struggle, with demons at his heels,
stumbling, stammering, drunk, untamed.
 
I have counted his wet, soiled money, crumpled,
I have touched his dirty hands, his thick breath;
Yet, I have felt his softness, his humanity, his shyness,
his life on the streets, the outside, the wild, unknown.
 
But suddenly he broke into verse yesterday, reciting, clearly,
ancient words of promise, of power, of courage, imparted by God.
I know these verses too, but they are a part of him, deeper,
armor for the jungle, for his protection, holy.
 
More than memory, scripture indwelling within him,
cutting through the humidity, the normalcy of the morning,
His voice never stronger, his words never clearer…
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid”…
God is with you, with us, out on the road.
 

-----------------

Edited July 10, 2023

His voice never stronger – v2

 

July 9, 2023

His voice never stronger

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-voice-never-stronger.html

Joshua 1:8-9

 

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, 2022, and 2023. 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, poem, Joshua 1, recitation, memory, strong, courageous, faith, power, alcoholic, friend,

 

#poetry #poem #Joshua1 #recitation #memory #strong #courageous #power #faith #alcohoilic #friend

 

His voice never stronger

I have known him, I have seen him,
in fair weather or foul, in good times
or in struggle, with demons at his heels,
stumbling, stammering, drunk, untamed;
I have counted his soiled money,
I have touched his dirty hands;
 
Yet, I have felt his softness, his humanity, his shyness,
his life on the streets, the outside, the wild, unknown.
 
But suddenly he broke into verse yesterday, reciting, clearly,
ancient words of promise, of power, of courage;
I know these verses too, but they are a part of him, deeper;
More than memory, scripture indwelling within him, cutting through,
 
His voice never stronger, his words never clearer…
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid”…
God is with you on the road.

-----------------

July 9, 2023

His voice never stronger

 

Joshua 1:8-9

 

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, 2022, and 2023. 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.

 

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Poetry, poem, Joshua 1, recitation, memory, strong, courageous, faith, power, alcoholic, friend,

 

#poetry #poem #Joshua1 #recitation #memory #strong #courageous #power #faith #alcohoilic #friend

 

You are not my friend – v2

No matter what you claim
your interest in me
my hopes, my dreams,
the words that I write,
 
You are not my friend
if you steal from my employer
the one who pays me,
who measures my work.
 
Every theft a red mark
a blight on my record
on the judgment that others
will write, will mete out.
 
You are not my friend
no matter how you sugar coat it;
I will cast you out the circle
into the outer darkness the abyss.
 
I may weep for the loss
of our conversations
but the pain is the greatest
in the lies of your attention.
 
You are not my friend,
you have proven it plainly,
trusting I would never catch you
that you were immune to consequence.
 
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Edited December 15, 2022

You are not my friend – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/you-are-not-my-friend-v2.html

Adding stanza 5 and 6

December 15, 2022

You are not my friend

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/you-are-not-my-friend.html

 

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, poem, retail, shoplifting, friend, false friend, thief, liar, lies,

 

#poetry #poem #retail #shoplifting #friend #falsefriend #thief #liar #lies

You are not my #friend

No matter what you claim
your interest in me
my hopes, my dreams,
the words I write,
 
You are not my friend
if you steal from my employer
the one who pays me,
who measures my work.
 
Every theft a red mark
a blight on my record
on the judgment that others
will write, will mete out.
 
You are not my friend
no matter how you sugar coat it;
I will cast you out the circle
into the outer darkness the abyss,.
 
-----------------

Edited December 15, 2022

You are not my friend – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/you-are-not-my-friend-v2.html

Adding stanza 5 and 6

December 15, 2022

You are not my friend

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/you-are-not-my-friend.html

 

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, retail, shoplifting, friend, false friend, thief, liar,

 

#poetry #retail #shoplifting #friend #falsefriend #thief #liar

Love at First Kiss – v4

It wasn't that moment

when I met her at the church

The many times we chatted

in the after-church coffee hour

the cookies, the brownies,

she had made to share

No, not in our class,

each Tuesday night

Studying God’s Word

It was our first kiss,

that first time I held her

falling deep into her

warm brown eyes

Feeling her against me

Her lips against mine

Joining bodies, hearts and lives,

children, and a family,

with our first kiss

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edited February 10, 2020

Love at First Kiss – v4

part 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1226908838105882624

part 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1226908648330420224

(editing original again)

February 9, 2020

drinking in that moment

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1226532384994156544

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/02/drinking-in-that-moment.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1226531235008303105

edited June 16, 2019

Love at first kiss – v3

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140276859877437440

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/love-at-first-kiss-v3.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140276269109710849

edited June 16, 2019

Love at First Kiss – v2

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140275451853770754

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/love-at-first-kiss-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140269497993105409

June 16, 2019

posted in response

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140269497993105409

to Realistic Poetry contest announcement

https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1139516665303928833

https://t.co/jCBUPZdCgr?amp=1

https://www.realisticpoetry.com/so/a6MjLzjTw#/main

June 16, 2019

Love at First Kiss

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140274049173602307

(posted to Twitter)

April 8, 2005 8:09

Love at First Kiss

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/04/love-at-first-kiss.html

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June 16, 2019

Song of Songs 6

Song of Songs bible study

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June 15, 2019

Song of Songs 5

Song of Songs bible study

&

June 14, 2019

a private garden – v1

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139541665474109441

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-private-garden-v1.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139540531992780805

June 14, 2019

Song of Songs 4

Song of Songs bible study

&

edited June 13, 2019

I call her Beautiful – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/i-call-her-beautiful-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139191528939761664

&

edited June 13, 2019

Awaken love – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/awaken-love-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139187542958514178

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139186939792433153

June 13, 2019

Awaken love

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/awaken-love.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139185508045774848

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139184960831676418

Song of Songs 3:5

June 13, 2019

Song of Songs 3

Song of Songs bible study

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June 12, 2019

my lover is mine

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138812408292679680

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/my-lover-is-mine.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138811987545272320

Song of Songs 2:16

June 12, 2019

Song of Songs 2

Song of Songs bible study

&

June 11, 2019

I call her Beautiful

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138424908290109441

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/i-call-her-beautiful.html

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138416654415798272

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138416258087555073

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138416060682723329

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138415822739836929

stanza 5 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138415618238144514

Song of Songs 1:15

June 11, 2019

Song of Songs 1

Song of Songs bible study

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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drinking in that moment

drinking in that moment

conjured from the ether

the deep well of your spirit

calling me deep, within

longing for that moment

for the memory, the present

to feel that same feeling

over and over again

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February 9, 2020

drinking in that moment

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1226531235008303105

edited June 16, 2019

Love at first kiss – v3

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140276859877437440

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/love-at-first-kiss-v3.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140276269109710849

edited June 16, 2019

Love at First Kiss – v2

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140275451853770754

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/love-at-first-kiss-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140269497993105409

June 16, 2019

posted in response

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140269497993105409

to Realistic Poetry contest announcement

https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1139516665303928833

https://t.co/jCBUPZdCgr?amp=1

https://www.realisticpoetry.com/so/a6MjLzjTw#/main

June 16, 2019

Love at First Kiss

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1140274049173602307

(posted to Twitter)

April 8, 2005 8:09

Love at First Kiss

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/04/love-at-first-kiss.html

&

June 16, 2019

Song of Songs 6

Song of Songs bible study

&

June 15, 2019

Song of Songs 5

Song of Songs bible study

&

June 14, 2019

a private garden – v1

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139541665474109441

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-private-garden-v1.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139540531992780805

June 14, 2019

Song of Songs 4

Song of Songs bible study

&

edited June 13, 2019

I call her Beautiful – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/i-call-her-beautiful-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139191528939761664

&

edited June 13, 2019

Awaken love – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/awaken-love-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139187542958514178

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139186939792433153

June 13, 2019

Awaken love

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/awaken-love.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139185508045774848

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139184960831676418

Song of Songs 3:5

June 13, 2019

Song of Songs 3

Song of Songs bible study

&

June 12, 2019

my lover is mine

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138812408292679680

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/my-lover-is-mine.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138811987545272320

Song of Songs 2:16

June 12, 2019

Song of Songs 2

Song of Songs bible study

&

June 11, 2019

I call her Beautiful

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138424908290109441

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/i-call-her-beautiful.html

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138416654415798272

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138416258087555073

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138416060682723329

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138415822739836929

stanza 5 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138415618238144514

Song of Songs 1:15

June 11, 2019

Song of Songs 1

Song of Songs bible study

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.

Christ, Spirit, God, Faith, love, wisdom, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Song of Songs 1, wife, marriage, sex, desire, bride, groom, beauty, friend, Song of Songs 2, Song of Songs 3, Song of Songs 4, Song of Songs 5, Song of Songs 6,

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a private garden – v2

a private garden

a spring, an orchard

a fountain flowing

crystal clear water;

fruits delicious, sweet

breath from your lips

taste of your kiss

a private garden

a banquet, sumptuous

intoxicating, urgent

catching my breath;

fruits delicious, sweet

breath from your lips

taste of your kiss

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edited October 1, 2019

a private garden – v2

June 14, 2019

a private garden – v1

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139541665474109441

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-private-garden-v1.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139540531992780805

June 14, 2019

Song of Songs 4

Song of Songs bible study

&

edited June 13, 2019

I call her Beautiful – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/i-call-her-beautiful-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139191528939761664

&

edited June 13, 2019

Awaken love – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/awaken-love-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139187542958514178

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139186939792433153

June 13, 2019

Awaken love

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/awaken-love.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139185508045774848

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1139184960831676418

Song of Songs 3:5

June 13, 2019

Song of Songs 3

Song of Songs bible study

&

June 12, 2019

my lover is mine

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138812408292679680

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/my-lover-is-mine.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138811987545272320

Song of Songs 2:16

June 12, 2019

Song of Songs 2

Song of Songs bible study

&

June 11, 2019

I call her Beautiful

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138424908290109441

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/i-call-her-beautiful.html

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138416654415798272

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138416258087555073

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138416060682723329

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138415822739836929

stanza 5 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1138415618238144514

Song of Songs 1:15

June 11, 2019

Song of Songs 1

Song of Songs bible study

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 50,270 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Christ, Spirit, God, Faith, love, wisdom, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Song of Songs 1, wife, marriage, sex, desire, bride, groom, beauty, friend, Song of Songs 2, Song of Songs 3, Song of Songs 4,

#Christ #God #Spirit #Faith #love #grace #poetry #prayer #wisdom #Proverbs #Ecclesiastes #SongofSongs #SongofSolomon #SongofSongs1 #beauty #marriage #lover #wife #sex #desire #bride #groom #friend #companion #SongofSongs2 #SongofSongs3 #SongofSongs4