History of the Victors, No More – v3

It has been said that history isn’t written

by those who were in the right;

but by those who are left, after the battles;

Filtered by scribes of the conquerors

or so it has been in the world

before the current frenetic age

when everyone has a microphone, a stage,

a platform, a forum for spreading

opinions as facts, alternate views be damned.

Today, a greater variety of voices

contradictory, contrary speakers yelling

each telling a different, a competing truth

spread equally around the world

in mere milliseconds, an instant,

about war, about struggle, about the acts,

the commissions, the omissions,

of nation states, of rogue groups,

wherever they may be resident.

Each one being catalogued,

accumulated for the telling

far more democratic, nuanced,

a Rorschach test splattered

thrown on the screens, the page,

the news cycle, 24X7, not sleeping,

a relentless cacophony, chaos,

the history of this age, unscripted

uncontrolled by the victors anymore.

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

edited April 12, 2018

History of the Victors, No More – v3

edited April 11, 2018

History of the Victors, No More – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/04/history-of-victors-no-more-v2.html

edited June 17, 2007 18:25

June 16, 2007 16:24

History of the Victors, No More

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.jp/2007/06/history-of-victors-no-more.html

1 Peter 1

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 46,760 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

America, control, creator, Faith, God, Pastor Ruth Foss, torture, truth, voice, world, 1 Peter 1, television, internet, war, peace, alternate facts, fake news, history, victors, memory,

#America #control #creator #Faith #God #torture #truth #voice #world #1Peter1 #television #internet #war #peace #alternatefacts #fakenews #history #victors #memory #opinion #narrative #propaganda #media @FoxNews @MSNBC #MSM #Facebook #Twitter #Breitbart #news #cable

History of the Victors, No More – v2

It has been said that history isn’t written 
by who was in the right;

but by who was left, after the battles;

Filtered by scribes of the conquerors

or so it has been in the world

before the current frenetic age.

Today, however, a greater variety of voices

contradictory, contrary voices

each tell a different, competing truth

spread equally around the world

in mere milliseconds, an instant,

about war, about struggle, of the acts,

the commissions, the omissions,

of nation states, of rogue groups.

Each one being catalogued,

accumulated for the telling

of the history of this age,

thrown on the screens, the news cycle,

unscripted and uncontrolled

by the victors anymore.

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

edited April 12, 2018

History of the Victors, No More – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/04/history-of-victors-no-more-v3.html

edited April 11, 2018

History of the Victors, No More – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/04/history-of-victors-no-more-v2.html

edited June 17, 2007 18:25

June 16, 2007 16:24

History of the Victors, No More

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.jp/2007/06/history-of-victors-no-more.html

1 Peter 1

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 46,760 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

America, control, creator, Faith, God, Pastor Ruth Foss, torture, truth, voice, world, 1 Peter 1, television, internet, war, peace, alternate facts, fake news, history, victors, memory,

#America #control #creator #Faith #God #torture #truth #voice #world #1Peter1 #television #internet #war #peace #alternatefacts #fakenews #history #victors #memory #opinion #narrative #propaganda #media @FoxNews @MSNBC #MSM #Facebook #Twitter #Breitbart #news #cable

Being Ever New Clay – v2

Mold me, Lord.

Pick me back up,

throw me back onto the wheel

when I am chipped, cracked,

broken into pieces,

when my glaze fades,

when I shatter,

when I am tarnished.

Make me forever new clay,

malleable, moldable,

fresh and new,

ready for Your hands,

the hands of the Potter

to make me a useful vessel

for Your purposes.

Mend me, fill the cracked places

repair my brokenness

and bring me back to You.

----

edited August 4, 2014

Being Ever New Clay – v2

March 10, 2008

Being Ever New Clay

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/03/being-ever-new-clay.html

Philippians 1:3-11 and

Upper Room daily devotional

http://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=10&year=2008&x=107&y=6

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 31,520+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Captive Roses – v2

beautiful, long stemmed,

roses of that gift

perfect blooms, captive blooms

in the vases, gifts of love

from her, from me, from them

given in love, captured on

a digital screen, the memory card,

the ether emulsion

of this new age

not on film anymore

images of beauty,

pictures, photographs

preserved in the camera

to be shared, remembered

into the future, forever,

long after the bud fades

-----

edited June 30, 2014

Captive Roses – v2

February 1, 2008

Captive Roses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/02/captive-roses.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 30,820+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Noise, Noise, Noise – v2

the noise of chaos

coming at us

a mile a second, faster;

Life a blur

too many inputs

fire hoses of data

endless noise

in our modern age

nothing filtered

competing voices

most of the flesh

of this earth

only God

through the clutter

the voice of Truth

the Word of Love

cleave to God

His voice only

all else noise

nothing of life

only God

through the clutter

the voice of Truth

the Word of Love

----

Edited April 27, 2014

Noise, Noise, Noise – v2

April 25, 2014

Noise, Noise, Noise

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/noise-noise-noise.html

1 Timothy 6:20

“Godless Chatter”

Devotion by Alex Robertson Mancuso

for April 25, 2014

read April 25, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional 2014

compiled by Alan Robertson

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 at raymondafoss@gmail.com for usage. See all 29,320+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Noise, Noise, Noise

coming at us

a mile a minute, faster

life a blur

the noise of chaos

too many inputs

fire hoses of data

endless noise

in our modern age

nothing filtered

competing voices

most of the flesh

of this earth

only God

through the clutter

the word of love

the voice of truth

cleave to God

His voice only

all else noise

nothing of life

only God

through the clutter

the word of love

the voice of truth

----

April 25, 2014

1 Timothy 6:20

“Godless Chatter”

Devotion by Alex Robertson Mancuso

for April 25, 2014

read April 25, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional 2014

compiled by Alan Robertson

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 at raymondafoss@gmail.com for usage. See all 29,320+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Words I have written

Someone finding,
fragments, words I have written
calling them to these snippets of my life
from so far away

Wondering why they found them
why they spoke to their hearts
how the words I was gifted
came to have meaning for their lives


October 30, 2009
on seeing someone from
Salmon Arm, British Columbia
search on Google for
“As Threadbare As Old Cheesecloth by Raymond A. Foss”;
remembering how long it took
for the words of that poem to come
================
As Threadbare as Old Cheesecloth

Last year's maple leaf, or maybe older still
no flesh remaining, just the dry bones
maybe the veins and arteries,
yes, that may be the way
to describe what remains
as threadbare as old cheesecloth,
paperbag-brown, like corn starch to the touch
complicated intricate structures
a lattice, a spider's web of design
just resting there, on the lawn,
uncovered in our furious raking
gathering in the loss of last year's fall
to be turned back into soil
an old leaf, as threadbare as old cheesecloth
a treasure to be found in the green of the moss
the rich whites and yellow
of the wild strawberry blossoms
hidden in plain view
for those who discover their beauty

May 21, 2009
title saved 12/27/08

5 Year Anniversary of Poetry Where You Life

Today marks 5 years that I have been posting to this blog, with a total of 4,292 postings.

As of yesterday, there were 3,704 poems, of which 1,531 were in the last year, with 125 just in the last week. I am blessed every day with the words God gives me to write.

I just want to say thank you to those who have visited over these 5 years to this site and to the other sites I post to on www.famouspoetsandpoems.com, www.faithwriters.com, www.christianpoetry.com, along with my pages on www.mybloglog.com, www.verveearth.com, www.blogged.com, and www.blogcatalog.com.

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks

Ray

Published

Published on the internet
ephemeral, lasting are my words
fleeting moments in the web
typing on gossamer strands, threads
lines cast, beads of sticky dew
tagged and linked, visible to
searches, the eyes that watch
all that is written

September 5, 2008
written at the Agape Café coffeehouse
Wesley United Methodist Church
(one of 24 written there that night)

My work - reposted across the internet

Here are some of the others, around the world, who have posted my poems, given a link, or more:

A video on --- http://orchid212-english414.blogspot.com/2008/04/system-of-our-framing-hands.html

--- http://littlepyro13.blogspot.com/2008/05/intro-poem.html

--- http://noblather.blogspot.com/2007/07/joy-of-worship.html

--- http://zenpilgrim.blogspot.com/2006/07/poetry-where-you-live.html

--- http://poeticals.spaces.live.com/

--- http://luxindomino.multiply.com/photos/album/27/The_Boracay_Trilogy_-_Part_1

--- http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/1176043/?nextnav=tag&tag=icy

--- http://www.mylifepoem.com/poems/son/1257

--- http://teachgoodwriting.blogspot.com/2008/03/raymond-foss-new-hampshire-poet.html

--- http://community.livejournal.com/war_poetry

--- http://www.twistedtreecafe.com/ART%20Gallery%202007%20JUNE.htm

--- http://www.blackplanet.com/nicoj36/

--- http://weeklyphotopoems.com/2007/11/22/shells/

--- http://kurakurahijau.multiply.com/photos/album/65/Beach_Sand

--- http://www.lifesip.com/education-poems.html

--- http://something2learntoday.blogspot.com/

--- http://sheismyhart.com/

--- http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=104883937

--- http://www.deviantart.com/print/3222851/

--- http://2bcontinuallyblessed.blogspot.com/2008/01/glitter-graphics.html

--- http://www.lifesip.com/best-friends-poems.html

--- http://latefinal.blogspot.com/2008/05/without-freedom-still-by-raymond-foss.html

--- http://everythingloose.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

--- http://blog.daum.net/_blog/BlogView.do?blogid=045AQ&articleno=11662712&categoryId=468867

--- http://blogs.grab.com/sweetladybug/497408

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Verve Earth

I joined Verve Earth yesterday. It is a nice site, which shows web pages by location, by categories (http://www.verveearth.com/landing/)

Friends I’ll Never Know

A wide open world, the ether,
the web, the connectedness
the world so small,
touching so many lives
friends I will never know
finding me in the language
of the internet, discovering
perhaps a jewel for their eye,
their mind, hopefully, blessed
in the words I
have been called to write
to post to the world,
published in bits and bytes
sent out to points unknown
to eyes I will never see
to friends I will never know

April 25, 2008

Life Without Limbs - update (first post 7/8/07) - on 20/20

I received the following email yesterday. I hope to watch, and I encourage you to also. See more on Nick at - http://www.lifewithoutllimbs.org/.

"Hello Friend, Nick Vujicic here!

Several days ago ABC’s 20/20 program interviewed me at my home here in Southern California. What a remarkable opportunity to share about Life Without Limb’s ministry and the impact that we are having upon thousands throughout the United States and the world!

The 20/20 broadcast will air this Friday, March 28th at 9:00pm PST/EST. (Check your local listings)

It is my greatest desire to faithfully share the life-changing, obstacle-overcoming, gospel message with as many people as I can. As a man with no arms or legs, my very testimony breaks down barriers to express the hope that can be found only in Jesus Christ.

The country of the United States needs this hope right now! Would you pray with me that God will use the 20/20 interview to stir up souls for the Kingdom? This is my first national interview on American television and the questions of the interviewer guided the conversation continually back to hope in Christ.

Here are some ways we can work together to make the most of this incredible opportunity:

1. Please pray that God will use the 20/20 interview to awaken souls to Him.

2. Please forward this e-mail to all of your friends.I am looking forward to hearing from you in the days to come.

May our Lord bless you and ignite His will in your life today!

In His service,

Nick Vujicic &
The LifeWithoutLimbs Team"

Use Me as I am

Lord, even now,
when I am cracked, chipped
imperfect, use me as I am,
to do your work, here in the world
use my imperfection, my brokenness
in the work of your son, our savior
put me to work in the vineyard, in the fields,
in the dark places of this earth
Help me to be your servant, now
even in my chipped state
may I be a useful vessel,
even now, for your Glory

March 10, 2008
Philippians 1:3-11 and
Upper Room daily devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=10&year=2008&x=107&y=6

Being Ever New Clay

Mold me, Lord.
Pick me back up,
when I am chipped, cracked,
broken into pieces,
when my glaze fades,
when I am tarnished.
Make me forever new clay,
malleable, moldable,
fresh and new,
ready for your hands,
the hands of the potter
to make me a useful vessel
for your purposes
To mend me, fill the cracked places
repair my brokenness
and bring me back to you

March 10, 2008
Philippians 1:3-11 and
Upper Room daily devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=10&year=2008&x=107&y=6

Cheerful Piety

Quiet, reverent, cheerful piety
living happily in relationship
in direct connection with God
Praying, fasting, giving, communing
with God, not for show,
for praise, for recognition.
Walking humbly, with God
showing faith to God
Hiding our actions, in private,
For God alone revealed
Waiting on the Lord,
trusting in Him grace
in all we do, for His glory

March 4, 2008
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 &
Psalm 130 and
today’s devotionals in Alive Now the Upper Room,
http://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=4&year=2008,

Posting on Alice Linsley's site

Alice Linsley posted my poem, "In the Hushed Choir Loft", on her site, "Students Publish Here!", at http://teachgoodwriting.blogspot.com/.

She also has the site "Just Genesis", at http://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/.

In Community

In community, in fellowship
growing as a congregation
the body of Christ
living our collective faith
growing in connection
in relationship, by study,
by faith, in action,
in prayer, with love
for our fellow man
Living as disciples
as did the first twelve
in community
with God as our shepherd

February 27, 2008
1 Corinthians 12:12-27
and Upper Room Daily Devotional
for 2/27/08
http://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/default.asp?month=2&day=27&year=2008

The Prayer of Repentance

I received an emailed copy of a prayer, attributed to have been made by Pastor Joe Wright at the opening session of Kansas Senate. I did a bit more research and found the original prayer.

I don’t agree with all of what he said; but I believe it is worthy of sharing. I am far more liberal, more inclusive, than him in my theology, as a United Methodist. I would not speak in absolutes, as he does in many of the lines of his prayer. There are many statements I would dispute, or at least word differently. I do, however, worry about our country, when we seem to drift into coarseness and away from the religious ideals that guided our nation’s founding, and especially when we decide that torture is acceptable, ever.

We are to be in the world but not of the world. We are to love our neighbor, even our enemies, as the story of the Good Samaritan teaches us. We are to care for our brothers and sisters, the least, the last, the lost. We should set our sights on God, not false idols and things of this world.

With all of the above in mind, this is the text of the original prayer, verbatim unedited, delivered January 23, 1996 by Central Christian Church (Wichita, KS) Pastor Joe Wright to the Kansas House of Representatives in Topeka. See the link to this prayer at: http://centralcc.org/NewsNow/JoeArticles/JoeRepentancePrayer.html

Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and seek your direction and guidance.

We know your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good," but that's exactly what we've done.

We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.

We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of your Word and called it moral pluralism.

We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.

We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.

We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building esteem.

We have abused power and called it political savvy.

We have coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us O God and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be some wicked way in us; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.

Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of Kansas, and who have been ordained by you, to govern this great state.

Grant them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to the center of your will. I ask it in the name of your son, the living savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen.