A Field of Ferns – v4

Above the bluff, the scar, the washouts,
clear-cut of the high, power lines,
a forest of pine opens westward,
where the deer come to graze,
a beautiful broad flat plain.
 
Surrounded by these conifers,
a field of ferns, rising on sturdy,
erect stalks, broad leaves,
to drink the pure shafts of light,
falling briefly, through the canopy.
 
The tall mast pines, straight and true,
red-brown needles, a carpet between,
the ferns, the regal trees, an evenness,
of surface, short pile rug, northward,
to Canada, as far as the eye can see.
 
Green ferns, red-brown needles,
green-brown trunks, broad,
bright green needles, new growth,
above, reaching to blue sky,
the arc of the dome.
 
----  
Edited January 29, 2024
A Field of Ferns – v4
 
edited July 12, 2019
A Field of Ferns – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-field-of-ferns-v3.html
merging edits to original and version 2
edited
June 21, 2014
A Field of Ferns – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-field-of-ferns-v2.html
August 31, 2006 9:30am
A Field of Ferns
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/field-of-ferns_31.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.
 
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Within the arms of the cedars – v2

Within this place set apart, isolated,
A place set apart, a living prayer closet,
a carpeted room, a space enclosed,
within the embrace, the arms of the cedars,
where I enter into prayer, into worship.
 
A hedge of protection, hidden,
A circle of sorts, a cathedral,
a natural enclosure, alive,
where I can pray, meditate,
where I can commune with God.
 
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Edited November 14, 2023
Within the arms of the cedars – v2
 
November 5, 2023
Within the arms of the cedars
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/within-arms-of-cedars.html
https://www.greatislandrealty.com/listing/4766064/harper-island-barrington-nh-03825/
https://kristiedinsmore.com/listing/4766064/harper-island-barrington-nh-03825/
Edited November 3, 2023
Into the cathedral of the trees – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/into-cathedral-of-trees-v4.html
Edited October 11, 2023
Into the cathedral of the trees – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/into-cathedral-of-trees-v3.html
Edited October 8, 2023
Sentience of autumnal forest – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/sentience-of-autumnal-forest-v2.html
Edited October 8, 2023
Sentience of the autumnal forest
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/sentience-of-autumnal-forest.html
Real-time edits with Miljan Kunijevic
Edited October 8, 2023
The sentience of the autumnal forest – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-sentience-of-autumnal-forest-v2.html
with suggestions from Miljan Kunijevic
October 8, 2023
The sentience of the autumnal forest
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-sentience-of-autumnal-forest.html
Edited October 8, 2023
Into the Cathedral of the Trees – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/into-cathedral-of-trees-v2.html
October 8, 2023
Into the cathedral of the trees
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/into-cathedral-of-trees.html
Looking at series of photos posted 10/8/19
of walk in the woods, aiming the camera skyward
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10156927406873003&set=a.80617433002
1 –
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0eJU5ign3xdnKGM9eRe2HjKnC4CYKZcDP3z4pVj9HSyYSQpVKkXZvwGtRoqpALegLl
2 –
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0kJX7HMUgqMoBGsQ7qFwgeoXuBV965RZckvjS3xTbidV7XtQpV6STCqkZvpsvVRe9l
3 –
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid02osULEBoSfVV1wLa7ajgFRei2wduQ11mUv7WvLgzx5M1tyKeRnNjbJVqkzXcrKi7nl
4 –
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid02TfyYKQQ7tB7b8fMqUBcwd2esdcp9qXLmGtWFQHU5VatyvFWdb5qCx1xpMPjqJgKpl
5 –
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0PGKGeBTszvVHkxZ5ncpzuiBAw14ETTSKrxJsyKUjmGVFmkvkvmS9wGESzNGmkcqUl
6 –
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid02g9AXFUFhYXDiJBt8ksRjtCYVwBnfoBAhFDa4X2MyzzkWCBZDtrfsjU8JdX5z2E2Kl
7 -
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0v3nt7bdFv3kYChLPWYRpxA4YC1pQVSfkDhwEr32RSZyFwFLJH9SRmK5U4vuYd5G4l
8 -
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0UYkznsFV1GJKosVoJ95NsBMU8rmUuUU4yxRxNoS1rSiofTLrEw6tUe1EXuXrquhal
9 –
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid02E95k6q7sh5QeFLmaVQoNgu7NaFwccBYMN1oSbytgPqTqTwgqp8hj8gChrvyCqrCtl
10 –
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0uLctoC6DvGQKBLggTgkejCceTiREAPQqUFm2i6CjW1sjHGk1LEuYUCCJSxBnKxQ5l
11 - https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid02kXqqx6J8W5DN6n9mgkb2YAfmRmLXCFHS7SvRAPgjuKeBvTKfWWGyovY9CnVp8b5Ml
&
edited October 29, 2015
A Walk in the Woods – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-walk-in-woods-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited April 24, 2013
“A Walk in the Woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-walk-in-woods-v2.html
August 7, 2006 19:38
“A Walk in the Woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/walk-in-woods.html
&
edited April 16, 2015
Out in the Woods – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/out-in-woods-v4.html
(editing original)
Edited April 24, 2013
“Out in the woods – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/out-in-woods-v3.html
(from the original)
edited April 26, 2012
“Out in the woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/out-in-woods-v2.html
Original poem 3/26/2004
“Out in the woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/04/out-in-woods.html
about walk in woods in Claremont, NH
&
edited July 15, 2015
A Cathedral of Pine – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-cathedral-of-pine-v4.html
(editing version 3)
edited June 12, 2015
Her Lady Slipper – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/her-lady-slipper-v2.html
July 18, 2012
new poem “Her Lady Slipper”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/her-lady-slipper.html
inspired by remark by Harriet Bean
at Spirit Study
led 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
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 15, 2012
&
paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe
http://www.georgiaokeeffe.net/
&
earlier poems
edited April 26, 2012
“Out in the woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/out-in-woods-v2.html
Original poem 3/26/2004
“Out in the woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/04/out-in-woods.html
about walk in woods in Claremont, NH
&
edited December 26, 2014
a chapel prayer closet – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-chapel-prayer-closet-v3.html
(editing version 2 and original version)
edited February 23, 2014
“a chapel prayer closet – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-chapel-prayer-closet-v2.html
edited/new poem February 17, 2014
“a chapel prayer closet
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-chapel-prayer-closet.html
edited February 11, 2014
“A Cathedral of Pine – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-cathedral-of-pine-v3.html
(editing the original again)
Edited May 4, 2013
“A Cathedral of Pine – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-cathedral-of-pine-v2.html
November 4, 2005
 “A Cathedral of Pine”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/11/cathedral-of-pine.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, and 2023. 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.
 
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August, autumn, creator, dragonfly, Faith, Family, forest, God, hope, king, leaves, Nature, New Hampshire, oak trees, Poetry Where You Live, seasons, spring, summer, walking, winter,
 
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A Field of Ferns – v3

Above the bluff, the scar,

clear-cut of the power lines,

a forest of pine opens

where the deer come to graze

a broad flat plain.

Surrounded by conifers,

a field of ferns, rising on sturdy

erect stalks, broad leaves

to drink the shafts of light

falling briefly, through the canopy.

The tall mast pines, straight and true

red-brown needles, a carpet between

the ferns, the regal trees, an evenness

of surface, short pile rug, northward,

to Canada, as far as the eye can see.

Green ferns, red-brown needles,

green-brown trunks,

bright green needles

above, reaching to blue sky

the arc of the dome.

----

edited July 12, 2019

A Field of Ferns – v3

merging edits to original and version 2

edited

June 21, 2014

A Field of Ferns – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-field-of-ferns-v2.html

August 31, 2006 9:30am

A Field of Ferns

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/field-of-ferns_31.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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 50,640+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live. 

August, blue, brown, creator, face, Faith, faith poetry, ferns, forest, God, green, hope, leaves, light, Nature, New Hampshire, pine trees, Poetry Where You Live, sing, sky,

#August #blue #brown #creator #face #Faith #ferns #forest #God #green #hope #leaves #light #Nature #pine #trees #sing #sky

Mountain – v2

Moss and lichen

Up above the tree line

Granite, quartz and mica

Cleared by the breeze

Running down the spine

Hikers trail and water

Fault-line and convenience

Guide my feet and father

Fir and scrub and balsam

Fragrant in the breeze

Draw us to the summit

Up the rocky set of stairs

Up above the tree-line

What a vista to worship

Spring, summer or autumn

One hike is but a tease

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

edited November 17, 2018

Mountain – v2

July 9, 2004  6:00 – 6:15pm

Mountain

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/mountain.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, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,100 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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#air #autumn #ConcordNH #creator #father #feet #God #mountain #NewHampshire #pine trees #poetry #spring #summer #water #hike #climb #climbing #nature #outdoors

A Spring Rain – v6

My world is wet today

luxurious, damp, drenched;

Droplets hang off the leaves, bending them,

hugging, pulling them downward;

They anoint the still-budded lilac blossoms

before their blooming, their awakening,

their rich purple, white, and plum, fragrant,

made richer by their watery skin

New leaves under the weight

droplets heavy, hanging,

bowing the thin white pine needles

their undersides exposed to drink

to drink in this morning;

Hushed in the rain, falling, lightly,

temperature near the dew point,

Sprouts of just-planted flowers

Eager from the parched soil,

new puddles bloom too

on the ground, the driveway;

Collect and gather the water into pools

still without the smell of summer rain yet;

Tears splash and spread, ripples to the edges;

Silent shimmers, heralds, messengers

in the spring rain this morning

-----

edited March 8, 2018

A Spring Rain – v6

(editing version 5 and original)

after finding original poem in a list of my popular poems

on Literary Devices site about my poetry

https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/

edited November 12, 2015

A Spring Rain – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-spring-rain-v5.html

(editing version 4)

edited October 22, 2015

A Spring Rain – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-spring-rain-v4.html

(editing original)

edited October 10, 2015

A Spring Rain – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-spring-rain-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited April 27, 2013

“A Spring Rain – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-spring-rain-v2.html

after request to post it to the blog

Garden Musings from Memphis Area Master Gardeners

http://mamgmusings.blogspot.com/

May 2, 2006 9:30am

A Spring Rain”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/05/spring-rain.html

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 46,470 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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A Spring Rain – v5

My world is wet today

luxurious, damp, drenched;

Drops hang off the leaves, bending them,

pulling them downward;

They anoint the still-budded lilac blossoms

before their blooming, their awakening,

into rich purple and plum, fragrant,

made richer by their watery skin

New leaves under the weight

droplets heavy, hanging,

bowing the white pine needles

their undersides exposed to drink

to drink in the morning;

Hushed in the rain, falling lightly,

the temperature near the dewpoint,

the sprouts of just-planted flowers

Eager from the parched soil,

The new puddles bloom too

on the ground, the driveway;

Collect and gather the water into pools

still without the smell of summer rain yet;

Tears splash and spread, ripples to the edges;

Silent shimmers, heralds, messengers

in the spring rain this morning

-----

edited March 8, 2018

A Spring Rain – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-spring-rain-v6.html

(editing version 5 and original)

after finding original poem in a list of my popular poems

on Literary Devices site about my poetry

https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/

edited November 12, 2015

A Spring Rain – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-spring-rain-v5.html

(editing version 4)

edited October 22, 2015

A Spring Rain – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-spring-rain-v4.html

(editing original)

edited October 10, 2015

A Spring Rain – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-spring-rain-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited April 27, 2013

“A Spring Rain – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-spring-rain-v2.html

after request to post it to the blog

Garden Musings from Memphis Area Master Gardeners

http://mamgmusings.blogspot.com/

May 2, 2006 9:30am

A Spring Rain”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/05/spring-rain.html

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 46,470 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

dew, Faith, flowers, God, hope, leaves, lilacs, May, Nature, New Hampshire, pine trees, Poetry Where You Live, purple, rain, senses, smells, spring, summer, water, white,

#dew #Faith #flowers #God #hope #leaves #lilacs #May #Nature #NH #pinetrees #Poetry #purple #rain #senses #smells #spring #summer #water #white