drawn to the source – v2

drawn to the source, primordial,
when creatures rose from the ocean
a journey from comfort
into the deep, the garden,
wooed from civilization
to another time, a place,
to older, ancient, stuff.
 
drawn to the source, foment,
descent, rising, unfettered,
a revelation, a revolution,
long lost forms of communication
rested from rugged, ragged arms,
laid on our table, the palette,
a living breathing word salad.
 
---------------  

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.

 

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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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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poetry, walk, woods, explore, exploration,

 

#poetry #walk #woods #explore #exploration

 

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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

 

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.

 

drawn to the source

drawn to the source, primordial,
when creatures rose from the ocean
journey from comfort
into the deep, the garden,
wooed from civilization
to older, ancient, stuff.
 
drawn to the source, foment,
a revelation, a revolution,
long lost forms of communication
rested from rugged, ragged arms,
laid on our table, the palette,
a living word salad.
 
---------------  

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.

 

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

poetry, nature, pool, memories,

 

#poetry #nature #pool #memories

 

-----------

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

poetry, walk, woods, explore, exploration,

 

#poetry #walk #woods #explore #exploration

 

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

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

 

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

 ---------------

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

 

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

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.

 

I was hungry and you fed me – v3

For someone rejected, ignored

someone disdained,

judged, discarded,

separated, cast out

words of comfort, of challenge -

“I was hungry and you fed me”,

whenever you cared

when someone was brought in

when they were restored

touching the face of God

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

edited August 2, 2019

I was hungry and you fed me – v3

Edited October 11, 2013

I was hungry and you fed me – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-was-hungry-and-you-fed-me-v2.html?m=0

October 16, 2011

I was hungry and you fed me

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-was-hungry-and-you-fed-me.html

Matthew 25:31-40

Blog Action Day 2011 – Food

http://blogactionday.org/

October 16, 2011

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 51,160+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Christ, Faith, God, grace, hope, love, Methodist, compassion, empathy, gifts, calling, Blog Action Day, world, America, hunger, thirst, food, purpose, disciples, #BAD11

#servant #God #Christ #gifts #salvation #sacrifice #love #grace #Savior #Faith #disciple #food #hunger #calling #compassion #service @BlogActionDay11 #BAD11 #worldfoodday.

Our Table – v3

Our table, ready

open to all who come

but we need to think about limits

not for a season

weeks with the door shuttered

helpers gone away

no one now ready

when a stranger comes our way

we need to be open, ready

in each season

ready to help a neighbor

anyone in need.

=====

edited March 23, 2015

Our Table – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/our-table-v3.html

Edited October 3, 2013

Our Table – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/our-table-v2.html

June 14, 2010

Our Table

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-table.htm

Luke 7:36-50

and

http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=

Upper Room Disciplines for 2010

for June 7, 2010 to June 13, 2010,

“The Welcome Table”,

http://www.childrensdefense.org/who-is-cdf/cdf-leadership-staff/marian-wright-edelman/

by Marian Wright Edelman

for June 12, 2010,

read June 14, 2010

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, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 36,680+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Children's Sermon Video, "Thirst for God", by Pastor Ruth Foss, Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church, March 1, 2015

March 3, 2015

Children’s Message – “Thirsting for God”

-          Mystery box – bottle of grape juice

video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648705431902482&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

text:

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

Luke 23:32, 39-43

sermon, “So This Is Paradise”

video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648706221902403&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

text:

by Pastor Ruth Foss

centering hymn, “Surely the Presence”, Greeting and Announcements, Opening Prayer

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648705855235773&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater 

praise hymn, “Forever”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648697538569938&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater  

praise hymn, “Everlasting”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648704988569193&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater  

praise hymn, “To God Be the Glory”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648697848569907&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater  

praise hymn, “I Worship You Almighty God”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648697378569954&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater  

offertory hymn, “The Love Of God Goes On”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648699171903108&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater  

Communion hymn, “10,000 Reasons”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648700495236309&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

closing hymn, “Better Is One Day”
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648698805236478&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater  

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

2nd Sunday in Lent

March 1, 2015

&

Luke 23:23, 33-34

sermon, “You Are Forgiven”

video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645802732192752

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/sermon-video-you-are-forgiven-by-pastor.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/569930044379938816

text:

http://pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/02/you-are-forgiven.html
https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/you-are-forgiven/

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=646601188779573&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/sermon-you-are-forgiven-by-pastor-ruth.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/570296794476888064

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message – “Jesus is our superhero”

-          Mystery box – Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Scooby Doo

-          and a candy cane

video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645802482192777

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/childrens-sermon-video-jesus-is-our.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/569931635745034241

image:

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/a.176724582433905.31513.174161846023512/645801592192866

text:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=646506582122367&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/children-sermon-jesus-is-our-superhero.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/570211254243102720

centering, “Surely the Presence”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645801915526167

praise hymn, “I Sing the Mighty Power of God”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645801985526160

offertory hymn, “Make My Life A Prayer to You”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645802255526133

Communion hymn, “Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens, Adore Him”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645802898859402 

closing hymn, “Our God Reigns”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645803175526041

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

1^st Sunday in Lent

February 22, 2015

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The multicolored ball – v6

despair made me remember

his moment of terror

freezing cold, as he was

no coat, no sweater

no meat on his bones

bruised, in panic

wanting his friend,

the ball he had carried

wanting to run to it

but already lined up

waiting, compliant

to return to the classroom

not wanting to break any rules

(for there had been consequences when he

had broken other rules)

but secretly watching

left, discarded, gathered by the wind

finding a place, resting,

in the lee of the storage shed

just a few feet away from us

but too far to run to it,

we both had our places, our roles to play

not able to run to gather it in

needing to walk away, to get out of the cold

a multicolored ball, an old friend

the ball he had taken outside

before the day took its turn

his slight body now buffeted

by the wind, the switchbacks

by falling on the granite dust

navigating the thin wood

the place beyond the fields

where he and the other played

now he was captured, by the clock, by convention,

standing in line, shivering in the cold

the too-thin, threadbare t-shirt

not nearly enough, the open sweatshirt

his body shuddering, waiting

for the bell to ring, but what of the ball

that lost but not forgotten

but really not that far away, tantalizing,

outside the bounds of his grasp

wanting to be free, unfettered

breaking the rules to run to get it

out of the question, absurd

another to retrieve it, to gather it in,

like a basketball, in shape,

but colors of summer, once bright,

now faded on the ground

====

edited October 29, 2014

The multicolored ball – v6

(editing version 4)

Edited September 24, 2013

“The multicolored ball – v5”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-multicolored-ball-v5.html

Edited September 21, 2013

“The multicolored ball – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-multicolored-ball-v4.html

(editing version 2)

edited April 8, 2013

“the multicolored ball – v3”

April 7, 2013

“The multicolored ball – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-multicolored-ball-v2_8.html

April 6, 2013

“The multicolored ball”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-multicolored-ball.html

Deerfield Community School

April 3, 2013

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Urban Ornaments – v2

Sneakers on wires,

trash in trees

urban ornaments

overhead

garland of a different sort

drawing eyes upward

away from the litter,

the flotsam and jetsam

of the city landscape

behind the buildings

in the alleys

by the dumpsters

forgotten exteriors

behind the facades

of renewal

a patina of gentrification

open for all to see

The unmet needs

the hidden

truth, reality

with homeless,

those who look

for aluminum cans

behind the veneer

between the empty buildings

on the ground

in the city, below

the urban ornaments

edited April 5, 2014

urban ornaments – v2

March 11, 2007 23:06

urban ornaments

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/03/urban-ornaments.html

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 28,820+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

water for our thirst – v2

bread for our hunger

water for our thirst

all that we need

while we are here on earth

God is the beginning

the middle, the end

all that we long for

our God and our friend

------

edited March 2, 2014

water for our thirst – v2

February 26, 2013

water for our thirst

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/02/water-for-our-thirst.html

Isaiah 55:1-3

Isaiah 55:1-9

Upper Room Disciplines for 2013

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17963.htm

February 25, 2013 to March 3, 2013

“God’s Sustaining Mercy”

by Pamela C. Hawkins

for February 25, 2013

read February 25, 2013

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 28,180+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

That none would know hunger – v7

A prayer for the age, for our time

That the world would be at peace

that no one would be without water

that none would know hunger

oppression, or struggle

starvation forgotten

Praying on this day

for a change to come about

all the world’s people

acting as one, united

to offer their abundance

giving from the heart

That none would know hunger

each of us doing our part

that sharing would become common

not hording our gifts, our treasure stored up

in ever larger silos, rotten

that the world would be guided

by compassion, by love

Edited December 22, 2013

That none would know hunger – v7

(editing version 2)

Edited August 27, 2013

That none would know hunger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/that-none-would-know-hunger-v2.html

Edited October 25, 2013

That none would know hunger – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/that-none-would-know-hunger-v6.html

Edited October 19, 2013

That none would know hunger – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/that-none-would-know-hunger-v5.html

(editing original again)

Edited October 5, 2013

That none would know hunger – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/that-none-would-know-hunger-v4.html

Edited August 27, 2013

That none would know hunger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/that-none-would-know-hunger-v2.html

October 16, 2011

That none would know hunger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/that-none-would-know-hunger.html

Matthew 25:31-40

Blog Action Day 2011 – Food

http://blogactionday.org/

October 16, 2011

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 28,070+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

That none would know hunger – v6

That the world would be at peace

that war would be no more

no one would be without water

that none would know hunger

starvation a memory, forgotten

Praying on this day

for a change to come about

all the world’s people

acting as one, in concert

to feed the world

The world would be united

in offering their abundance

giving from the heart

that none would know hunger

each of us doing our part

Edited October 25, 2013

That none would know hunger – v6

Edited October 19, 2013

That none would know hunger – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/that-none-would-know-hunger-v5.html

(editing original again)

Edited October 5, 2013

That none would know hunger – v4

Edited August 27, 2013

That none would know hunger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/that-none-would-know-hunger-v2.html

October 16, 2011

That none would know hunger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/that-none-would-know-hunger.html

Matthew 25:31-40

Blog Action Day 2011 – Food

http://blogactionday.org/

October 16, 2011

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That none would know hunger – v5

That the world would be at peace

that war would be no more

that no one would be without water

that none would know hunger

starvation forgotten

Praying on this day

for a change to come about

all the world’s people

acting as one

The world would be united

to offer their abundance

giving from the heart

that none would know hunger

each of us doing our part

Edited October 19, 2013

That none would know hunger – v5

(editing original again)

Edited October 5, 2013

That none would know hunger – v4

Edited August 27, 2013

That none would know hunger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/that-none-would-know-hunger-v2.html

October 16, 2011

That none would know hunger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/that-none-would-know-hunger.html

Matthew 25:31-40

Blog Action Day 2011 – Food

http://blogactionday.org/

October 16, 2011

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 26,070+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

I was hungry and you fed me – v2

For someone rejected, ignored

someone disdained,

separated, cast out

words of comfort, of challenge -

“I was hungry and you fed me”,

whenever you cared

when someone was brought in

when they were restored

touching the face of Jesus

Edited October 11, 2013

I was hungry and you fed me – v2

October 16, 2011

I was hungry and you fed me

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-was-hungry-and-you-fed-me.html

Matthew 25:31-40

Blog Action Day 2011 – Food

http://blogactionday.org/

October 16, 2011

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 25,940+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

That none would know hunger – v4

That the world would be at peace

that no one would be without water

that none would know hunger

oppression, or struggle

that starvation would be forgotten

Praying on this day

for a change to come about

all the world’s people

acting as one, united

to offer their abundance

Giving from the heart

that none would know hunger

each of us doing our part

sharing what we have, our bounty

giving with an open heart

trusting in God’s provision

Edited October 5, 2013

That none would know hunger – v4

Edited August 27, 2013

That none would know hunger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/that-none-would-know-hunger-v2.html

October 16, 2011

That none would know hunger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/that-none-would-know-hunger.html

Matthew 25:31-40

Blog Action Day 2011 – Food

http://blogactionday.org/

October 16, 2011

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 25,860+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Our Table – v2

Our table, ready

open to all who come

yet not for a season

weeks with the door shuttered

helpers gone away

no one now ready

when a stranger

comes our way

Edited October 3, 2013

Our Table – v2

June 14, 2010

Our Table

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-table.htm

Luke 7:36-50

and

http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=

Upper Room Disciplines for 2010

for June 7, 2010 to June 13, 2010,

“The Welcome Table”,

http://www.childrensdefense.org/who-is-cdf/cdf-leadership-staff/marian-wright-edelman/

by Marian Wright Edelman

for June 12, 2010,

read June 14, 2010

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 25,820+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

That none would know hunger – v3

That the world would be at peace

no war, no conflicts

that no one would be without water

that none would know hunger

oppression, struggle

starvation forgotten

the whole world blessed

safe in their beds

Praying on this day

for a change to come about

all the world’s people

acting as one, united

to offer their abundance

giving from the heart

that none would know hunger

each of us doing our part

Edited September 2, 2013

“That none would know hunger – v3”

Edited August 27, 2013

That none would know hunger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/that-none-would-know-hunger-v2.html

October 16, 2011

That none would know hunger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/that-none-would-know-hunger.html

Matthew 25:31-40

Blog Action Day 2011 – Food

http://blogactionday.org/

October 16, 2011

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 25,250+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.