Poetry Where You Live

http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/AC_Agenda_Z8XEJV7M.pdf

New England United Methodist Church

2013 Theme: Strangely Warmed; Formed by God

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening scripture to us?”

--Luke 24:13-35 led by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://providenceumc.org/contact/our-staff/rev-stephanie-moore-hand

sermons:

“Recognizing the Holy”, 6/13/2013 (by Reverend Hand),

reflection on Luke 24:13-35, the Walk to Emmaus

“Episcopal Address, 6/13/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

“A Word about Work” , 6/14/2013 (by Reverend Hand)

“Do you see . . . ?”, 6/14/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

Honored Guests - http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/814

Conference Preacher – Rev. Stephanie Moore Hand –

June 12, 2013 to June 15, 2015

Edited December 24, 2013

Immersed – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/immersed-v2.html

July 20, 2006 19:31

Immersed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/immersed.html

Monet – 1998 – inside the room of the MFA with wall sized paintings - http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=634, http://www.thegavel.net/2016.html

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Immersed – v3

I became enthralled, engrossed,

immersed in the imagery, melting,

drinking in the brush strokes

the shimmering water

the true depth of feeling

in the giant panels

sitting in the room

of the art gallery

Not merely seeing, no more than that,

experiencing is what I mean

more still, focused

absorbing it into my being

being with the brushstrokes

feeling his passion, the murmur,

the whisper of the Creator,

as he painted it so long before

in his home in France

The culmination of his art

so able to capture more than a mood

the totality of what is to be

explored, plumbed,

the depth of the water

the skin of the water

water lilies, surrounding

filling the enormous canvas

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

edited January 28, 2016

Immersed – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3_29.html

(editing original and version 2)

edited January 23, 2016

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2_23.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 19, 2015

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2.html

July 15, 2013

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/seeing-monets-lily-pads.html

breakfast 6/14/13

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/AC_Agenda_Z8XEJV7M.pdf

New England United Methodist Church

2013 Theme: Strangely Warmed; Formed by God

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening scripture to us?”

--Luke 24:13-35 led by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://providenceumc.org/contact/our-staff/rev-stephanie-moore-hand

sermons:

“Recognizing the Holy”, 6/13/2013 (by Reverend Hand),

reflection on Luke 24:13-35, the Walk to Emmaus

“Episcopal Address, 6/13/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

“A Word about Work” , 6/14/2013 (by Reverend Hand)

“Do you see . . . ?”, 6/14/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

Honored Guests - http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/814

Conference Preacher – Rev. Stephanie Moore Hand –

June 12, 2013 to June 15, 2015

Edited December 24, 2013

Immersed – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/immersed-v2.html

July 20, 2006 19:31

Immersed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/immersed.html

Monet – 1998 – inside the room of the MFA with wall sized paintings - http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=634, http://www.thegavel.net/2016.html

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

Water running down glass

blurring our vision;

The image, of melting,

softening the moment

A shimmering morning

captured in the rainstorm;

The skin of the pond dancing

a tympany of the droplets

A patina, ripples, reverberating

undulating, repeating,

like a sheet on the clothesline,

captured in the rainstorm

Seeing Monet’s lily pads

not a static painting,

but a living tableau

moving before my eyes

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

edited January 28, 2016

Immersed – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3_29.html

(editing original and version 2)

edited January 23, 2016

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2_23.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 19, 2015

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2.html

July 15, 2013

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/seeing-monets-lily-pads.html

breakfast 6/14/13

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/AC_Agenda_Z8XEJV7M.pdf

New England United Methodist Church

2013 Theme: Strangely Warmed; Formed by God

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening scripture to us?”

--Luke 24:13-35 led by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://providenceumc.org/contact/our-staff/rev-stephanie-moore-hand

sermons:

“Recognizing the Holy”, 6/13/2013 (by Reverend Hand),

reflection on Luke 24:13-35, the Walk to Emmaus

“Episcopal Address, 6/13/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

“A Word about Work” , 6/14/2013 (by Reverend Hand)

“Do you see . . . ?”, 6/14/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

Honored Guests - http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/814

Conference Preacher – Rev. Stephanie Moore Hand –

June 12, 2013 to June 15, 2015

Edited December 24, 2013

Immersed – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/immersed-v2.html

July 20, 2006 19:31

Immersed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/immersed.html

Monet – 1998 – inside the room of the MFA with wall sized paintings - http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=634, http://www.thegavel.net/2016.html

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

Water running down glass

blurring our vision;

The image, of melting,

softening the moment

A shimmering morning

captured in the rainstorm;

The skin of the pond dancing

a tympany of the droplets

A patina, ripples, reverberating

undulating, repeating,

like a sheet on the clothesline,

captured in the rainstorm

Seeing Monet’s lily pads

not a static painting,

but a living tableau

moving before my eyes

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

edited January 28, 2016

Immersed – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3_29.html

(editing original and version 2)

edited January 23, 2016

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2_23.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 19, 2015

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2.html

July 15, 2013

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/seeing-monets-lily-pads.html

breakfast 6/14/13

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/AC_Agenda_Z8XEJV7M.pdf

New England United Methodist Church

2013 Theme: Strangely Warmed; Formed by God

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening scripture to us?”

--Luke 24:13-35 led by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://providenceumc.org/contact/our-staff/rev-stephanie-moore-hand

sermons:

“Recognizing the Holy”, 6/13/2013 (by Reverend Hand),

reflection on Luke 24:13-35, the Walk to Emmaus

“Episcopal Address, 6/13/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

“A Word about Work” , 6/14/2013 (by Reverend Hand)

“Do you see . . . ?”, 6/14/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

Honored Guests - http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/814

Conference Preacher – Rev. Stephanie Moore Hand –

June 12, 2013 to June 15, 2015

Edited December 24, 2013

Immersed – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/immersed-v2.html

July 20, 2006 19:31

Immersed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/immersed.html

Monet – 1998 – inside the room of the MFA with wall sized paintings - http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=634, http://www.thegavel.net/2016.html

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v2

A shimmering morning

captured in the rainstorm;

The skin of the pond dancing

a tympany of the droplets

A patina, ripples, reverberating

undulating, repeating,

like a sheet on the clothesline,

captured in the rainstorm

Seeing Monet’s lily pads

not a static painting,

but a living tableau

moving before my eyes

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

edited January 28, 2016

Immersed – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3_29.html

(editing original and version 2)

edited January 23, 2016

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2_23.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 19, 2015

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2.html

July 15, 2013

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/seeing-monets-lily-pads.html

breakfast 6/14/13

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/AC_Agenda_Z8XEJV7M.pdf

New England United Methodist Church

2013 Theme: Strangely Warmed; Formed by God

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening scripture to us?”

--Luke 24:13-35 led by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://providenceumc.org/contact/our-staff/rev-stephanie-moore-hand

sermons:

“Recognizing the Holy”, 6/13/2013 (by Reverend Hand),

reflection on Luke 24:13-35, the Walk to Emmaus

“Episcopal Address, 6/13/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

“A Word about Work” , 6/14/2013 (by Reverend Hand)

“Do you see . . . ?”, 6/14/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

Honored Guests - http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/814

Conference Preacher – Rev. Stephanie Moore Hand –

June 12, 2013 to June 15, 2015

Edited December 24, 2013

Immersed – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/immersed-v2.html

July 20, 2006 19:31

Immersed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/immersed.html

Monet – 1998 – inside the room of the MFA with wall sized paintings - http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=634, http://www.thegavel.net/2016.html

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Immersed – v2

I became enthralled

immersed in the imagery

drinking in the brush strokes

the shimmering water

the depth of feeling

sitting in the room

of the gallery

not seeing, no more than that

is experiencing what I mean

more still, focused,

absorbing it into my being

being with the brushstrokes

feeling his passion, the murmur,

as he painted it so long before

in his home in France

the culmination of his art

so able to capture more than a mood

the totality of what is to be explored

the depth of the water

the skin of the water

water lilies, surrounding

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

edited January 28, 2016

Immersed – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3_29.html

(editing original and version 2)

edited January 23, 2016

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2_23.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 19, 2015

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2.html

July 15, 2013

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/seeing-monets-lily-pads.html

breakfast 6/14/13

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/AC_Agenda_Z8XEJV7M.pdf

New England United Methodist Church

2013 Theme: Strangely Warmed; Formed by God

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening scripture to us?”

--Luke 24:13-35 led by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://providenceumc.org/contact/our-staff/rev-stephanie-moore-hand

sermons:

“Recognizing the Holy”, 6/13/2013 (by Reverend Hand),

reflection on Luke 24:13-35, the Walk to Emmaus

“Episcopal Address, 6/13/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

“A Word about Work” , 6/14/2013 (by Reverend Hand)

“Do you see . . . ?”, 6/14/2013 (by Bishop Devadhar)

Honored Guests - http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/814

Conference Preacher – Rev. Stephanie Moore Hand –

June 12, 2013 to June 15, 2015

Edited December 24, 2013

Immersed – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/immersed-v2.html

July 20, 2006 19:31

Immersed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/immersed.html

Monet – 1998 – inside the room of the MFA with wall sized paintings - http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=634, http://www.thegavel.net/2016.html

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads

A shimmering morning

captured in the rainstorm

the skin of the pond moving

a tympany of the droplets

A patina, ripples, reverberating

undulating, repeating

captured in the rainstorm

Seeing Monet’s lily pads

moving before my eyes

not a static painting

but a living tableau

-================

edited January 28, 2016

Immersed – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/immersed-v3_29.html

(editing original and version 2)

edited January 23, 2016

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2_23.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 19, 2015

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/seeing-monets-lily-pads-v2.html

July 15, 2013

Seeing Monet’s Lily Pads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/seeing-monets-lily-pads.html

breakfast 6/14/13

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/AC_Agenda_Z8XEJV7M.pdf

New England United Methodist Church

2013 Theme: Strangely Warmed; Formed by God

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening scripture to us?”

--Luke 24:13-35 led by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar