Playing for the same team

Father and son together,
Playing for the same team,
The company logo on their chests,
One with the American pastime…
 
Stitching our history together,
The ties that bind us,
Lost to so many now,
But how we played as one…
 
A thread line connecting,
Tying us as one, one nation,
Our national pastime, baseball,
Playing for the same team…
 
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April 12, 2024
Playing for the same team
 
https://www.townofcantonct.org/collins-company-history
my grandfather Arthur Leon Foss, Sr.
and my uncle George Watson Foss
Collins Manufacturing Company baseball team
draft started April 9, 2024
&
April 9, 2024
Baseball stitches our fabric together
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/moments-in-history-remembered.html
April 8, 2024
Remembering the 715^th home run of Hank Aaron, surpassing Babe Ruth
On April 8, 1974
My reply April 8, 2024
“My grandfather, who remembered Babe Ruth as a pitcher for Boston,
and I argued about who was the greater home run hitter, Aaron or Ruth...
Baseball stitches our fabric together.”
&
April 9, 2024
On the celebration of the 2004 Red Sox World Series Championship
&
“Build It, and They Will Come” speech by Terence Mann (James Earl Jones)
about Baseball in movie, “Field of Dreams”
&
March 23, 2024
Not just evocative
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/not-just-evocative.html
&
Edited March 8, 2024
Seeking to describe Color
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/seeking-to-describe-color.html
&
Edited February 25, 2024
To tell the story – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story-v2.html
February 25, 2024
To tell the story
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story.html
&
Edited February 22, 2024
Willing the ball Fair – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair-v2.html
Edited February 22, 2024
Learning to Swing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing-v2.html
&
February 17, 2024
Learning to Swing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing.html
Film from 1966, (24:48 minutes)
"Batting With Ted Williams"
sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Company
&
In 1967, as part of a promotion for a new line of
“Ted Williams Approved Baseball equipment,”
Williams and Sears released a 20-page booklet,
titled “Batting Tips from Ted: How to Be a Better Hitter”
and corresponding phonograph record,
“Tips on How to Become a Better Hitter.”
The record is narrated by Williams himself;
a copy in the Baseball Hall of Fame,
&
February 17, 2024
Willing the ball Fair
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair.html
Carlton Fisk’s 12^th inning walk-off homerun,
for the Boston Red Sox, in the 6^th game of the
1975 World Series, just hitting the foul pole,
October 21, 1975
&
February 2, 2024
We are there
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-are-there.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v3.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v2.html
February 2, 2024
A different palette
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
&
Edited December 29, 2023
Watching you hitting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting-v2.html
December 27, 2023
Watching you hitting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting.html
December 26, 2023
Twitter post by Wade Boggs
“Watching some kid hit by the name of Boggs.”
&
Edited August 21, 2023
Sausage – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/sausage-v4.html
&
Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.html
&
edited March 7, 2018
Cards – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/cards-v2.html
after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems
on Literary Devices site about my poetry
https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/
&
edited December 28, 2015
Sausage – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/sausage-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited  September 21, 2012
“Sausage – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/sausage-v2.html
&
Edited September 21, 2012
Red Sox Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/red-sox-win-v2.html
&
August 18, 2005 12:30
Cards
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/cards.html  
&
Thursday, October 28, 2004, 9:18
Red Sox in Four
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-in-four.html
Thursday, October 21, 2004, 10:15
Red Sox Win
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-win.html
&
posted February 14, 2004
written May 27, 2001, 8:54am
Sausage
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sausage.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.
 
poetry, painting, art, nature, baseball, photography, face, portrait painting, light, sunshine, Graig Kreindler, palette, colors, color, heroes, icons, national pastime, memory, nostalgia, eternal,
 
#poetry #painting #art #nature #baseball #photography #face #portraitpainting #light #sunshine #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter #GraigKreindler #palette #colors #color #heroes #icons #nationalpastime #memory #nostalgia #eternal
 
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poetry, painting, art, baseball, photography, light, Graig Kreindler, colors, heroes, icons, national pastime, memory, nostalgia, family, joy, America, history,
 
#poetry #painting #art #Baseball #photography #light #GraigKreindler #color #heroes #nationalpastime #memory #nostalgia #family #joy #America #history
 
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Poetry, 1975 World Series, Carlton Fisk, Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Game 6, homerun, heroes, childhood, Red Sox Nation, joy, happiness, baseball, MLB, 
 
#Poetry #1975WorldSeries #WorldSeries #CarltonFisk #RedSox #CincinnatiReds #homerun #heroes #childhood #RedSoxNation #joy #happiness #baseball #MLB
 
---------------
Poetry, Ted Williams, Red Sox, heroes, childhood, Red Sox Nation, hitting, baseball, MLB, ‎Carl Yastrzemski,
 
#Poetry #TedWilliams #RedSox #heroes #childhood #RedSoxNation #hitting #baseball #MLB #CarlYastrzemski
 
----------------
poetry, baseball, Red Sox, pantheon, heroes, Boggs, Yastrzemski, Williams, Spring Training, Red Sox Nation, fans, mentors, Baseball Hall of Fame,
 
#poetry #baseball #RedSox #pantheon #heroes #Boggs #Yastremski #Williams #SpringTraining #RedSoxNation #fans #mentors #HOF
 
----------
America, Family, memories, sausage, mustard, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, taste, smells, Writing Poetry, Red Sox, Yawkey Way, Landsdowne Street, Boston, Fenway Park, hot dog,
 
#America #Family #memories #sausage #mustard #NH #taste #smells #Poetry #RedSox #RedSoxNation #Boston #FenwayPark @RedSox #writingpoetry
 
-------------
poetry, America, faith, God, history, baseball, Yankees, Red Sox, world, nation, MLB, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Field of Dreams, playoffs, World Series,
 
#poetry #America #faith #God #history #BabeRuth #HankAaron #baseball #Yankees #RedSox #world #nation #playoffs #WorldSeries #FieldofDreams #MLB

#Baseball is what stitches us together…

Moments in history fondly remembered,
Milestones of our pastime, the game,
That we all love that we cherish,
Ties that bind us, that stitch us together,
Remembering the rivalries, the games,
Little moments, held onto, debated,
Around the table, in front of the TV…
 
Was he safe or out, who was the greatest,
The GOAT, the best, how we live or die,
On the hill that we climb on, that we scale,
The pinnacles and the valleys, heartaches,
What is, what might have been,
Waiting till next year, maybe,
Or standing on the mountaintops…
 
-----------------
Edited April 9, 2024
Baseball is what stitches us together
 
April 9, 2024
Baseball stitches our fabric together
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/moments-in-history-remembered.html
April 8, 2024
Remembering the 715^th home run of Hank Aaron, surpassing Babe Ruth
On April 8, 1974
My reply April 8, 2024
“My grandfather, who remembered Babe Ruth as a pitcher for Boston,
and I argued about who was the greater home run hitter, Aaron or Ruth...
Baseball stitches our fabric together.”
&
April 9, 2024
On the celebration of the 2004 Red Sox World Series Championship
&
“Build It, and They Will Come” speech by Terence Mann (James Earl Jones)
about Baseball in movie, “Field of Dreams”
&
March 23, 2024
Not just evocative
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/not-just-evocative.html
&
Edited March 8, 2024
Seeking to describe Color
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/seeking-to-describe-color.html
&
Edited February 25, 2024
To tell the story – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story-v2.html
February 25, 2024
To tell the story
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story.html
&
Edited February 22, 2024
Willing the ball Fair – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair-v2.html
Edited February 22, 2024
Learning to Swing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing-v2.html
&
February 17, 2024
Learning to Swing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing.html
Film from 1966, (24:48 minutes)
"Batting With Ted Williams"
sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Company
&
In 1967, as part of a promotion for a new line of
“Ted Williams Approved Baseball equipment,”
Williams and Sears released a 20-page booklet,
titled “Batting Tips from Ted: How to Be a Better Hitter”
and corresponding phonograph record,
“Tips on How to Become a Better Hitter.”
The record is narrated by Williams himself;
a copy in the Baseball Hall of Fame,
&
February 17, 2024
Willing the ball Fair
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair.html
Carlton Fisk’s 12^th inning walk-off homerun,
for the Boston Red Sox, in the 6^th game of the
1975 World Series, just hitting the foul pole,
October 21, 1975
&
February 2, 2024
We are there
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-are-there.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v3.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v2.html
February 2, 2024
A different palette
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
&
Edited December 29, 2023
Watching you hitting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting-v2.html
December 27, 2023
Watching you hitting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting.html
December 26, 2023
Twitter post by Wade Boggs
“Watching some kid hit by the name of Boggs.”
responding to December 25, 2023 post by Old School Boston
about Carl Yastrzemski and Ted Williams watching batting practice,
Red Sox Spring Training, March 1, 1983
My response December 27, 2023
“All 3 were great hitters, all are @RedSox royalty,
Williams, Yastrzemski, AND Boggs.”
&
Edited August 21, 2023
Sausage – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/sausage-v4.html
&
Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.html
&
edited March 7, 2018
Cards – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/cards-v2.html
after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems
on Literary Devices site about my poetry
https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/
&
edited December 28, 2015
Sausage – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/sausage-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited  September 21, 2012
“Sausage – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/sausage-v2.html
&
Edited September 21, 2012
Red Sox Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/red-sox-win-v2.html
&
August 18, 2005 12:30
Cards
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/cards.html  
&
Thursday, October 28, 2004, 9:18
Red Sox in Four
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-in-four.html
Thursday, October 21, 2004, 10:15
Red Sox Win
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-win.html
&
posted February 14, 2004
written May 27, 2001, 8:54am
Sausage
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sausage.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.
 
poetry, painting, art, nature, baseball, photography, face, portrait painting, light, sunshine, Graig Kreindler, palette, colors, color, heroes, icons, national pastime, memory, nostalgia, eternal,
 
#poetry #painting #art #nature #baseball #photography #face #portraitpainting #light #sunshine #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter #GraigKreindler #palette #colors #color #heroes #icons #nationalpastime #memory #nostalgia #eternal
 
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poetry, painting, art, baseball, photography, light, Graig Kreindler, colors, heroes, icons, national pastime, memory, nostalgia, family, joy, America, history,
 
#poetry #painting #art #Baseball #photography #light #GraigKreindler #color #heroes #nationalpastime #memory #nostalgia #family #joy #America #history
 
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Poetry, 1975 World Series, Carlton Fisk, Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Game 6, homerun, heroes, childhood, Red Sox Nation, joy, happiness, baseball, MLB, 
 
#Poetry #1975WorldSeries #WorldSeries #CarltonFisk #RedSox #CincinnatiReds #homerun #heroes #childhood #RedSoxNation #joy #happiness #baseball #MLB
 
---------------
Poetry, Ted Williams, Red Sox, heroes, childhood, Red Sox Nation, hitting, baseball, MLB, ‎Carl Yastrzemski,
 
#Poetry #TedWilliams #RedSox #heroes #childhood #RedSoxNation #hitting #baseball #MLB #CarlYastrzemski
 
----------------
poetry, baseball, Red Sox, pantheon, heroes, Boggs, Yastrzemski, Williams, Spring Training, Red Sox Nation, fans, mentors, Baseball Hall of Fame,
 
#poetry #baseball #RedSox #pantheon #heroes #Boggs #Yastremski #Williams #SpringTraining #RedSoxNation #fans #mentors #HOF
 
----------
America, Family, memories, sausage, mustard, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, taste, smells, Writing Poetry, Red Sox, Yawkey Way, Landsdowne Street, Boston, Fenway Park, hot dog,
 
#America #Family #memories #sausage #mustard #NH #taste #smells #Poetry #RedSox #RedSoxNation #Boston #FenwayPark @RedSox #writingpoetry
 
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poetry, America, faith, God, history, baseball, Yankees, Red Sox, world, nation, MLB, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Field of Dreams, playoffs, World Series,
 
#poetry #America #faith #God #history #BabeRuth #HankAaron #baseball #Yankees #RedSox #world #nation #playoffs #WorldSeries #FieldofDreams #MLB

#Baseball stitches our fabric together

Moments in history remembered,
Milestones of our pastime, the game,
That we all love that we cherish,
Ties that bind us, that stitch us together,
Remembering the rivalries, the games,
Little moments, held onto, debated,
Was he safe or out, who was the greatest,
The GOAT, the best, how we live or die,
On the hill that we climb on, that we scale,
The pinnacles and the valleys,
What is, what might have been,
Waiting till next year, maybe,
Or standing on the mountaintops…
 
-----------------
April 9, 2024

Baseball stitches our fabric together

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/moments-in-history-remembered.html

April 8, 2024
Remembering the 715^th home run of Hank Aaron, surpassing Babe Ruth
On April 8, 1974
My reply April 8, 2024
“My grandfather, who remembered Babe Ruth as a pitcher for Boston,
and I argued about who was the greater home run hitter, Aaron or Ruth...
Baseball stitches our fabric together.”
&
April 9, 2024
On the celebration of the 2004 Red Sox World Series Championship
&
“Build It, and They Will Come” speech by Terence Mann (James Earl Jones)
about Baseball in movie, “Field of Dreams”
&
March 23, 2024
Not just evocative
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/not-just-evocative.html

&
Edited March 8, 2024
Seeking to describe Color
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/seeking-to-describe-color.html
&
Edited February 25, 2024
To tell the story – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story-v2.html
February 25, 2024
To tell the story
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story.html

&
Edited February 22, 2024
Willing the ball Fair – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair-v2.html
Edited February 22, 2024
Learning to Swing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing-v2.html
&
February 17, 2024
Learning to Swing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing.html
Film from 1966, (24:48 minutes)
"Batting With Ted Williams"

sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Company
&
In 1967, as part of a promotion for a new line of
“Ted Williams Approved Baseball equipment,”
Williams and Sears released a 20-page booklet,
titled “Batting Tips from Ted: How to Be a Better Hitter”
and corresponding phonograph record,
“Tips on How to Become a Better Hitter.”
The record is narrated by Williams himself;
a copy in the Baseball Hall of Fame,

&
February 17, 2024
Willing the ball Fair
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair.html
Carlton Fisk’s 12^th inning walk-off homerun,
for the Boston Red Sox, in the 6^th game of the
1975 World Series, just hitting the foul pole,
October 21, 1975
&
February 2, 2024
We are there
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-are-there.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v3.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v2.html
February 2, 2024
A different palette
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
&
Edited December 29, 2023
Watching you hitting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting-v2.html
December 27, 2023
Watching you hitting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting.html
December 26, 2023
Twitter post by Wade Boggs
“Watching some kid hit by the name of Boggs.”

responding to December 25, 2023 post by Old School Boston

about Carl Yastrzemski and Ted Williams watching batting practice,
Red Sox Spring Training, March 1, 1983
My response December 27, 2023
“All 3 were great hitters, all are @RedSox royalty,
Williams, Yastrzemski, AND Boggs.”

&
Edited August 21, 2023
Sausage – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/sausage-v4.html
&
Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.html
&
edited March 7, 2018
Cards – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/cards-v2.html
after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems
on Literary Devices site about my poetry
https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/
&
edited December 28, 2015
Sausage – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/sausage-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited  September 21, 2012
“Sausage – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/sausage-v2.html
&
Edited September 21, 2012
Red Sox Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/red-sox-win-v2.html
&
August 18, 2005 12:30
Cards
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/cards.html  
&
Thursday, October 28, 2004, 9:18
Red Sox in Four
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-in-four.html
Thursday, October 21, 2004, 10:15
Red Sox Win
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-win.html
&
posted February 14, 2004
written May 27, 2001, 8:54am
Sausage
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sausage.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.
 
poetry, painting, art, nature, baseball, photography, face, portrait painting, light, sunshine, Graig Kreindler, palette, colors, color, heroes, icons, national pastime, memory, nostalgia, eternal,
 
#poetry #painting #art #nature #baseball #photography #face #portraitpainting #light #sunshine #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter #GraigKreindler #palette #colors #color #heroes #icons #nationalpastime #memory #nostalgia #eternal
 
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poetry, painting, art, baseball, photography, light, Graig Kreindler, colors, heroes, icons, national pastime, memory, nostalgia, family, joy, America, history,
 
#poetry #painting #art #Baseball #photography #light #GraigKreindler #color #heroes #nationalpastime #memory #nostalgia #family #joy #America #history
 
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Poetry, 1975 World Series, Carlton Fisk, Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Game 6, homerun, heroes, childhood, Red Sox Nation, joy, happiness, baseball, MLB, 
 
#Poetry #1975WorldSeries #WorldSeries #CarltonFisk #RedSox #CincinnatiReds #homerun #heroes #childhood #RedSoxNation #joy #happiness #baseball #MLB
 
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Poetry, Ted Williams, Red Sox, heroes, childhood, Red Sox Nation, hitting, baseball, MLB, ‎Carl Yastrzemski,
 
#Poetry #TedWilliams #RedSox #heroes #childhood #RedSoxNation #hitting #baseball #MLB #CarlYastrzemski
 
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poetry, baseball, Red Sox, pantheon, heroes, Boggs, Yastrzemski, Williams, Spring Training, Red Sox Nation, fans, mentors, Baseball Hall of Fame,
 
#poetry #baseball #RedSox #pantheon #heroes #Boggs #Yastremski #Williams #SpringTraining #RedSoxNation #fans #mentors #HOF
 
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America, Family, memories, sausage, mustard, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, taste, smells, Writing Poetry, Red Sox, Yawkey Way, Landsdowne Street, Boston, Fenway Park, hot dog,
 
#America #Family #memories #sausage #mustard #NH #taste #smells #Poetry #RedSox #RedSoxNation #Boston #FenwayPark @RedSox #writingpoetry
 
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poetry, America, faith, God, history, baseball, Yankees, Red Sox, world, nation, MLB, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Field of Dreams, playoffs, World Series,
 
#poetry #America #faith #God #history #BabeRuth #HankAaron #baseball #Yankees #RedSox #world #nation #playoffs #WorldSeries #FieldofDreams #MLB

pulled by distractions - v2

pulled by distractions
by #chaos in this #life
not seeing our #purpose
walking away from the #light

needing to slow down
to #listen to #God
speaking a message
of light for our lives

We need to #trust #God
to give in completely
to live a life worthy
of our divine purpose

#poem #poetry #hope #Jesus #God

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

pulled by distractions

pulled by distractions
by #chaos in this #life
not seeing our #purpose
walking away from the #light

needing to slow down
to #listen to #God
speaking a message
of light for our lives

#poem #poetry #hope #Jesus #God

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

toxic thoughts

#toxic thoughts
words, distractions
blocking out the #light
our #focus, our #purpose

needing to stop
to renew our focus
cleansing our #minds
of the #chaos, the #darkness 

#poem #poetry #hope

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

the gordian knot in the gut of democracy

the gordian knot in the gut of democracy,
on this day before July4th.
the tug to the right, to the left,
the pit, the pendulum,  no equilibrium
racism, destruction, open #rebellion
forces aligning, dividing,
ripping apart the united
the status of our nation
people inflamed/ authoritarian,
power, injustice, chaos
no peace in this moment
a pandemic spreading, rising,
people without income, desperate
for a leader, a hero, the Rule of Law

#coronavirus #Politics #DeclarationOfIndependence #America #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #dream

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

the gordian knot in the gut of democracy

the #gordian knot in the gut of #democracy,
on this day before #July4th.
the tug to the right, to the left,
the pit, the pendulum,  no equilibrium
#racism, #destruction. open #rebellion
forces aligning, dividing,
ripping apart the united
the status of our #nation
people inflamed/ #authoritarian,
#power, #injustice, #chaos
no #peace in this moment
a #pandemic spreading, rising,
people without income, desperate
for a #leader, a #hero, the #RuleOfLaw

#coronavirus #Politics #DeclarationOfIndependence #America #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #dream

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

a nation of immigrants

a collection of misfits,

of broken people

stitched together

like threads of a fabric

all of us outsiders

at the beginning

a nation of immigrants

a loud, noisy family

all of us strangers

that now belong

====

July 4, 2016

a nation of immigrants

July 4, 2016

we are adopted sisters and brothers

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/we-are-adopted-sisters-and-brothers.html

edited/ new July 4, 2016

we were all outsiders

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/we-were-all-outsiders.html

July 4, 2016

we are all neighbors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/we-are-all-neighbors.html

July 4, 2016

open your heart - 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/open-your-heart-2.html

merged/ edited July 3, 2016

There are no outsiders – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/there-are-no-outsiders-v2.html

July 3, 2016

there are only sisters and brothers

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/there-are-only-sisters-and-brothers.html

July 3, 2016

open the doors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/open-doors.html

July 3, 2016

welcome them

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/welcome-them.html

July 3, 2016

Stetson Memorial UMC

Sermon Series:

“Outsiders”

Psalm 30:1-5

Luke 10:25-37

The Good Samaritan

and sermon, “He’s from Away”

text

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/sermon-hes-from-away-by-raymond-foss.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/749581057901625344

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=856424107797279&id=174161846023512

draft text – 7/2/16

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/1st-draft-sermon-hes-from-away-by.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/749434124331524096

video

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/856540864452270/

Children’s Message from Mystery Box

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/856480444458312/

by Chrissy McCarthy

https://www.facebook.com/chris.mccarthy.581730

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

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

July 3, 2016

&

July 2, 2016

welcoming to them

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/welcoming-to-them.html

edited July 2, 2016

from the “outside” in – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/from-outside-in-v2.html

June 27, 2016

from the “outside” in

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/from-outside-in.html

edited June 27, 2016

Those People – 2 – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/those-people-2-v2.html

June 26, 2016

Those People - 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/those-people-2.html

June 26, 2016

do not lose focus

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/do-not-lose-focus.html

June 26, 2016

Stetson Memorial UMC

Sermon Series:

“Outsiders”

Psalm 16:7-11

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

and sermon, “The Dust of the Church…”

text

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=856331171139906&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/sermon-dust-of-church-by-pastor-ruth.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/749601599799062528

video

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/852776148162075/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWnEjGJ-eS4

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message from Mystery Box

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/853103928129297/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB47WGfK74w

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

June 26, 2016

&

edited June 25, 2016

love the stranger – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/love-stranger-v3.html

edited June 25, 2016

love the stranger – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/love-stranger-v2.html

June 25, 2016

love the stranger

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/love-stranger.html

edited/ merged June 25, 2016

Jesus came for those who were unworthy – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/jesus-came-for-those-who-were-unworthy_25.html

June 25, 2016

Jesus came for those who were unworthy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/jesus-came-for-those-who-were-unworthy.html

June 25, 2016

do not cry, do not weep

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/do-not-cry-do-not-weep.html

June 25, 2016

in the midst of her pain

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/in-midst-of-her-pain.html

June 25, 2016

bring them in

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/bring-them-in.html

June 25, 2016

no one wants to be alone

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/no-one-wants-to-be-alone.html

June 25, 2016

we don’t see them

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/we-dont-see-them.html

June 25, 2016

Christ sought those

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/christ-sought-those.html

June 25, 2016

Lost and Alone

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/lost-and-alone.html

written June 22, 2016

May 29, 2016

Stetson Memorial UMC

Sermon Series:

“Outsiders”

The Lonely

Luke 7:11-17

Psalm 96

and sermon, “You Are Never Alone”

text

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=841457352627288&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/sermon-you-are-never-alone-by-pastor.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/739550125685669888

video

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/838052192967804/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVDTzDCLfdM

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message from Mystery Box

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/838270809612609/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

May 29, 2016

&

June 25, 2016

We are not alone - 3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/we-are-not-alone-3.html

Psalm 77:1-2, 1-20

Psalm 77:1-20

devotion for June 23, 2016

read June 23, 2016

“Learning from What We Would Avoid”

Disciplines June 20, 2016 to June 26, 2016

by Robert P Fugarino

Upper Room Disciplines for 2016

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/Products/1329/the-upper-room-disciplines-2016.aspx

&

edited June 19, 2016

open our arms – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/open-our-arms-v2.html

June 19, 2016

open our arms

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/open-our-arms.html

June 19, 2016

let light shine in

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/let-light-shine-in.html

June 19, 2016

open our doors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/open-our-doors.html

June 19, 2016

Stetson Memorial UMC

Sermon Series:

“Outsiders”

Psalm 8

Luke 9:51-62

and sermon, “Home Sweet Home…”

text

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=856330871139936&id=174161846023512

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/749599515376754688

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/07/semron-home-sweet-home-by-pastor-ruth.html

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2wXCJKN5To

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/848901238549566/

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

Children’s Message from Mystery Box

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/848900798549610/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iVF30lEIDI

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

June 19, 2016

&

June 18, 2016

make this a place of welcome

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/make-this-place-of-welcome.html

anticipating tomorrow’s sermon

June 19, 2016

&

June 18, 2016

were they demons

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/were-they-demons.html

June 18, 2016

chains that bind us

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/chains-that-bind-us.html

June 18, 2016

release the demons

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/release-demons.html

June 18, 2016

the demons leave us

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-demons-leave-us.html

June 18, 2016

we free others

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/we-free-others.html

June 18, 2016

Freed of our chains

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/freed-of-our-chains.html

June 12, 2016

Stetson Memorial UMC

Sermon Series:

“Outsiders”

Psalm 139

Luke 8:26-39

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disability

and sermon, “Broken Chains”

text

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=845274055578951&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/sermon-broken-chains-by-pastor-ruth.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/742085509938315264

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSs6NWB4w5s

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/845379778901712/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message from Mystery Box

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/845381338901556/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5OoIdvMkYw

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

June 12, 2016

&

June 11, 2016

he missed a blessing

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/he-missed-blessing.html

June 11, 2016

he couldn’t see her

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/he-couldnt-see-her.html

June 11, 2016

he didn’t see her gift

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/he-didnt-see-her-gift.html

June 5, 2016

she gave her all

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/she-gave-her-all.html

June 5, 2016

offering to Christ

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/offering-to-christ.html

June 5, 2016

washing His feet

https://www.blogger.com/post-preview-auth.g?postID=8197954107209695235&blogID=6437456

June 5, 2016

dividing the flock

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dividing-flock.html

June 5, 2016

Stetson Memorial UMC

“Senior Recognition Sunday”

Sermon Series:

“Outsiders”

Psalm 146

Luke 7:36-8:3

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambassador

and sermon, “Judgmentally Challenged”

text

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=841459002627123&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/sermon-judgmentally-challenged-by.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/739553249351585792

video

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/841672272605796/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C83GQlMVP4I

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message from Mystery Box

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/841604912612532/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkObQXLwEW4

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

June 5, 2016

&

May 29, 2016

Stetson Memorial UMC

Sermon Series:

“Outsiders”

The Lonely

Luke 7:11-17

Psalm 96

and sermon, “You Are Never Alone”

text

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=841457352627288&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/sermon-you-are-never-alone-by-pastor.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/739550125685669888

video

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/838052192967804/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVDTzDCLfdM

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message from Mystery Box

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/838270809612609/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

May 29, 2016

&

merged May 26, 2016

by the grace of God – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/by-grace-of-god-v2.html

May 24, 2016

we are worthy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/we-are-worthy.html

May 24, 2016

by the grace of God

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/by-grace-of-god.html

edited May 24, 2016

Jesus was welcomed by the outsiders – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/jesus-was-welcomed-by-outsiders-v2.html

May 24, 2016

who is unworthy of God’s grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/who-is-unworthy-of-gods-grace.html

May 23, 2016

who is unworthy of my grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/who-is-unworthy-of-my-grace.html

May 23, 2016

until we claimed Jesus

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/until-we-claimed-jesus.html

May 23, 2016

I am worthy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/i-am-worthy.html

May 23, 2016

you are worthy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/you-are-worthy.html

May 23, 2016

by grace we are on the inside

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/by-grace-we-are-on-inside.html

May 23, 2016

we are all unworthy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/we-are-all-unworthy.html

edited May 23, 2016

we are unworthy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/we-are-unworthy.html

May 23, 2016

he was unworthy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/he-was-unworthy.html

May 22, 2016

why are they kept on the outside

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/why-are-they-kept-on-outside.html

May 22, 2016

who are the outsiders

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/who-are-outsiders.html

May 22, 2016

are they welcome

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/are-they-welcome.html

May 22, 2016

Jesus was welcomed by outsiders

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/jesus-was-welcomed-by-outsiders.html

May 22, 2016

silencing his voice

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/silencing-his-voice.html

May 22, 2016

who is worthy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/who-is-worthy.html

May 22, 2016

who are the outsiders

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/who-are-our-outsiders.html

May 22, 2016

who do we find unworthy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/who-do-we-find-unworthy.html

May 22, 2016

Stetson Memorial UMC

Trinity Sunday

Psalm 8

Luke 7:1-10

and sermon, “Are You Worthy?”

text

video

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/834479939991696/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH_dz-6fzac

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/05/video-sermon-are-you-worthy-by-pastor.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/735264698204082177

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message from Mystery Box

-          Smokey the Bear and one of Pastor Ruth’s business cards

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/834350360004654/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qx8VZnRg-g

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

May 22, 2016

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. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 41,390+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.