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.

air, beach, colors, creator, God, grow, life, Martha, Martha's Vineyard, mouth, New Hampshire, orange, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, summer, vine, work, yard, yellow,

#air #beach #colors #creator #God #grow #life #Martha #MarthasVineyard #mouth #NewHampshire #orange #poetry #summer #vine #work #yard #yellow

Glassworks – v2

Mesmerized, watching

Mouth open observers

The skill, artistry

Effortlessness in the heat

Of the sweating craftsmen

In the beach air, hot,

On the Vineyard

Living, moving

Molten glass, clear

Droop on the shaft

Entering, awakening

Orange maw

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

Add color and form

Enter again, stretch,

Translucence now

Hot gases

Fill the space

Wipe brow, enter again

Cool and gel, cut from the pipe

Clutched like a Faberge egg

A robin’s egg, fragile,

By a toddler’s wonder

Placed to firm and harden

Permanent wonder

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

edited November 3, 2018

Glassworks – v2

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 47,970 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

air, beach, colors, creator, God, grow, life, Martha, Martha's Vineyard, mouth, New Hampshire, orange, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, summer, vine, work, yard, yellow,

#air #beach #colors #creator #God #grow #life #Martha #MarthasVineyard #mouth #NewHampshire #orange #poetry #summer #vine #work #yard #yellow

Hands Raised – v4

More than fourteen years ago

remembering it so well

as if it was yesterday

All of us newbie’s, 1L’s

Like eagle chicks, ready

Our hands, not our mouths,

open, reaching, shouting out,

“Call on me, call on me!”

“I know, I know!”

We were all Instant Experts -  

Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure –

Our first-week-butterflies

Knots in the belly

giving way, wanting to share,

showing that we remembered

some of the Law.

Wanting to participate,

“Call on me, call on me …

So long as I raise my hand!”

===========

edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004

written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15

Actors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/actors.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Kontraxtz – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/kontraxtz-v2.html

posted February 29, 2004

written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40

Kontraxtz

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/kontraxtz.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Into the Stream of Commerce – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/into-stream-of-commerce-v2.html

posted March 3, 2004

written 11/14/2002 8:35am

Into the Stream of Commerce

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/into-stream-of-commerce.html

&

edited January 14, 2016

My Memo 1 Sucks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-memo-1-sucks-v2.html
posted February 27, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:25 to 23:40

My Memo 1 Sucks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-memo-1-sucks.html
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)

&

edited January 13, 2016

Hands Raised – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4_13.html

(editing version 3 and original)

edited October 3, 2015

Hands Raised – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/hands-raised-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 25, 2014

Hands Raised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands-raised-v2.html

posted March 1, 2004

written September 3, 200118:45

Hands Raised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/hands-raised.html

first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,

now UNH School of Law

&

edited January 8, 2016

Swimming in Molasses – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/swimming-in-molasses-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

written September 10, 2001 19:13

Swimming in Molasses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/swimming-in-molasses.html

(Thinking about the readings for the Contracts class

of 9/10/01 and the discussions in Torts

last week on wooden use of aged precedents)

&

edited January 8, 2016

Yellow Bands – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/yellow-bands-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

written October 20, 2001 22:47

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/yellow-bands.html

(about highlighting text for class discussions)

&

edited January 8, 2016

Law School – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/law-school-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written 9/3/01 19:25

Law School

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/law-school.html

edited January 8, 2016

&

Done – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/done-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

January 28, 2004 22:43.

Written on completion of the Education Law Institute paper,

after 2 extensions. Forty-six pages, 12,000 words, and 335 footnotes.

Done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/done.html

&

edited January 7, 2016

Citations – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/citations-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 18:15

Citations

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/citations.html

about first few weeks of Law School

Legal Writing class

&

edited December 31, 2015

Building Blocks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/building-blocks-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 12:30

Building Blocks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/building-blocks.html

&

edited December 30, 2015

First Day – 1L – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-day-1l-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

8/22/01 22:50

First Day – 1L

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/first-day-1l.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,750+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Hands Raised – v3

Fourteen years ago

remembering it so well

We, newbie’s, 1L’s

Like eagle chicks

Our hands, not mouths,

open, reaching, shouting,

“Call on me, call on me!”

“I know, I know!”

We were all Instant Experts –

Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure –

First-week butterflies

giving way, wanting to share,

showing that we remembered

some of the Law.

Knots in the belly

Wanting to participate,

“Call on me, call on me …

So long as I raise my arm!”

===========

edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004

written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15

Actors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/actors.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Kontraxtz – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/kontraxtz-v2.html

posted February 29, 2004

written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40

Kontraxtz

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/kontraxtz.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Into the Stream of Commerce – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/into-stream-of-commerce-v2.html

posted March 3, 2004

written 11/14/2002 8:35am

Into the Stream of Commerce

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/into-stream-of-commerce.html

&

edited January 14, 2016

My Memo 1 Sucks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-memo-1-sucks-v2.html
posted February 27, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:25 to 23:40

My Memo 1 Sucks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-memo-1-sucks.html
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)

&

edited January 13, 2016

Hands Raised – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4_13.html

(editing version 3 and original)

edited October 3, 2015

Hands Raised – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/hands-raised-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 25, 2014

Hands Raised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands-raised-v2.html

posted March 1, 2004

written September 3, 200118:45

Hands Raised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/hands-raised.html

first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,

now UNH School of Law

&

edited January 8, 2016

Swimming in Molasses – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/swimming-in-molasses-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

written September 10, 2001 19:13

Swimming in Molasses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/swimming-in-molasses.html

(Thinking about the readings for the Contracts class

of 9/10/01 and the discussions in Torts

last week on wooden use of aged precedents)

&

edited January 8, 2016

Yellow Bands – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/yellow-bands-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

written October 20, 2001 22:47

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/yellow-bands.html

(about highlighting text for class discussions)

&

edited January 8, 2016

Law School – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/law-school-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written 9/3/01 19:25

Law School

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/law-school.html

edited January 8, 2016

&

Done – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/done-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

January 28, 2004 22:43.

Written on completion of the Education Law Institute paper,

after 2 extensions. Forty-six pages, 12,000 words, and 335 footnotes.

Done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/done.html

&

edited January 7, 2016

Citations – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/citations-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 18:15

Citations

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/citations.html

about first few weeks of Law School

Legal Writing class

&

edited December 31, 2015

Building Blocks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/building-blocks-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 12:30

Building Blocks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/building-blocks.html

&

edited December 30, 2015

First Day – 1L – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-day-1l-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

8/22/01 22:50

First Day – 1L

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/first-day-1l.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,750+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.