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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Crouched in the #blackberry bramble – v4

Crouched in the blackberry bramble,
surrounded by thorns, prickers,
an intricate dance to get there,
living barbed wire, razor wire,
tugging on my coat, my jeans
but not a stumbling block, not really
a man on a mission, a purpose,
lowering myself to the dark small fruit
gathering in, berry by sweet-tart-wet berry
scratches growing, a burgundy stain,
on eager fingertips, stretching, reaching.

A family of five, with pails and bowls,
short on patience, gatherers as of old,
of a simpler, primal age, these fruits,
foraging in woods, at the edge of fields,
finding food in the wild, untamed,
uncultivated, natural state, in nature
crouched in the blackberry bramble,
collecting tiny gems, tasty pearls
ready to melt on the tongue, that moment,
now swatting at mosquitoes that stalked us,
seeking to drive us from the field, their forest.

Watching for safety, the whereabouts,
of younger, fitful pickers, eager for fruit,
not the quest, the search, under leaves,
under branches, the clusters hidden, obscured,
shrouded from the view, the sight of less tenacious,
casual picker, distracted, no ready for the valiant,
eager for this fruit, this nectar, ambrosia,
the foods of the gods, the ancients before us;
Gather them in, them all in, for the pie,
the reward we seek, at the end of the work,
full true fruits of our labors, their taste.

------
Edited February 29, 2024
Crouched in the blackberry bramble – v4

edited August 28, 2019
Crouched in the blackberry bramble – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/crouched-in-blackberry-bramble-v3.html
edited August 25, 2014
Crouched in the blackberry bramble – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/crouched-in-blackberry-bramble-v2.html
August 31, 2006 9:22am
Crouched in the blackberry bramble
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/crouched-in-blackberry-bramble_31.html
&
Edited February 29, 2024
living goblets – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/living-goblets-v5.html
edited February 11, 2022
living goblets – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/living-goblets-v4.html
Edited after reading "Blackberries",
by Mary Oliver
&
edited November 28, 2019
living goblets – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v3.html
edited November 27, 2019
living goblets – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v2.html
November 27, 2019
living goblets
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-of-juice-of-nectar-no.html
&
edited November 28, 2019
A Cup of Berries – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-cup-of-berries-v4.html
edited August 22, 2019
A Cup of Berries – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-cup-of-berries-v3.html
edited June 21, 2014
A Cup of Berries – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-cup-of-berries-v2.html
August 10, 2008
A Cup of Berries
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/cup-of-berries.html
&
edited February 10, 2022
Apricot and Periwinkle – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/apricot-and-periwinkle-v7.html
edited after reading “Little Sister Pond”,
by Mary Oliver
&
edited March 21, 2021
Apricot and Periwinkle - v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/apricot-and-periwinkle-v6.html
edited May 5, 2018
Apricot and Periwinkle – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/apricot-and-periwinkle-v5.html
(editing version 4, adding 1^st stanza)
edited September 28, 2017
Apricot and Periwinkle – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/apricot-and-periwinkle-v4.html
edited January 18, 2016
Apricot and Periwinkle – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/apricot-and-periwinkle-v3.html
(merging edits to version 2 and original)
edited June 21, 2014
Apricot and Periwinkle – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Apricot and Periwinkle
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sunset-seeing-colors.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH
&
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
&
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
&
February 6, 2022
Diatomaceous earth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diatomaceous-earth.html
Written after reading "Rain in Ohio",
By Mary Oliver
&
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.
&
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
&
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.

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, 2023, and 2024. 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, blackberries, blood, colors, creator, crimson, Faith, Family, fingers, fire, fruit, God, hands, hope, Nature, raspberries, red, ripe, summer, Lori Eldridge,

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Lessons in Creation – v2

Grow straight like the tall mast pines
Use our bones, our brains, our wills
to walk confidently, boldly to do His will,
not follow the tide, the crowd
like a jellyfish, caught in Luna’s grasp,
flowing with the water, a feather in the wind.

Use our abilities, our gifts, our talents,
to do right, to be loving, caring,
watch our neighbors the plants,
the other creatures of our world.

See their lessons for us, the plant elders,
The rocks, the waters, the air,
how to live more simply,
in harmony, not in dominion,
following the commands
of the Potter, the Creator.

----------------
Edited January 30, 2024
Lessons in creation – v2
8/6/06 17:30
Lessons in creation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/lessons-in-creation.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, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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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Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Peace March Signs – v3

The signs, their words, caught my eye

so much a part of the message

our bodies together

trying to make a change

to step back from the brink

to end this long winter.

Along with the feet marching,

were the signs, “End War”,

“Make Levees, not War”,

“Blessed are the Peacemakers”,

“Peace begins with Peace”,

“Veterans for Peace”,

“War Just Makes It Worse," or

"Is the World Safer Now?"

Many of the signs made me think,

and wonder how much the

rest of our country

thinks long and hard about

the wisdom in the war strategy

the Dogs of War on the loose.

====

edited September 4, 2019

Peace March Signs – v3

edited November 11, 2014

Peace March Signs – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/peace-march-signs-v2.html

Veteran’s Day

October 1, 2006

Peace March Signs

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/10/peace-march-signs.html

The Peace March on September 30, 2006 in Concord, NH

We Walked for Peace – v2

The girls and I, the members

of the congregation, walking

to the Capitol, under the dome

down the street, on the main street

walking for peace, to rethink the

decision to fight, to raise the Dogs of War,

to loose the terrorist threat,

the extremists in the sand, in the streets

Captive in the desert, in the heat,

on the ground for these many months

watching the rise of violence,

the growing threat, of long delay

the tide turning. May we have

days of peace, in the months to come

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

edited September 4, 2019

We Walked for Peace – v2

October 1, 2006 15:17

We Walked for Peace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/10/we-walked-for-peace.html

edited September 4, 2019

Peace March Signs – v3

edited November 11, 2014

Peace March Signs – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/peace-march-signs-v2.html

Veteran’s Day

October 1, 2006

Peace March Signs

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/10/peace-march-signs.html

The Peace March on September 30, 2006 in Concord, NH

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Crouched in the blackberry bramble – v3

Crouched in the blackberry bramble

Surrounded by prickers, thorns

an intricate dance to get there

tugging on my coat, my jeans

but not a stumbling block, not really

a man on a mission, a purpose,

lowering myself to the dark small fruit

gathering in, berry by sweet-tart-wet berry

scratches growing, a burgundy stain

on eager fingertips, reaching.

A family of five, with pails and bowls,

short on patience, gatherers as of old

of a simpler, primal age, these fruits,

finding food in the wild, untamed,

uncultivated, natural state, in nature

crouched in the blackberry bramble

collecting tiny gems, tasty pearls

ready to melt on the tongue

swatting at mosquitoes that stalked us

that sought to drive us from the field, the forest.

Watching for the safety, the whereabouts

of younger, fitful pickers, eager for fruit,

not the quest, the search, under leaves,

under branches, the clusters hidden

shrouded from the view, the sight of less tenacious

eager for this fruit, this nectar, ambrosia,

the foods of the gods, the ancients before us;

Gather them in, them all in, for the pie

the reward we seek, at the end of the work

this full true fruits of our labors.

------

edited August 28, 2019

Crouched in the blackberry bramble – v3

edited August 25, 2014

Crouched in the blackberry bramble – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/crouched-in-blackberry-bramble-v2.html

August 31, 2006 9:22am

Crouched in the blackberry bramble

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/crouched-in-blackberry-bramble_31.html

August, blackberries, branches, burgundy, colors, creator, Faith, Family, fruit, God, grow, hope, leaves, ministry, Nature, New Hampshire, Poetry Where You Live, raspberries, sight,

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Sunday, November 04, 2018

Glassworks – v3

Mesmerized, watching

Mouth open observers

The skill, artistry

Effortlessness in the heat

Of the sweating craftsmen

In the beach air, hot,

On the Vineyard, love.

Living, moving

Molten glass, clear

Droop on the shaft

Entering, awakening

Orange maw open

Mouth of the furnace

Reborn anew.

Glow yellow

Pulsing, living

From the warming

Glistening wet

Solid yet alive

Grow with the blow

Liquid and free.

Spin and catch

Supple flesh flap

Add color and form

Enter again, stretch,

Translucence now

Hot gases, expanding,

Fill the space.

Wipe brow, enter again

Cool and gel, cut from the pipe

Clutched like a Faberge egg

A robin’s egg, fragile, held

By a toddler’s fingers

Placed to firm and harden

Permanent stuff.

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

edited November 4, 2018

Glassworks – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/glassworks-v3.html

edited November 3, 2018

Glassworks – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/glassworks-v2.html

Written 6/20/04 14:06

Glassworks

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

about Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks

http://www.mvglassworks.com/gallery.html

somewhere I spent hours,

over many summers in the 1990’s watching bowls,

pitchers, pictures, and more, come to life.

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 48,000 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Crouched in the #blackberry bramble – v4

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Lessons in Creation – v2

Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Peace March Signs – v3

We Walked for Peace – v2

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Crouched in the blackberry bramble – v3

Sunday, November 04, 2018

Glassworks – v3

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